December 7, 2022
Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced
Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her…
December 6, 2022
Prime Minister Holness goes to Washington for help with crime
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is to leave the island Tuesday afternoon for Washington, where he is slated to discuss security matters with a slew of US state agencies. Holness announced the meetings during Tuesday morning’s press conference at the…
December 4, 2022
PM Mottley among Financial Times’ 25 most influential women of 2022
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been featured among the Financial Times’ 25 most influential women of 2022. The list also includes Ketanji Brown Jackson,US Supreme Court Justice; Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Vice-President of Colombia; Sherry Rehman,…
November 28, 2022
Forecasters predict possible flooding in the Caribbean this Christmas
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology (CIMH) is warning the region that recent heavy rains could continue into December and pose a risk for flooding during one of the most joyous seasons of the year. “This year,…
November 28, 2022
Barbados holds National Thanksgiving Service
A multi-denominational National Thanksgiving Service was held Sunday at the Garfield Sobers Complex in recognition of both 56 years of Independence and the first anniversary of becoming a republic. Under the theme, By Grace Through Faith:…
November 21, 2022
6 Jamaican nationals have been arrested in Florida
6 Jamaican nationals have been arrested in Florida in relation to drug charges. One of the men was wanted for allegedly firing several shots inside a restaurant in Brooklyn back in October of this year resulting in the death of an innocent…
November 21, 2022
Bahamas Air Accident produces no injuries
The Bahamas Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) has begun an investigation into an incident where a small aircraft veered off the runway at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. Initial reports said the Embraer E110 aircraft, was en…
November 15, 2022
Bajan Man remanded in connection with 38 firearms
Bajan Noel Lionel Taylor has been remanded to prison in connection with a number of charges including importing 38 illegal guns and 687 rounds of ammunition. The Lowthers, Christ Church resident who is also facing fraud and drug charges appeared…
November 14, 2022
Massive turnout in defense of Mexico’s electoral authority
Tens of thousands of people packed the Mexican capital’s main boulevard Sunday to protest President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s…
November 11, 2022
US State Maryland’s newly elected Governor has Jamaican roots
Democratic representative, Wes Moore who was elected as Maryland’s first black governor on Tuesday has Jamaican roots. Moore, whose mother Joy Moore was born in Jamaica and migrated to the United States as a child with her parents, managed to flip…