Friday, May 3, 2024

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Caribbean urged to brace for extreme weather

BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean. In its latest Caribbean Climate Outlooks...

$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...

Dominica High Court overturns ban on same-sex relations

Dominica's High Court has overturned a ban on consensual same-sex relations in the Caribbean island nation. The court ruled...

Jamaica launches ‘recovery’ plan to help students

Kingston - Jamaica has announced a “Recover Smarter-National School Learning and Intervention Plan” aimed at helping students to recover from learning loss due to...

Opposition members in Trinidad stage walkout during debate on Tobago

Port of Spain – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rwley Tuesday made an impassioned plea for Parliament to support efforts to grant self-government to Tobago...

Suriname records 210 deaths from COVID-19 in June

Paramaribo – Suriname officials said on Tuesday five deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic were registered in the past 24 hours, pushing the total...

‘Costly repairs’ from lightning strikes

St Georges – They have caused death and fires in some parts of the world but in the Caribbean region every year, especially during...

St Kitts extends COVID State of Emergency

BASSETERRE – The St Kitts-Nevis coalition government on Monday extended the state of emergency (SOE) by a further six months, with Prime Minister Dr...

Officials in Trinidad investigate COVID deaths

Port of Spain – Health authorities on Monday said they are still investigating reports that at least four people may have died after having...