Regional

Kingstown, St Vincent -- A controversial Bill to amend the existing Passport Act was tabled last week in the St Vincent and the Grenadines House of Assembly for debate on Monday, prompting allegations that the government is seeking to rush…

ST ANDREW, Kingston -- After surviving injuries sustained in a hit-and-run in St Andrew, an elderly woman who gave her name as Mariah Marshall is now unable to provide contact information in order to be released from hospital. According to…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- President Donald Ramotar on Thursday evening called upon the opposition to unconditionally pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill, to limit the harm already done…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - - In recognition of World Blood Donor Day on Saturday, June 14, the Ministry of Health, through the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), will host a ‘Donor Fest Blood Drive and Wellness Fair’ at the Blood…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago police have launched an investigation into the presence of placards bearing racist slogans during a demonstration organised by the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) last weekend.…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) – the region’s tourism development agency charged with leading the Caribbean’s sustainable tourism development – and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the regional…

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Dr Wykeham McNeill, says that the government plans to lead a collaborative effort to deal with the harassment of tourists. “Complaints about harassment are widespread, from both…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- Haiti's prime minister announced on Tuesday a series of measures to reduce government spending in an effort to further streamline the Caribbean country's macroeconomic governance, as the International…

Castries, Saint Lucia -- The OECS Commission is to facilitate discussions among Early Childhood Coordinators/Directors/Education Officers towards adopting a proposed instrument for routine monitoring of Early Childhood Development (ECD)…

ST JAMES, Jamaica -- The 15-year-old boy who was taken into custody by the Police on Friday, May 23 in relation to the death of 9-year-old Romaine Robinson of Plantation Heights in Cambridge, St James, has been charged. The teenager is to…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) -- At least 13 people have been killed in Haiti in two separate accidents in less than 48 hours when a truck transporting goods and passengers on Friday fell off a cliff, one day after a small boat capsized near…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Reversing a decision of the Bahamian Court of Appeal, the Privy Council in London granted an injunction on Friday halting a dredging project that is part of Resorts World Bimini’s major resort development on Bimini. The…

PLANTATION HEIGHTS, St James — Screams disturbed this normally quiet farming community early yesterday morning after the blood-soaked body of a nine-year-old boy was discovered in bushes with his hands and feet bound. The murdered boy has…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- A draft of the proposed regulatory framework for industrial hemp will be submitted to Cabinet shortly. “This will pave the way for a viable chain to be developed around the hemp industry in Jamaica,” Minister of…

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- On Thursday, just three days after Craig Cannonier resigned as premier of Bermuda, the territory’s attorney general Mark Pettingill also stepped down. Pettingill’s resignation came shortly after reports that he had…