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Scholarship to carry on legacy of late track and field coach

KINGSTON – The government has announced plans to establish a scholarship for a student-athlete at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) in honour of late track and field coach...

ECLAC to release economic survey of LAC

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Friday announced that it present its Economic Survey of...

CCJ president responds to press reports on leaked correspondence

Port of Spain, Trinidad – President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, Friday...

Haiti PM says elections will be held in 2026

Port Au Prince, Haiti – Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the “the elections will take place this...

CARICOM education ministers meeting in Guyana

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Education Ministers began a two-day meeting here on Wednesday amid concerns as to  whether or...

Man shot and killed in Dominica hospital

Roseau, Dominica – Police are investigating the murder of a patient at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital on Monday evening. Lawmen said two masked men...

Trinidad government gets US $5.8 million for flood damage

Port of Spain, Trinidad – The government has received US$5.84 million from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) following the heavy rainfall that occurred in the...

Culture ministers recognise impact of pandemic

Antigua, Guatemala – The Organisation of American States (OAS) says that regional ministers of culture have approved the Declaration of Antigua, Guatemala aimed at...

Haiti PM angered by assassination of former presidential candidate

Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has expressed outrage following the assassination of former presidential candidate Eric Jean Baptiste on Friday . Baptiste, who was also...

Group cautions against banning devotion in Jamaican schools

Kingston, Jamaica – The Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM) has called on the Education Ministry to refrain from restricting devotions in public...

Foreign airlines resume flights to Cuba as a safe destination

Air Canada on Friday resumed its operations to Cuba with Havana as destination, in correspondence to other foreign airlines that are also increasing their...