Regional News
International Monetary Fund warns Barbados Government of the need to contain wages
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Barbados is in a precarious economic situation with its international reserves having dwindled to US$220 million, while central...
Haiti’s President announces new prime minister
President Jovenel Moise Tuesday announced Jean Michel Lapin, who once served as a courier in the public administration, to be the new prime minister...
Trinidad and Tobago’s gov’t defends decision to bar citizens
The Trinidad and Tobago government has defended its decision not to re-open its borders to accommodate 35 nationals stranded in Barbados, insisting that the...
Seven-year-old dies in fire in Jamaica
A seven-year-old female student of Friendship Primary School, in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica, perished in a fire which engulfed and eventually destroyed the...
Guyana’s Health Ministry to get US$1.8M to boost ICUs
Guyana’s Ministry of Health is set to receive a US$1.8M grant from the Global Fund to enhance Intensive Care Units (ICUs) across the country,...
St. Kitts and Nevis’ Churches, NGOs urge PM Harris to announce election date
Churches and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Saint Kitts and Nevis have written to Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris urging him to name a date for the...
Republic Bank Guyana confirms Visa fraud activity
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited on Wednesday May 15, has announced that it had been able to “quickly identify” cases where its customers had been...
Protest breaks out in Guyana over killing of young cousins
Protesters in Guyana, on Sunday, blocked the roadway along the Number Five and Number Three villages, West Coast Berbice Public Road, bringing traffic to...
Taiwan to assist St. Lucia in crime fight
Taiwan has agreed to assist the St. Lucia government in efforts to fight crime in all its forms.
On Wednesday, both governments signed a Bilateral...
OECS assembly struggles to have meeting
Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Dr Didacus Jules has acknowledged there is a "big challenge" in scheduling a new...
