Regional News
New Bahamas Government announces Job Freeze
Just six weeks after coming to office, the Dr. Hubert Minnis administration in the Bahamas has slapped a freeze on hiring in the public...
Ex-Haitian coup leader gets nine years in US prison
A former Haitian coup leader and elected senator was sentenced to nine years in a US federal prison yesterday after pleading guilty to conspiring...
New OECS Chairman calls for Extensive Functional Cooperation
New Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, has called for deeper economic integration and more extensive functional...
US donates key equipment to help Jamaican police in crime fight
The United States (US) Embassy in Kingston on Friday donated key equipment and supplies, including cameras, radios and protective vests to assist local law...
Antigua Government hits back at former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda yesterday hit back at former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who described a statement by Prime Minister Gaston...
Discussing crisis in Venezuela not ‘intervention’ says OAS
Ministers from the Organization of American States (OAS) discussed the crisis in Venezuela yesterday at a meeting that infuriated Caracas but which the regional...
Trinidad mopping up after passage of Tropical Storm Bret
Trinidad and Tobago was mopping up today after being spared the full brunt of Tropical Storm Bret, the first named weather system of the...
Three men shot dead in Trinidad
As most of the country was preparing for effects of Tropical storm Bret, three men were murdered in a shooting in Laventille, Trinidad last...
Student in coma, teen in police custody following violent altercation in Antigua
A violent confrontation between two teenage boys has resulted in one of them being hospitalized in a coma at Mount St. John’s Medical Centre...
Haiti wants to increase trade with Cuba
Haiti says it wants to strengthen its trade links with Cuba and has officially accepted an invitation to participate in the 35th International Fair...
