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Additional US $100 million pledged to multinational force for Haiti

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday announced an additional $100 million to finance the deployment of a multinational force to Haiti following...

Grenadian Police probing ‘apparent drowning’ of 2 British tourists

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Grenadian police on Monday said that they are investigating the “apparent drowning” of two British nationals, who had arrived on the sister isle of...

Guyana to boost sugar production

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Guyana’s President Dr Irfaan Ali says another 5,000 hectares of land will be used for sugar production at the Skeldon Estate in the east, to...

UN remains ‘deeply concerned’ about security situation in Haiti

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The United Nations says it remains “deeply concerned” by the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Haiti amid ongoing gang violence and police clashes in...

Jamaican educator killed by husband in Canada

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A 64-year-old Jamaican-born schoolteacher was allegedly murdered by her husband in Vaughan in Ontario, Canada on Wednesday. The deceased is Estella Wheeler, a grade seven...

IDB to grants loan to T&T for development of digital economy

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The Minister of Planning and Development of Trinidad and Tobago, Pennelope Beckles and the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Ilan Goldfajn, signed...

CARICOM unable to reach consensus on Haiti

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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday said it has not been “able to reach any form of consensus” regarding the situation in Haiti despite...

Popular Jamaican businessman convicted of murder of second wife

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Popular Jamaican businessman Everton ‘Beachy Stout’ McDonald and his co-accused, Oscar Barnes, have both been convicted of the 2020 murder of McDonald’s second wife,...

Petrojam shutters fire-affected section of refinery as damage is assessed

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Jamaica’s State-owned petroleum refinery Petrojam has shifted its attention to assessing the extent of the damage caused by a fire at a section of...

$15 million allocated for Tobago oil-spill clean up

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The Tobago House of Assembly’s (THA) Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has confirmed that approximately $15 million has been set aside for oil spill clean-up...
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