Saturday, April 27, 2024

Regional

British national hospitalised after shark attack

SCARBOROUGH – A 64 year-old British national has been taken to the Scarborough General Hospital, after being attacked by a bull shark on Friday morning, the Chief Secretary of...

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...

Port of Spain General Hospital NICU baby death toll jumps to 18

Port of Spain - Two weeks after the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) announced that seven babies...

Jamaican cop killed in the line of duty

KINGSTON – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), has described as “a very sad moment” the death of police...

Venezuela jets fly over Guyana border town

GEORGETOWN – Guyana said on Wednesday night that two Venezuelan fighter jets entered its airspace, circling a community on the countries’ shared border before...

Guyana’s president announces new Order of Democracy award

Georgetown – President Irfaan Ali has announced a new national award to be bestowed on those who defended Guyana’s democracy following last year’s elections. In...

Jamaica govt plans to help quick-service industry

Kingston – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a Cabinet sub-committee is working with the Private Sector Association of Jamaica (PSOJ) to develop...

Trinidad’s Opposition Leader chided over letter to India’s PM

Port of Spain – Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne has chided Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for what he said was...

Barbadian Rodney Taylor appointed CTU secretary-general

Port of Spain – Barbadian technology expert Rodney Taylor has been appointed Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) after a public, Caribbean-wide recruitment...

Schools in Guyana to remain closed in March

Georgetown – Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says schools will remain closed for face-to-face interaction during March, for every grade except Grades 10, 11...