Regional

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has assumed responsibility for the Ministry of the People and Social Development following the firing of Glenn Ramadharsingh - the Member of Parliament for Caroni…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Health says that work is far advanced on phase one in the renovation of the Isaac Barrant Centre of Excellence in St Thomas which is scheduled to be officially opened soon. Junior Health Minister,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in St Kitts and Nevis says it is making preparations to test the readiness of public and private sector entities, in the event of a tsunami in the Caribbean islands.…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell has appointed The Bahamas’ National Reparations Committee ahead of a formal push by CARICOM heads to get reparations, debt cancellation, and an apology from former…

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller will open the renovated Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa on Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25. The Wellness Spa is part of the EHF Group of Companies and…

GRANDE ANSE, Grenada -- A regional workshop held in Grenada encouraged local entrepreneurs to leverage cutting-edge technology to develop world-class products and services that address challenges facing Caribbean society. The workshop,…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Bahamas government plans to introduce two initiatives -- violence breakers and a program called shock treatment -- to its Operation Ceasefire plan in a bid to lower crime, Minister of National Security Dr Bernard…

Castries, St Lucia -- A political activist group in Saint Lucia has called upon Allen Chastanet, the political leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP), to denounce conduct by Guy Joseph, the UWP representative for the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago police are awaiting a forensic report to determine whether or not the burnt remains of a human being found in a forested area in Princess Town, south Port of Spain are that of 29-year-old…

Kingston, Jamaica -- An elderly man, who has given his name as George Reid, was Sunday night found wandering in Seaview Gardens, Kingston. He says he is 75 years old and from a Montgomery Avenue address. Reid is of dark complexion, slim…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Aid workers in Haiti have begun distributing food to help some of the Caribbean nation's poorest people cope with a severe drought, an official with a United Nations agency said Thursday. The World Food Program…

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies Tracy Robinson was on Thursday elected chairman of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at its 150th Regular Session, held in…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) -- The Grenada government says it is well advanced in meeting specific targets ahead of a crucial board meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Permanent secretary in the ministry of finance, Timothy…

ST MARY, Jamaica -- The St Mary police are investigating the brutal killing of a 70-year-old businessman in the parish on Tuesday, March 18.  Norris Garvey’s body was found by his son about 9:45 pm at his business establishment in Gayle, St…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Prime Minister Perry Christie’s admission that he intervened with a local bank in an effort to help the Bahamas government’s chief value-added tax (VAT) coordinator Ishmael Lightbourne save his home was “inappropriate”…