July 25, 2021
How colonial-era debt helped shape Haiti’s poverty and political unrest
When Haiti won its independence nearly 200 years ago, it came at a hefty price -- an estimated $21 billion today. The country spent the next century paying off the debt to its former slave owners, France. It's a financial conundrum that those…
July 21, 2021
Barbados to slash taxes by 50 per cent for regional travellers
Barbados will be going the same route as its Caribbean neighbour Antigua and Barbuda in slashing airport taxes for regional travellers by as much as 50 per cent. Minister of Tourism and International Transport Lisa Cummins made the disclosure this…
July 20, 2021
Montserrat marks 26th anniversary of Soufrière Hills volcano explosion
Montserrat is marking the 26th anniversary of the explosion of the Soufrière Hills Volcano with Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell acknowledging that it “has changed our lives forever”. After a long period of dormancy, the Soufrière Hills volcano became…
July 15, 2021
Minister of Foreign Affairs for Japan to visit Jamaica
TOSHIMITSU Motegi, minister of foreign affairs for Japan, will visit Jamaica from July 19 to 20, the Japanese Embassy in Kingston announced yesterday. During his visit, the minister will pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Andrew Holness and hold…
July 13, 2021
No plans to send troops to Haiti after government request
The U.S. will not be sending troops to Haiti, according to a senior administration official, after the Caribbean nation's government requested help to stabilize the country and secure critical infrastructure like oil reserves and its port and…
July 13, 2021
Biden backs Cuban protests as island’s president blames ‘imperialist’ provocations
President Joe Biden on Monday stood in solidarity with the thousands of Cubans who protested over the weekend about shortages and rising prices for food and medicine amid the coronavirus pandemic in what's being called an unprecedented rejection of…
July 12, 2021
Key suspect’ arrested after President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination
Police in Haiti say they have arrested a doctor they believe is a key suspect in organising last week's assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. They say Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a 63-year-old Haitian national, flew into the country on a private…
July 9, 2021
2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers held in Haiti assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti's president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed to hold dual U.S.-Haitian citizenship and Colombia's government says at least six…
July 8, 2021
Haitian President Jovenel Moise killed in attack at his home, country now in state of emergency
Haitian President Jovenel Moise (JOVE'-nel mo-WEES') was killed in an attack at his home before dawn on Wednesday, the country's interim premier said. A group of unidentified individuals raided Moise's private residence in Haiti's capital,…
July 7, 2021
Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated in attack on his residence
(CNN) - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country's acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph. Joseph said in a statement that a group of unidentified individuals…