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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...

Searchlight newspaper to close after 31 years

Kingstown, St Vincent – The Searchlight newspaper on Wednesday said it will cease publication on September 25 this year, after “31 years of continuous...

Man detained after woman set on fire in Suriname

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Police say they have detained a man who doused a 51-year-old woman with gasoline and then set her on fire last...

Caribbean Airlines discontinues direct Trinidad/Tobago-Barbados service

Caribbean Airlines will discontinue its direct BW212 and BW213 Trinidad/Tobago-Barbados return services from September 2 as part of an ongoing review of its regional...

Caribbean urged to prepare for hotter, drier conditions

The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) and the University of the West Indies Climate Studies Group Mona (UWI CSGM) are urging...

Three charged with murder in The Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas – Three people will return to court on February 4 next year after they were accused of murdering a woman, whose body...

St Lucia staging national exhibit for underwater sculpture park

Castries – St Lucia is set to unveil its first National Exhibition for the development of one out of three Underwater Sculpture Parks, offering...