Regional News
St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister urges countries producing guns to do more to curb trafficking
St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris has issued an urgent call for countries where guns and other weapons are manufactured to do more...
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister takes World Trade Organisation trade dispute to UN
Fifteen years after Antigua and Barbuda won the World Trade Organisation (WTO) arbitration against the United States, Prime Minister Gaston Browne lamented that the...
Tropical Storm Kirk causes power outages and heavy flooding in Caribbean
Tropical Storm Kirk caused power outages and heavy flooding across the eastern Caribbean and forced flight cancellations.
Authorities in Barbados said they helped rescue several...
UN asks Venezuela to accept humanitarian aid
The UN Human Rights Council yesterday voted through a resolution urging the government of Venezuela to "accept humanitarian assistance" to alleviate the country's "scarcity"...
Sexual harassment bill to be tabled in Jamaica’s parliament by year end
Gender Minister Olivia Grange says the Jamaica government is moving to table the Sexual Harassment Bill in Parliament by year end.
According to Grange, the...
Haiti calls for funds to deal with cholera
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise has called on the international community to provide the funding needed to help the French-speaking CARICOM country deal with the...
OECS hosting Regional workshop to examine National Cash Transfer Programmes for Emergencies
A two-day workshop aimed at increasing knowledge and exposure of available practical tools to make social protection programmes more shock responsive in Small Island...
New state of emergency declared in Jamaica
A State of Emergency has been declared in parts of Jamaica’s capital, with Prime Minister Andrew Holness saying the increased criminal activities in the...
Gunmen ambush armoured vehicle in brazen robbery in Trinidad
Police in Trinidad are continuing investigations into yesterday’s brazen robbery of a G4S Security armoured vehicle and its four armed guards which have described...
Claims of irregularities as Guyana Political parties engage in ground battle for local government...
As political parties in Guyana engage in a ground battle at the community level for candidates to contest the November 12 Local Government Elections,...
