Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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SVG’s Opposition Leader wants age of consent increased

KINGSTOWN – Opposition Leader Godwin Friday has reiterated his support for increasing the age of consent, saying that while 15 “definitely” is “too low”, the new age should be...

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...

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...

Former Buccament Bay Resort workers to get EC$2 000 each

Kingstown – Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves says former workers of the Buccament Bay Resort are to receive soon a pay out of EC$2 000...

St Vincent govt to help farmers

Kingstown – The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says farmers, as well as other people, employed in the volcano Red Zone will get...

Progress on Jamaica’s Ganja Task Force

Kingston – Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Audley Shaw says work on the establishment of a Ganja Industry Development Task Force, which will...

COHSOD asks for review of CXC recommendations

Georgetown – The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD) has suggested that the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) review recommendations it...

St Vincent govt plans tourism recovery

Weeks after the explosive eruption of La Soufriere Volcano caused widespread devastation  in St Vincent and the Grenadines, that country’s Minister of Tourism Carlos...

PAHO stepping up assistance in the region

WASHINGTON – As shortages of health workers loom and oxygen supplies run “dangerously low”, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is intensifying donations and...