Regional News
Six arrested in separate cocaine bust at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport
Five men, including a shipper, remained in custody yesterday after Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents in Guyana said they found several packets of cocaine...
International Monetary Fund studies macroeconomic impact of natural disasters on countries
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says in addition to permanent damages to public and private capital, natural disasters cause temporary losses of productivity, inefficiencies...
Trinidad Cop under probe for helping gun and drug smugglers
A police corporal in Trinidad is now the subject of a criminal probe after allegedly helping in the escape of four men who smuggled...
Venezuela rejects call for December 3rd referendum not to be held
Venezuela has rejected any call for them to not hold their December 3rd referendum on Guyana’s Essequibo County.
Venezuelan Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez told the...
PAHO urges region to prepare “timely response” for dengue outbreaks
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for countries in the Caribbean and Latin America to prepare for a timely response to possible...
Security officials to conduct probe in TT nationals deported from Turkey
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says the Trinidadians who were deported from Turkey on Friday will be closely monitored by security officials there.
Twelve Trinidadians who...
St. Lucia’s St Jude Hospital nearing accreditation says Health Minister
St. Lucia’s Minister of Health Moses Jn Baptiste has revealed that St Jude Hospital in Saint Lucia is on the brink of receiving accreditation...
Ex Employees at Disaster Agency in Antigua accused of stealing hurricane relief items
Two men who worked at Antigua and Barbuda’s National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) have been slapped with charges after allegedly stealing items intended...
Grenada Police say body of German national discovered on drifting yacht
Grenada police said on Monday that the decomposing body found on a yacht drifting seven miles south of the island is that of a...
Gender-based violence on the rise in Jamaica, T&T and Guyana
A senior United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) official yesterday said that there's a growing problem of gender-based violence in Guyana, Jamaica and...
