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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 Cap-Haitien for several days causing widespread floods and landslides, the authorities...

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...

Haiti’s Prime Minister resigns

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as a new council was sworn in to lead the...

Jamaica’s govt to spend billions on recovery and vaccination plan

Kingston – The Government is to spend JCA$60 billion (US$398 million) to implement a Social and Economic Recovery and Vaccine Programme for Jamaica (SERVE),...

Body calls on Jamaica to repeal buggery laws

KINGSTON – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the Government of Jamaica should immediately repeal the country’s buggery laws. The ruling,...

CARICOM asks WHO to host meeting on COVID vaccine distribution

Geneva – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thursday reiterated its call for the World Health Organisation (WHO) to host an international summit on distribution...

Grenada continues vaccination programme

ST GEORGE’S – Within the first eight days of Grenada receiving its first shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, 146 people received the initial...

Trinidad vaccines came from Barbados

The Ministry of Health in Trinidad and Tobago last night issued a correction after Minister Terrence Deyalsingh earlier stated the COVID-19 vaccine donations did...

Trinidad special unit officers to wear body cameras

Port Of Spain – Lawmen within special units of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) will be equipped with body cameras, Minister of...