February 6, 2023
Seven Haitians die in Bolivia while trying to reach US
In a report on Saturday, the UNHCR said six of the deaths, including that of a minor, occurred in the small town of Desaguadero, where a bridge over a river of the same name links Peru and Bolivia. According to a UNHCR spokeswoman in Peru, Iris Bano…
February 5, 2023
5 children robbed at home in TNT
FIVE children were robbed at gunpoint in Barataria on Thursday afternoon. The incident took place around 3.20 p.m. at a home at 11th Street in Trinidad. At the time, the house was occupied by a 17-year-old boy who was babysitting his siblings, an…
February 1, 2023
Police target overseas players in Kingston violence
Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson says a number of overseas players continue to drive crime in Jamaica, including the recent flare-up of violence in west Kingston. “We already had given some of those names to our (overseas)…
January 24, 2023
Over $1M in marijuana at Trinidad PoS port
Over $1 million worth of marijuana was seized at the Port of Port of Spain on Monday. It was found during a joint intelligence-led, anti-crime exercise conducted by a team of officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, the Customs and…
January 20, 2023
Building collapses in La Vega, Dominican Republic
A three-story building collapsed on Wednesday in the Dominican Republic, in La Vega. The owner of the building that collapsed with six employees inside, R&S Multimuebles, reported that the causes of the collapse are still unknown and that the…
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…