March 6, 2017
Traveller from Guyana ingests 44 cocaine pellets before flight
A man travelling from Guyana was Saturday arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston following the discovery of cocaine pellets in his body. Reports are that about 2:25 pm, the man, who had just disembarked the flight, was…
February 17, 2017
White House denies report that National Guard would be used for immigration round ups
The Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilise as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorised immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated…
February 17, 2017
Regional leaders end successful summit in Guyana
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have ended a two-day summit here adopting decisions that they said are important to moving the 15-member regional integration movement “towards its objects”. CARICOM chairman and host, President David Granger…
February 17, 2017
Jamaican gets 3 years in US prison for possession of child porn
A 28-year-old Jamaican citizen was sentenced to three years in prison and another three on extended supervision after pleading no contest to a charge of possession of child pornography in a Wisconsin court yesterday. Jermayne Webley's hard drives…
February 15, 2017
Spouses of CARICOM leaders to address violence against women
The high rate of violence against women will be among issues discussed when the Forum of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) Spouses of Heads of State and Government on the Every Caribbean Woman, Every Caribbean Child (ECWECC) initiative begins in…
February 15, 2017
Jamaica is first C’bean country to launch IMF-approved National Summary Data Page
Jamaica has become one of the first countries globally and the first in the Caribbean to launch an IMF-approved National Summary Data Page (NSDP). The page was launched earlier today at the Bank of Jamaica auditorium in downtown Kingston, by Brian…
February 15, 2017
Trump drops US commitment to Mideast deal
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday halted Washington's quest for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying he would back a single state if it led to peace. The new president warmly welcomed Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin…
November 26, 2016
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Dead at 90
Cuban President Raul Castro announced late Friday night that this his brother, former Cuban president Fidel Castro has died. It was announced on Cuban state media. He was 90. "Today, November 25, at 10:29 p.m., the Commander in Chief of the Cuban…
November 22, 2016
3 dead in Panama rains linked to Tropical Storm Otto
Civil defense officials in Panama say the country has already seen three deaths blamed on late-season Tropical Storm Otto. The agency says two people died in landslides, and a child was killed when a tree fell on a car outside a school in Panama…
November 18, 2016
Caricom states losing millions due to bad agricultural practices
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says Caribbean Community (Caricom) member states are losing millions through poor pre and post agricultural practices. Addressing the second regional dialogue on Prevention and Reduction of losses and…