Friday, May 3, 2024

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Caribbean urged to brace for extreme weather

BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean. In its latest Caribbean Climate Outlooks...

$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...

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...

Trinidadian elected to International Criminal Court

Port of Spain – A High Court judge from Trinidad and Tobago –  Justice Althea Alexis-Windsor has been elected to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for...

20 passengers test positive for virus in Jamaica

Kingston – Health officials on Wednesday confirmed that 20 passengers who arrived on a flight from the United Kingdom earlier this week, have tested...

Frontline worker in Grenada has COVID

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Health Ministry here confirmed that a frontline healthcare provider became its first medical professional to receive a positive COVID-19...

Former priest stabbed to death at home

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police launched an investigation after the body of a retired Anglican priest was found with stab wounds at his home in...

CDB, IBD US$50 million loan for OECS

Bridgetown – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Monday signed a US$50 million loan agreement to support COVID-19 response...

Jamaica imposes two-week ban on UK flights

Kingston – The Government of Jamaica on Monday announced that effective immediately, all flights from the United Kingdom, will be banned for two weeks. According...