Wednesday, May 1, 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...

IMF predicts marginal growth for St Lucia

WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is predicting that St Lucia will record economic growth of 0.5 per cent this year driven mostly...

Court decision sparks riots in Venezuela

CARACAS – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro promised on Friday to resolve within hours a controversy over the judiciary's annulment of congress which has sparked...

Three more communities in Guyana get potable water for the first time

RESIDENTS OF SILVER Hill, Waiakabra and Hill Foot communities along the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway are now able to access potable water. The Ministry of...

Recidivism rate low in Guyana

GEORGETOWN – Acting Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels said prisoners who are released on parole are staying out of prison and the Parole Board...

Yellow Fever advisory for travellers to T&T 

PIARCO – The Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago has advised that effective March 22, 2017, people travelling into Trinidad and Tobago from...

Jamaica starts talks on affirmative action in education

KINGSTON — Minister of Education, Youth and Information Ruel Reid has engaged tertiary institutions in a discussion about the implementation of an affirmative action...