Regional News
Hunt continues for kidnapped girl in Dominica as abductor is killed by police
Police in Dominica have intensified their search for a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped more than a week ago.
According to Dominica’s Deputy Police Commissioner...
Bartlett admits decline in cruise visitors but blames previous Gov’t
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has said that the 25 per cent reduction in cruise visitors to the island in 2019 was due...
Regional airline LIAT to continue suspension of passenger service
LIAT will extend the suspension of passenger services to May 15 given the current environment.
Chief Executive Officer Mrs. Julie Reifer-Jones explained that extension of...
Cuba leads global efforts against COVID-19 in spite of blockade
A Cuban drug, known as the Interferon Alpha 2B, could save thousands of lives in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The drug was first developed in Cuba...
US ready to work with Haiti’s new government
The United States says it is looking forward to working with the Haitian Government, including the newly appointed Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe and his...
Jamaica declared a disaster area amid coronavirus outbreak
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared the island a disaster area because of the threat of coronavirus infection.
According to the Jamaica Observer, Holness made...
Tropical Storm Lisa Is Expected to Become a Hurricane
Tropical Storm Lisa was expected to strengthen today, Tuesday November 1st as it passed south of the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean Sea,...
ECLAC chief warns region’s economies will suffer COVID-19 pandemic’s negative consequences via numerous channels
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, warned that the region’s economies will suffer the pandemic’s negative consequences via numerous channels.
The Executive Secretary of the Economic...
Cruise Industry To Work With CARICOM Amid Coronavirus Threat
Cruise industry officials have committed to working with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the face of the global Coronavirus threat.
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet disclosed...
PAHO urges Caribbean countries to immediately reorganize health services
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne, has called on all countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean,...
