Regional News
Canada helps Guyana with election equipment
Canada on Monday signed an agreement with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to provide 20,000 Canadian dollars to purchase equipment to be used in...
Guyana president pardons 11 jailed mothers for Christmas
Eleven women, many of whom were convicted for non-violent crimes, have been pardoned by Guyana’s President David Granger and are scheduled to be released...
GraceKennedy Donates 210 Tablets and Laptops to Schools in Jamaica
GraceKennedy Limited (GK), through its Grace and Staff Community Development Foundation has donated 210 tablets and laptops, valued at approximately $5.2 million, to 10...
3 million Haitian children in need of humanitarian assistance
Three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as continuing gang violence hampers aid delivery, the head of the UN children's...
Four (4) killed as heavy rains pound Haiti
At least four people have died and several others missing after heavy torrential rains caused widespread flooding in Haiti over the last four days.
The...
British Virgin Islands on drought watch with dramatic drop in rainfall
With just 3.5 inches of rain for the first half of the year, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has joined the growing list of...
More than 600 babies born to teenage mothers in seven months in Guyana
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in Guyana says a total of 657 babies were born to teenage mothers during the period January 1st...
Kenya’s deployment of officers to Haiti temporarily blocked
Kenya’s deployment of police officers to Haiti has been temporarily blocked by the court.
The Kenyan judge, Enock Mwita upheld the request made by an...
Caribbean Development Bank and European Investment Bank sign new multi-million dollar deal for hurricane-ravaged...
CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. Keith Mitchell yesterday welcomed the establishment of an emergency post-disaster reconstruction financing initiative to help the...
Call made for Regional response to Non-Communicable Diseases threat to be scaled up
The regional response to the grave threat posed by Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) must be intensified immediately if the health, wellbeing and development gains of...
