May 17, 2023
New York Mayor launches centre for Caribbean, other asylum seekers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has launched the city’s first asylum seeker arrival centre as hundreds of Caribbean and other asylum seekers continue to arrive daily. Adams also announced the placement of what will be the city’s ninth Humanitarian…
May 16, 2023
Man gets three years for accidentally killing best friend
A man who accidentally killed his best friend and then fled the scene in a panic has been sentenced to three years in prison. A tearful Godfrey ‘Nico’ Brown learnt of his fate when he appeared before the St James Circuit Court last week. He was…
May 11, 2023
Gov’t to spend additional $1B on water projects to combat drought – PM
The government will be allocating an additional $1 billion in the next budget to support the development of small community/municipal-based water projects. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement on Tuesday in a ministerial statement in…
May 8, 2023
Man gets abusive after seeing a hickey on his babymother’s neck
A man accused of physically assaulting the mother of his child after noticing a hickey on her neck was directed to seek counselling following his appearance in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday. Josiah Johnson is charged with assault…
May 6, 2023
Dexta Daps celebrates success of Davido’s record-breaking album
Having featured on African star Davido's history-making album, Timeless, versatile dancehall standout Dexta Daps says he is delighted to have been given the opportunity to lend his vocals to the project and believes its success is a sign of the…
May 1, 2023
Cuba cancels May Day parade due to fuel shortages
Cuba's communist government has cancelled Monday's traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages. Every year hundreds of thousands of people are bussed in from across the island to fill Havana's Revolution Square on International…
April 28, 2023
Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming. Some researchers think the jump in…
April 20, 2023
Jamaica Tourism Sector to conduct study on the impacts of 20,000 hotel rooms -Coming
Edmund Bartlett, the Government's point man on the tourism sector, has determined that much more needs to be known about the possible impact of the approximately 20,000 new hotel rooms which are to be built in Jamaica over the next five to 10……
April 14, 2023
Multi million dollar plan outlined to support millions facing gangs, hunger and cholera in Haiti
The United nations and its partners are to launch an appeal for US$720 million to support more than three million people in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, where gangs, hunger, and cholera have plunged nearly half the…
April 11, 2023
Supermarket owners want licensed firearms after colleague shot and killed
President of the Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SATT), Rajiv Diptee on Monday called on the police to provide business owners with a gun license after gunmen shot and killed a 49-year-old supermarket owner over the weekend. Diptee,…