January 4, 2022
CARICOM condemns attack on Haiti’s Prime Minister
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has condemned the armed attack on the Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, and his delegation of high officials in the city of Gonaives on New Year's Day, during the traditional ceremony commemorating the 218th…
November 28, 2021
COVID alert heightens again
Tomorrow, the Cabinet will discuss Jamaica’s plans to address the new omicron variant of COVID-19 that now has the world on high alert, triggering travel bans, and which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared to be “of concern”, Health…
October 8, 2021
‘He should resign’: Fired justice minister calls for Haiti PM to quit over murder investigation
(CNN) Until just a few weeks ago, Rockfeller Vincent was the ultimate insider in the investigation into the still-unsolved assassination of Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise, who was brutally gunned down in his bedroom in July. Now he's on the…
October 8, 2021
Cuba lashes out after young baseball players defect in Mexico
Havana (CNN) - Cuba's state media on Sunday lashed out after nearly a dozen Cuban baseball players defected in Mexico -- believed to be one of the country's largest and most embarrassing known incidents of mass defection in years. Eleven young…
August 30, 2021
A nurse’s agony: Struggling patient gets oxygen only after another dies
A nurse at a major hospital in Jamaica has detailed a sombre Saturday night treating a COVID patient battling for life amid a shortage of medical oxygen. She told The Gleaner that her patient almost passed out but was saved only after another died…
November 27, 2018
Glasgow University to pay slavery profit reparations to the University of the West Indies
In September, after a year-long study discovered that Glasgow University benefited from the equivalent of tens of millions of pounds donated from the profits of slavery, the university announced a programme of “reparative justice”, which will now…
November 21, 2018
St. Lucia opposition seeks resignation of Prime Minister
The main Opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) yesterday filed a motion of no confidence against the Government of Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, calling also for his immediate resignation as the head of the two-and-a-half-year-old…
November 20, 2018
Several killed as Haitians protest for President’s resignation
At least six people were killed and several others injured as opposition demonstrators took to the streets on Sunday demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and a full investigation into the use of the funds under PetroCaribe, the…
November 15, 2018
St Vincent & Grenadines could become global medical marijuana producer
St Vincent and the Grenadines says it’s is on the brink of becoming a globally leading producer of organically certified medicinal cannabis, rivalling any other producer in the entire Western Hemisphere.It says the expected passing of legislation…
November 13, 2018
Jamaica PM says nothing to fear about National Identification System
Jamaica Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has again shot down concerns that citizens' private information will be compromised with the implementation of the National Identification System (NIDS).Speaking on Sunday night at the Jamaica Labour Party's…