Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Regional

12 killed in landslides following heavy rains in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE – At least 12 people have been reported dead following the torrential rains that drenched Cap-Haitien for several days causing widespread floods and landslides, the authorities...

Caribbean urged to brace for extreme weather

BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said 2024 is shaping up to be a...

$10,000 bounty for shark

Port of Spain - A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who finds the shark that attacked,...

British national hospitalised after shark attack

SCARBOROUGH – A 64 year-old British national has been taken to the Scarborough General Hospital, after being attacked...

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead the...

Guyana government cuts excise tax on fuel

Georgetown – Eight months after reducing the excise tax on fuel, the Guyana government announced a further cut that will see prices at the...

CCJ to hear oral arguments in lawsuit against T&T next year

Port of Spain – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) set January 18 for oral arguments in a case in which the Trinidad &...

Autopsy confirms teen in Guyana did not die from COVID-19 vaccine

Georgetown – An autopsy conducted on a 13-year-old schoolboy found that he died because of bleeding in his brain, the Ministry of Health said...

Guyana records significant economic growth during first six months of 2021

Georgetown – The Guyana economy grew by 14.5 per cent during the first six months of this year, according to the mid-year report released...

Anguilla and Dominica removed from EU tax haven blacklist, T&T remains

Brussels – Anguilla and Dominica were among countries removed from the European Union’s (EU) list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. But the EU said nine jurisdictions,...

Antigua court dismisses challenge to mandatory vaccination

ST JOHN’S – The Antigua and Barbuda government welcomed a court ruling that dismissed an application by a union representing public servants which sought...