Sunday, May 5, 2024

Regional

12 killed in landslides following heavy rains in Haiti

PORT AU PRINCE – At least 12 people have been reported dead following the torrential rains that drenched Cap-Haitien for several days causing widespread floods and landslides, the authorities...

Caribbean urged to brace for extreme weather

BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said 2024 is shaping up to be a...

$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...

Commonwealth secretary general arrives

SECRETARY GENERAL of the Commonwealth Kamalesh Sharma is in Barbados for this year's CARICOM Heads of Government Conference.Sharma arrived at the Grantley Adams International...

Regional bodies at odds over LGBT issues

PORT OF SPAIN - Leaders of a regional coalition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organisations sent a letter today to the leaders...

Texas woman vanishes while snorkelling off Curacao

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Texas woman vanished while snorkelling off the north-western coast of Curacao last week, and the local coast guard stopped looking...

Crime and security agenda in focus

WITH INCREASES IN crime being recorded across the region, especially involving the use of a firearm, Caribbean governments are being urged to pay closer...

Media in for Heads of Government conference

IT MAY NOT BE as glamorous as the Academy Awards, but the 36th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the...

Guantanamo prisoner going to Saudi Arabia

MIAMI (AP) – A prisoner who has been on a nine-year hunger strike to protest his confinement at the United States base at Guantanamo...