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…
July 6, 2021
Regional leaders end two days of ‘intense discussions’
Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders Tuesday night ended two days of “intense discussions” that they said they hope will benefit the people of the 15-member grouping as they seek to build a better Caribbean Community. “As you would appreciate, the…
July 5, 2021
Jamaica misses Elsa as she dumps rain on that island
Jamaica was yesterday spared the worst effects of Tropical Storm Elsa with only a few parishes experiencing hours of heavy rains, something of a disappointment for some Jamaicans, and a relief for others, who had braced for severe weather conditions…
June 29, 2021
Mexico doubles vaccine donation to Jamaica
Jamaica's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, is advising that the Government of Mexico has increased its donation of AstraZeneca vaccines to Jamaica to 65,000 doses, which will be delivered to Kingston this…
June 28, 2021
CDEMA introduces 2021 Model National Recovery Framework for its Participating States
CDEMA recently met with its Participating States to present and discuss the updated Model National Recovery Framework (MNRF) under the UNDPEnabling Gender Responsive Recovery, Climate and Environment in the Caribbean (EnGenDerProject). The framework…
June 24, 2021
Barbados to get first shipment of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines
Thirty thousand doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine are expected to arrive in Barbados on Friday, Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic said today, as he also reported a new cluster of COVID-19 cases at one business place just a week…