Friday, March 29, 2024

Regional

Minor stabs relative to death

NASSAU – The murder toll in The Bahamas climbed to 34 so far this year after two people, including a 25-year-old man, who was stabbed to death by a...

Sir Hilary to address UN

KINGSTON – Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, will address the...

IMF approves more funds for Suriname

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Suriname a waiver for nonobservance of a performance criterion and will...

Haiti one step away from famine, warns UN

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, Ulrika Richardson, is warning that the situation in...

Haiti: US sending flight to evacuate citizens as violence continues

The United States government is organizing a charter flight for American citizens in Haiti, the US Embassy in...

Jamaica gets Cannabis Licensing Authority

CABINET HAS GIVEN approval for the 16-member Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), which the Government has promised will be set up to regulate the hemp...

Bajan still not on job

BARBADOS HAS DECLARED it has a dispute with a key CARICOM agency and has threatened to withhold all future contributions until the matter is...

Jamaica lowers food import bill in 2014

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has released preliminary data which indicates that the country’s food import bill declined by...

Trinidad and Tobago clamping down on beer drivers

Port of Spain – Trini males who habitually drive with a beer in one hand and their other hand on the wheel will face...

Jamaica plants first legal ganja plant

KINGSTON – History was created at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Mona campus on Monday with the planting of the island’s first...

St Kitts government pursuing more opportunities for farmers

Basseterre, St Kitts – Agriculturalists in St Kitts and Nevis can look forward to additional opportunities to pursue international studies in a related field...