Regional News
Trinidad’s Chief Justice Loses Privy Council Appeal
Chief Justice Ivor Archie has lost his case at the Privy Council, in which he had sought to stop the Law Association of Trinidad...
Guyana Prime Minister respects CCJ decision on cross-dressing
Guyana Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo has said that Guyana respects the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on its recent ruling that...
US denies role as Venezuela’s Maduro blames ‘assassination’ attempt on Colombia
The United States yesterday denied involvement as Nicolas Maduro blamed the opposition and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos for an alleged "assassination" attempt on...
PAHO launches campaign to prevent cervical cancer
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a communication campaign aimed at preventing cervical cancer, which kills more than 34,000 women annually in...
Workers at Barbados state broadcaster to be laid off
The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has announced plans to send home more than half of its 230-strong...
IMF says Trinidad economy slowly recovering
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is slowly recovering from a prolonged recession driven by energy supply shocks...
Trinidad and Tobago rattled by 9th quake in just over a week
Trinidad and Tobago started the month of November in the same manner as it ended the previous month with an earthquake rattling the twin...
Amnesty International says time to make death penalty history in English-speaking Caribbean
The London-based international human rights organization, Amnesty International, says while it welcomes a “significant reduction” in the application of the use of the death...
Haiti calls for funds to deal with cholera
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise has called on the international community to provide the funding needed to help the French-speaking CARICOM country deal with the...
Venezuela facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises
Oil-rich Venezuela is facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, according to the United Nations.
Extreme poverty has jumped 40 percent, deaths related to...
