Regional

Kingston, Jamaica -- With a recent study showing that Jamaicans are living longer but most have made no plans for their financial security during their retirement years, the Jamaica government is being advised to make pension contributions…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it disagrees with statements that the 15-member regional grouping “has been slow” to deal with the unfolding situation in the Dominican Republic, where people of Haitian…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- Three people, including a 91-year-old man, were killed after the motor vehicle in which they were travelling went over a cliff late Sunday night, police said. The three – Denzil Johnson, an employee of the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- A man died yesterday after another man used a 25-pound gas cylinder to hit him in the head. He is Cedric Maxwell, 27, of an address in Spanish Town, St Catherine. Reports are that Maxwell was standing on the roadway…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Official documentation requesting the extradition of Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader and former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.…

Brades, Montserrat -- Recently Montserrat was blessed with a visit from two special visitors from St Kitts. They were Anthony Mills, president of the St Kitts-Nevis Association for Persons with Disabilities, and Rockliffe Bowen, president…

St George’s, Grenada -- National authorities from 12 Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean have joined forces to establish a new regional body to enhance transparency and help fight corruption. The Association of Integrity Commissions…

Castries, St Lucia -- Saint Lucia’s prime minister, Dr Kenny Anthony, has been called on to apprise the nation of the legal costs involved in the government’s ongoing efforts to settle an ill-fated agreement purporting to grant oil…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- More than a week after the European Union named 13 Caribbean countries among a list of 30 nations deemed as tax havens, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has taken strong objection to the Europe’s…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rocked Trinidad and Tobago late Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury, the Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI)…

Castries, St Lucia -- The government of Saint Lucia has signed a grant agreement with the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) for funding of the St Lucia National Trust (SLNT) renewable energy project in the sum of 71,749 Euros. The agreement…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- President David Granger has assured US oil company Exxon Mobil that it has nothing to fear in terms of its current operations in Guyana’s waters, as the company has the backing of the Guyana government and…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Bahamas Government says it has deported more 420 people during the first 23 days of this month, with the majority of them being Haitian nationals. Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said that the authorities…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has served notice she has no intention of responding to the constant attacks levelled against her by corruption-accused Jack Warner. At a meeting in Debe…

St John’s, Antigua -- In a strongly worded letter to Ambassador Mikael Barford, head of the Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has documented his government’s impassioned…