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Plot to assassinate T&T PM and other officials spans multiple jurisdictions

Port of Spain – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the alleged plot to assassinate her and senior members of her government has widened significantly and now involves multiple foreign...

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...

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...

Three Caribbean countries rattled by two earthquakes

PORT OF SPAIN – Two earthquakes within a two-hour period rattled several Caribbean countries on Monday night, but there were no immediate reports of...

UN aid coordination office warns of a resurgence of cholera in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is warning of a resurgence of cholera in the Quest...

Guyana inks multi-million loan agreement with World Bank

The Government of Guyana, as part of its Integrated Transport Corridors Project, has inked a US$156 Million loan agreement with The World Bank. Senior Minister...

Trinidad and Tobago opts not to endorse CARICOM security position

Trinidad and Tobago stood apart from its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours, declining to back a regional position on key security and regional stability issues,...

UN Security Council renews Haiti sanctions as gang violence continues

 The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that renews sanctions in Haiti for another year as armed gangs continue to...

CARICOM leaders meet to discuss US request to Grenada

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders met on Wednesday and Thursday this week, including a caucus on the United States request to Grenada to allow Washington...