January 19, 2023
Jamaica’s PM to deliver keynote address at Global Tourism Resilience Conference
Prime Minister Andrew Holness will deliver the keynote address at the Global Tourism Resilience Conference next month. The conference is being held from February 15 to 17 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in Kingston,…
January 12, 2023
Haiti Senate President Joseph Lambert Injured during Attack
President of Haiti’s Senate, Joseph Lambert, has been treated at a hospital in the capital, Port au Prince, after he escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday. Authorities said Lambert underwent an eye operation and his doctors say he remains under…
January 10, 2023
Mass arrests in Brazil as Lula condemns ‘terrorist’ riots
About 1,500 people have been held in Brazil after supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in the capital Brasília.The rioting came a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was…
January 9, 2023
Antigua & Barbuda prepares for election
Antigua and Barbuda’s Electoral Commission has confirmed that 53 candidates have successfully submitted their bids to be on the ballot for this month’s general election. The ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has candidates for all 16…
January 9, 2023
Drug Bust in Portland Jamaica involving Women and Minors
A police team from the Portland division in Jamaica seized approximately 600 pounds of compressed marijuana during an operation in the parish on Saturday, January 7th. Thirteen people, including six women and two minors, were taken into custody in…
January 6, 2023
A $90m drug bust occurred at Jamaican Airport,
Fifty-six-year-old Robert Chin, the man charged in connection with the $90 million cocaine bust at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston was granted bail in the sum of $700,000 on humanitarian grounds. Parish Judge Maxine…
December 29, 2022
Grenada Tourism Authority has reported a third month of increased tourist arrivals.
The Grenada Tourism Authority has reported that the island has recorded a third successive month of increased tourist arrivals. The tourism authority reported 14,232 tourists visited the island in November, which represents a 17 percent increase…
December 28, 2022
Jamaica’s Politicians react to Jo Mersa Marley’s death’s death
Jamaica's Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has extended condolences to the family of reggae singer Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley, the son of Stephen Marley, who was found dead on Boxing Day. Minister Grange shared that…
December 22, 2022
No More Mask Required in Barbados
Health authorities have scrapped the few remaining COVID-19 mandates, ending more than two years of protocols imposed on Barbadians to help control the spread of the virus. Declaring that legal regulations are no longer needed to manage the…
December 14, 2022
Health authorities urge Bajans to protect against COVID-19 and flu as cases rise
Health authorities are warning Barbadians to be extra cautious during the busy Christmas season amid a double whammy of a lingering COVID-19 pandemic that has resulted in another death in recent days, and a highly infectious flu virus. Chief Medical…