Saturday, May 11, 2024

Regional

Barbados to end service with Cayman Airways

The direct services between Barbados and Grand Cayman provided by Cayman Airways comes to an end on July 3, 2024. The announcement came  today by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc...

PMs rap treatment of ex-CDB boss

CASTRIES – St Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre has criticised the removal of Dr Hyginus “Gene” Leon...

Chinese national dies in boat crash

GEORGETOWN – Police say the captain of a tugboat involved in an incident with another boat resulting in...

St Lucian PM urges bank to re-examine policy to halt all cash transactions

Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says he will seek regional support against moves by banks operating in the...

Earthquake of 5.4 magnitude felt in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rocked Antigua and Barbuda and neighbouring islands...

Standard and Poor’s affirms Bermuda’s A-plus credit rating

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Minister of Finance Everard Bob Richards has welcomed a report by international ratings agency Standard & Poor’s affirming Bermuda’s A+ credit...

Investigations continuing into plot to kill Granger

GEORGETOWN – Senior Superintended and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said investigators have been taking all the appropriate steps to expedite the investigation into the...

Rain causes millions in damage in Jamaica

KINGSTON – The Jamaica government says preliminary estimates for damages caused by the rains over the past few days could reach at least half...

Skerrit and ministers sue US-based blogger and local journalist

ROSEAU – Lawyers representing Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and two other government ministers as well as a senior police official have called on a...

CARICOM observer mission for Curaçao elections

GEORGETOWN – At the invitation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mounting a small Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the general...

Standard and Poors downgrades Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN – Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded Trinidad and Tobago’s long-term sovereign ratings – the risk associated with investing...