Regional News
PAHO urges Caribbean to keep polio at bay
Caribbean countries are being urged to take immediate action to increase polio vaccination coverage to 95 per cent as the world observers World Polio...
Dominica Prime Minister says flooding in Trinidad underscores impact of climate change
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the recent flooding in Trinidad and Tobago underscores the impact climate change is having globally.
Skerrit, whose country is...
Haiti president removes top officials linked to corruption scandal
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise removed two top government officials yesterday as part of a purge of people linked to a corruption scandal that has...
Trinidad rattled by two earthquakes minutes apart
Two earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5.1 rattled Trinidad and Tobago minutes apart late last night, but there were no immediate reports of...
Legendary calypsonian ‘Mighty Shadow’ dies
Trinidad and Tobago legendary calypsonian, Winston Bailey, who was due to receive an honorary doctorate from the St. Augustine campus of the University of...
CCJ president perplexed at Caribbean people’s non-acceptance of regional court
President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Adrian Saunders, says after 50 years of political independence, he remains perplexed that Caribbean...
Brace for more bad weather, says Trinidad and Tobago Met Office
There will be no let-up yet in the unusual weather conditions which brought chaos and destruction to parts of Trinidad and Tobago over the...
University of the West Indies to confer honorary doctorate on CCJ President
The University of the West Indies (UWI) will confer an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on the Honourable Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders, President...
World Health Organization removes Caribbean Zika alert
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has removed its Zika virus country classification scheme, which categorised...
25 prison officers called in sick, says Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security minister
Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister Stuart Young said 25 prison officers called in sick yesterday, but this did not affect the operations of...
