UPDATE: Gag order in place after Choksi appears in court
ROSEAU – High Court Judge Bernie Stephenson-Brooks issued a gag order on Friday, restricting information or comments from being made publicly in the matter...
Belize names first indigenous woman as head of state
BELMOPAN – Froyla T’zalam was sworn in as the first female and third Governor General of Belize on Wednesday, taking over from Sir Colville...
Antigua & Barbuda police deny involvement in “kidnapping” of Indian fugitive
ST. JOHN’S – Police Commissioner Atlee Rodney denied reports that India-born fugitive Mehul Choksi had been kidnapped here and taken to the neighbouring Caribbean...
Police probe discovery of boat with several dead bodies on board
SCARBOROUGH – Trinidad & Tobago police are investigating on Friday, the discovery of a fishing boat with the bodies of at least four people...
Four Caribbean countries record COVID-19 deaths
PORT OF SPAIN – Suriname, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago continued to register deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic over the last 24...
Jamaica Central Bank to introduce digital currency next year
KINGSTON – The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) said it anticipates that the introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), scheduled for next year,...