February 25, 2021
PAHO director says the Americas should be a ‘global priority’ for COVID-19 vaccines
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr Carissa Etienne yesterday described the Americas, which includes the Caribbean, as the “epicentre” of the COVID-19 pandemic and called on the international community to make regional access to…
February 23, 2021
Haiti’s president defends record at UN
HAITI'S President Jovenel Moise told the UN Security Council on Monday that "democracy was doing well in Haiti" despite its ongoing political crisis, an assertion challenged by the United States, which called on him to quickly put an end to his era…
February 21, 2021
Jamaican Gov’t to reallocate fund for COVID-19 vaccination public education
Cabinet is to reconsider the allocation of funding for Public Education and promotion on COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that the increased public outcry for the COVID-19…
February 15, 2021
JetBlue probing actions of worker after kidnapping allegations in Jamaica
A JetBlue spokesman has confirmed that the airline is investigating reports that one of its flight attendants who, after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, reportedly faked that she was kidnapped in Jamaica and was being trafficked by a…
December 31, 2020
34 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in last 24 hours
Jamaica recorded 34 new cases of the coronavirus over the last 24 hours and reported one coincidental death. This brings the total number of confirmed cases across the island to 12,827. The death toll stands at 302 as no new virus deaths were…
July 1, 2020
Government of Canada and CDB Establish New Fund to Support Disaster Risk Management
Governments in nine Caribbean countries will still be able to maintain their disaster risk management efforts even with national finances stretched by the demands of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the Government of Canada has…
October 28, 2019
Haitian diplomat urges government not to send nationals to jail on minor immigration offences
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A Haitian diplomat is appealing to The Bahamas government not to imprison nationals from his country who have been convicted of minor immigration offences even as Nassau continued the programme of deporting illegal…
June 20, 2019
Immigrants sue US gov’t over wait for files to fight deportation
Immigrants accused the US government in a lawsuit Wednesday of failing to promptly give them copies of their own immigration records, hampering their ability to fight deportation and apply for citizenship. Two immigrants and three attorneys said…
June 5, 2019
Barbados PM announces sale of LIAT shares
The Barbados government Tuesday night formally announced plans to sell its shares in the cash strapped regional airline, LIAT, but insisted that it was committed to regional transportation and would continue to hold minimum shares in the…
June 4, 2019
Guyana Livestock Development Authority says Trinidad’s ban on poultry products ‘ill-advised’
A recent ban on poultry from Guyana by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been described as “ill-advised and premature”. The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) says it considers the advisory to be ill-advised as neither the sale…