Regional News
Trinidad and Tobago Prison Superintendent murdered in hit ordered from prison
Trinidad and Tobago’s Superintendent of Prisons Wayne Jackson was shot and killed at his home in Malabar last night.
Jackson was shot dead at the...
High levels of seismic activity reported at Kick ‘Em Jenny
The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center (UWI SRC) yesterday reported there have been high levels of seismic activity at the Kick...
Man charged with attempting to steal American Airlines jet to be deported to Trinidad
The Trinidadian man charged with attempting to steal an American Airlines jet at Orlando Melbourne International Airport will be deported to Trinidad, placed on...
IMF approves US$290 Million in Extended Fund Facility for Barbados
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday announced that it has approved the staff-level agreement on an Extended Fund Facility (EFF),...
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...
