Regional

Caribbean immigration advocates welcome US court ruling on ICE ban

Caribbean immigration advocates have welcomed a United States federal judge’s ruling in favour of a New York ban on local law enforcement officers working with Trump immigration agents, such...

PM Mitchell leads NDC to historic victory

Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell led his ruling National Democratic  Congress (NDC) to an historic electoral victory here on...

Trinidad to face scrutiny over emergency powers, detention in UN review

 Trinidad and Tobago’s human rights record will come under scrutiny at the United Nations next week, with submissions...

UN remains focus on securing peace in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations says it remains focused on supporting efforts to restore security and stability...

CRC chairman welcomes the leaders of Britain “to the “ancestral site” of slavery

The chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has described as “a...

CTO remains “cautiously optimistic” about growth of regional tourism sector this year

The Barbados-based  Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says it remains “cautiously optimistic” that the regional tourism sector will transition into a phase of more moderate,...

US human rights group condemns ‘unlawful’ US boat strike in the Caribbean  

The United States human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has condemned the latest US military strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea that...

Barbados described as one of safest destinations in the Caribbean and the Americas

 The chief executive officer of  the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc, Andrea Franklin, says the international recognition of the island as one of the safest...

Guyana to introduce automated passenger ID at CJIA

 The government says it will introduce an automated passenger identification system at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to reduce processing times for Guyanese...

More questions over Barnett’s re-appointment

KINGSTON – Former assistant secretary general of CARICOM, Joseph Cox, is raising questions regarding the re-appointment of Dr Carla Barnett as the Secretary General...

Chairman disappointed Netherlands declined to support slavery declaration

PARAMARIBO – Chairman of the National Reparations Commission (NRC), Armand Zunder, has described as a “slap in the face to descendants of enslaved people...