Regional News
Barbados Prime Minister blasts unions as they prepare for national shutdown this week
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has accused the trade union movement of using bullying and blackmail tactics as the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW)...
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...
Guyana High Court squashes term limits for head of state
The Guyana government on Friday hinted at appealing a High Court ruling squashing the two term presidential limit.“Something like this which goes to the...
Special team to investigate murder of four people, including two teenagers in Jamaica
The Jamaica Constabulary Force has appointed a special team of investigators to track down the suspects in the murder of four people, including two...
Trinidad and Tobago’s government to spend $12 million to beef up prison security
The Trinidad and Tobago government has agreed to pump $12 million into beefing up security in prisons, including closed-circuit television (CCTV) coverage for all...
OAS deploys mission to assess situation of Haitian migrants in Dominican Republic
The Organization of American States (OAS) on Thursday sent a special mission to the Dominican Republic and Haiti in order to gather information on...
St. Lucia Health authorities moving to halt possible whooping cough outbreak
The Ministry of Health in St. Lucia has developed certain strategies in order to help prevent a full blown outbreak of whooping cough in...
Jamaica considering bio-fuel production
Jamaica is looking into producing its own bio-fuel and increasing the current mix of ethanol in petrol to about 20 per cent.
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Guyana Government refusing to pay CPL 500,000 US dollars
The Guyana government says it will not pay US $500,000 dollars to organizers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) until it sees a contract...
Trinidad police investigating the shooting of a prison officer outside his home
Police in Trinidad are investigating whether the shooting of a prison officer outside his San Fernando home was a hit ordered from behind prison...
