Region observing Caribbean Statistics Day
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary general, Dr. Carla Barnett Wednesday underscored the importance of statistics to regional development saying that the 15-member grouping is at the midpoint of implementing the 12-year Regional Strategy for the…
Heavy rains flood Mexico towns, leaves many dead or missing
Torrential rains that lashed Mexico last week killed at least 64 people and 65 more are missing, the government said on Monday, after a tropical depression triggered landslides and flooding in parts of the Gulf Coast and central states. The unnamed…
Bahamian Father to be sentenced for beating son over bad grade
A 41-year-old father will return to a magistrate court on December 10 for sentencing after he pleaded guilty to beating his 10year-old child over a bad grade at school. The father appeared before Magistrate Abigail Farrington on Thursday where he…
Bahamas Police seize more than US$12 million in drugs in weekend operations
Police says they have seized more than US$12 million in cocaine during several operations over the last weekend. They said that on Saturday night, two men were arrested on Cat Island after they were found with US$7.8 million worth of cocaine in a…
MSF says Haiti sinks deeper into a crisis as health facilities close
The non-government organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Friday said that as the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, sinks deeper into a crisis marked by violent clashes between armed groups and police forces, there has been an increase in the…
Earthquake rattles three Caribbean islands
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rattled several cities in the Caribbean on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage of injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St. Augistine campus of the Universty of the…
ICE nabs illegal Haitian immigrant allegedly connected to criminal terrorist organizations
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says agents have arrested an illegal Haitian immigrant allegedly connected to criminal terrorist organizations. ICE said agents arrested Dimitri Vorbe for violating the Immigration…
CARICOM congratulates St Kitts Nevis on 42nd anniversary of political independence
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the Government and People of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis on the country’s 42nd anniversary of political independence, being celebrated on Friday.
Passengers no longer required to remove laptops at Owen Roberts International Airport
The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA), says passengers will no longer be required to remove laptops from their bags during security checks. The authority said with support from the infrastructure ministry, it has deployed the first of three…
UN official says Haiti needs urgent support
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, Wednesday ended a visit to Haiti stressing that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country needs urgent support amid immense suffering. UN Stéphane Dujarric, speaking…