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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 in Haiti, even as it acknowledged receiving a letter purporting to...

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...

King to address slavery during Commonwealth speech in Antigua

King Charles III is to speak with "unflinching honesty" and "sincere sorrow" on the lasting pain of the...

Jamaica says annual UN Cuba resolution fails to address crisis

KINGSTON – Jamaica says repeated calls at the United Nations for an end to the United States’ economic...

Opposition leader arrested as Guyana police probe government surveillance video leak

Police Wednesday arrested Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara residence as they continue their...

Bermuda remembers nationals killed in September 11 terrorist attacks

Bermuda is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States by members of the extremist group, al-Qaeda, recalling the...

Caricom forms youth committee to help curb crime and violence

GEORGETOWN -The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has established the CARICOM Youth Advisory Committee on the Prevention of Crime and Violence (YAC-PCV) aimed at placing young people at the...

New report says digital trade can unlock growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

A new report Tuesday suggests that  international trade that is ordered or delivered online quintupled in two decades in Latin America and the Caribbean to...

Jamaica commits US$6.6m to help hurricane victims rebuild

KINGSTON – Government has signed J$1.05 billion (US$6.6 million) in contracts to begin construction of 268 semi-permanent housing units for families severely affected by...

Trinidadian man in New York pleads guilty to sex trafficking, admits kidnapping six women

A 33-year-old Trinidadian national and lawful permanent United States resident has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking and admitted to kidnapping six additional women. The Department of...

OCLADE report notes that regional trade integration remains uneven

The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE) says that while while Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has a strong production base capable...