Friday, April 26, 2024

Regional

British national hospitalised after shark attack

SCARBOROUGH – A 64 year-old British national has been taken to the Scarborough General Hospital, after being attacked by a bull shark on Friday morning, the Chief Secretary of...

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead the...

Dominica High Court overturns ban on same-sex relations

Dominica's High Court has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation. The court ruled...

Port of Spain General Hospital NICU baby death toll jumps to 18

Port of Spain - Two weeks after the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) announced that seven babies...

Jamaican cop killed in the line of duty

KINGSTON – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has described as “a very sad moment” the death of police...

Crime and security agenda in focus

WITH INCREASES IN crime being recorded across the region, especially involving the use of a firearm, Caribbean governments are being urged to pay closer...

Media in for Heads of Government conference

IT MAY NOT BE as glamorous as the Academy Awards, but the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the...

Guantanamo prisoner going to Saudi Arabia

MIAMI (AP) – A prisoner who has been on a nine-year hunger strike to protest his confinement at the United States base at Guantanamo...

Haiti: Dominican deportations causing ‘humanitarian crisis’

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti's prime minister warned Thursday that the Dominican Republic is creating a humanitarian crisis with its crackdown on migrants, noting...

Reparations on the Heads of Government agenda

WHEN THE CARICOM Heads of Government gather here early next month for the 36th Regular Meeting, they are expected to continue “fleshing out” the...

Parched Caribbean faces widespread drought, water shortages

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace...