Regional News
LIAT announces limited service to hurricane affected countries
The Antigua-based regional airline, LIAT, yesterday announced limited operations to several of the hurricane-battered countries, including Dominica and the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
The airline...
Venezuela opposition controls legislature minus supermajority for now
Venezuela's opposition on Tuesday took control of the legislature for the first time in 16 years but failed for the time being to clinch...
Haiti reaches one-year free of Cholera
The cholera outbreak in Haiti that began in October 2010, affecting more than 820,000 people and killing 9,792, has been stopped in its tracks,...
Trinidad and Tobago government to slash the subsidy to Caribbean Airlines
The Trinidad and Tobago government has slashed the subsidy to State carrier Caribbean Airlines in half—from $200 million in 2015 to $92.1 million in...
Pressure on FLOW Grenada to back down on price increase
Two of Grenada’s leading trade unionists have expressed their total disgust and annoyance with the recent notification of a rise in price for Internet...
Venezuela looks to restructure debt
Crisis-hit Venezuela, seen by many investors on the threshold of default, will try to restructure its debt after its oil company makes a scheduled...
Malaysian police file criminal charges against fugitive St. Kitts-Nevis economic citizen
Malaysian police on Friday filed criminal charges against fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, who is wanted in connection with a multibillion-dollar money laundering scandal...
Scotiabank to sell insurance operations in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica
The Bank of Nova Scotia confirmed today that it would be selling its insurance operations in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago as part of...
Flight to Jamaica diverted after man claimed to have coronavirus
A Canadian man was arrested yesterday after he reportedly told a plane full of passengers bound for Jamaica that he had contracted the coronavirus.
According...
UWI student charged after holding ex girlfriend against her will and torturing her
Twenty-year-old Matthew Hyde of Braemer Avenue, New Kingston, who has been charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm, was scheduled to appear in Jamaica’s...
