Regional

Advocacy group in Jamaica calls for sex offenders registry to be made public

 The non-governmental organisation – Fi We Children Foundation,  has joined calls for the sex offenders registry to be made public, following the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in...

Mother, three children buried as Guyana ferry tragedy death toll climbs to 73

 A mother and three of her children were laid to rest on Friday as a sense of unimaginable...

IDB Invest announces strategic partnership to support Caribbean growth

IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) says it has entered into a...

Death toll in Guyana ferry tragedy climbs as regional recovery effort expands

 Search, rescue and recovery operations following the capsizing of the MV Barima have intensified with the arrival of...

Efforts to refloat sunken MV Barima to begin today

GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government says it will begin operations at midday on Wednesday to refloat the sunken...

Group condemns denial of visas to Caribbean applicants with certain medical conditions

The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” a newly-issued guidance by the Trump administration instructing consular officers to...

CARICOM climate change centre to represent regional at COP30 in Brazil

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) will lead regional representation at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework...

Venezuelan, Guyanese caught in cocaine bust

 The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) says a Venezuelan and two Guyanese have been arrested in connection with the seizure of almost 24 kilogrammes of...

LLA joins Liberty Caribbean Foundation in sending critical supplies to Jamaica

Telecommunications company Liberty Latin America (LLA) joined forces with the Liberty Caribbean Foundation to deliver essential humanitarian and technical supplies to Jamaica in the...

CCRIF to make another multi-million dollar payment to Jamaica

The Cayman Islands-based Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) Thursday announced that it is making a second payment of US$21.1 million to...

UN: Six million affected by Hurricane Melissa in Caribbean

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says an estimated six million people have been affected by Hurricane Melissa, the category 5  storm which swept...