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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...

Region to hold meeting on AIDS

Georgetown, Guyana – The director of the Coordinating Unit for the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Dr Wendy Telgt-Emanuelson, says innovative approaches...

St Lucia may import water from Dominica

Castries – The St Lucia government Friday said it was exploring the possibility of bringing in water from Dominica as the island moves to...

Husband of decapitated woman charged

NEW YORK – Days after the head of a Guyanese woman was discovered dumped in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York,...

Homeland security minister says US providing names of people linked to illegal drugs trade

Homeland Security Minister, Roger Alexander, says the United States has provided Trinidad and Tobago with a list of “persons of interest” in the country...

Bahamas PM pleased with crime figures

NASSAU – Prime Minister Phillip  Davis says crime figures in the country are “moving in the right direction” and that he is pleased “we...

MPs in Cayman vote to look at curbing social media access for under-16s

Cayman could follow Australia in banning social media for children under 16 following cross-party support on the issue in Parliament. A Private Member’s Motion brought by Pearlina...