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Over Two Dozen Haitians Drown in Attempt to Enter The Bahamas
At least 28 Haitian migrants drowned in the waters off the northern Bahamian island of Abaco when the vessel they were travelling in capsized and sunk over the weekend.
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) said 17 survivors were…
As Final State of Emergency in Jamaica Expires, Citizens are Assured of a Strong Security Presence
With the last state of public emergency (SOE) that was in effect in Jamaica set to expire at the end of the day, government is seeking to assure that security forces will still maintain a strong presence.
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Earthquake Hits Close to Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday January 31 2019 – The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre recorded a 4.4 earthquake off Trinidad and Tobago early today.
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Jamaica Government to Divest More of its Assets
Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will, in the coming months, be looking at all the assets under its portfolio with the intention of divesting them.
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Venezuela’s President Willing to Talk With Opposition to Resolve Political Crisis
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he’s open to having talks with his opponents to resolve the political crisis in his country that has deepened since last week when Opposition Leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim leader.…
88-year-old robbed of $15,000 outside bank
Police in Trinidad & Tobago are once again reminding citizens to be careful and observant when making bank transactions.
The latest reminder follows the robbery of an 88-year-old man mere moments after he left First Citizens Bank in…
Trinis lose $$ in Whatsapp scam
SEVERAL people who were looking for jobs at Christmas were instead scammed of thousands of dollars.
In December, several people who are members of a WhatsApp group were falsely told they would be employed as riggers at an energy company…
Local Innovation Facilitates Solidarity-Based Biogas Networks in Cuba
Black plastic pipes, readily available on the mainly empty shelves of Cuba’s shops, distribute biogas to homes in the rural town of La Macuca, buried under the ground or running through the grass and stones in people’s yards.
The strong…
EU Provides Millions in Budgetary Support for Montserrat
The European Union has disbursed EC$17.55 million (US$6.5 million) to the Government of Montserrat as the first fixed tranche under the Multi Sector Sustainable Economic Development Budget Support Programme.
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Guyana Government ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ As US Sanctions on Parent Company of Local Bauxite…
The Ministry of Natural Resources says it is “cautiously optimistic” after the Donald Trump administration said it was ready to remove the sanctions on the Russian-owned and world’s second-largest aluminium company RUSAL, which is the…
Financing Approved for Project to Cut Bahamas Government’s Street Lighting Costs and Save Millions…
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved funding for a project which will see 30,500 existing street lights replaced with energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. The project is expected to reduce the cost of street…
Copa expands Guyana service; United holds talks
Copa Airlines, which commenced twice weekly service to Guyana in 2015, and expanded that to four flights a week a year ago, on Thursday announced an additional flight to Guyana on Fridays, bringing the total number of flights to five per…
Thirty-eight Dominica families receive keys to new homes financed by citizenship programme
Thirty-eight families from the Petite Savanne community in Dominica on Friday received the keys to brand new homes in the Bellevue Chopin housing development compliments of the government and financed by the island’s citizenship by…
Report on Fly Jamaica Crash Submitted; Theft by Fire Officers Described As “Reprehensible”
A report on the Fly Jamaica crash landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) early last month has been presented to the Guyana Cabinet by Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon,…
Guyana’s President Returning to Cuba for Further Cancer Treatment
President David Granger is scheduled to return to Cuba tomorrow for further medical intervention, after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in the Spanish-speaking nation last month.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon made the…