Friday, May 3, 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...

Pitcher knocks CARICOM leaders’ approach to hospitality

QUESTIONS ARE BEING raised about the amount of attention CARICOM Heads of Governments pay to the hospitality sector.Robert Pitcher, whose company Fun N’ Sun...

Depositors to recover losses after bank collapse 30 years ago

BASSETERRE – Clients who lost money when the Bank of Commerce closed some 30 years ago were put on alert by Prime Minister Dr Timothy...

Escaped prisoner killed in T&T

PRISON ESCAPEE Hassan Atwell, 41, has been killed.Reports are that Atwell was not killed by police, but by members of a gang, according to...

11 charged in Seetahal murder

 PORT OF SPAIN – Fourteen months after Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal was assassinated in Woodbrook, 11 men have been charged for her murder.This was...

Downgrade for Kick ‘em Jenny

AFTER A REDUCTION in seismic activity at the Kick ‘em Jenny underwater volcano, the government of Grenada has reduced the alert level to yellow.According...

Jamaicans heading to church for Emancipation celebrations

NATIONAL EMANCIPATION and Independence celebrations will begin today with Church services across the island.Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna, said the Church services...