Category: News

Two Florida theme parks have announced plans to build affordable housing in the Orlando area, where it has become increasingly difficult for lower-wage workers to find places to live. Walt … Read More

The Lakeside Medical Center, a teaching hospital located in Belle Glade, Palm Beach, is the most racially inclusive hospital in the United States. This is according to a recent report … Read More

Haitian authorities have detained several officials from the Fort-Liberté Prison as well as a court bailiff after one of the country’s most wanted prisoners walked out of the jail last … Read More

The Jamaica government says the island will be recording the “largest wave of tourism development and expansion” in its history as it announced plans for the development of a sustainable … Read More

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gueterres named Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and her Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau as new co-chairs of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocates group amidst the … Read More

A senior United States military official said the recent crisis in Europe will undoubtedly impact the Caribbean and other regions in the world, such as increasing energy prices and supply … Read More

The Jamaica government indicated that the island would not be transitioning from a constitutional monarchy to republican status in time for its 60th anniversary of independence on August 6, this year. … Read More

The Bermuda Police Department launched a murder inquiry on Wednesday after an 18-year-old man was shot and killed near a popular beach at the east end of the island. Police … Read More

The chief executive director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Joy St. John Wednesday praised regional chief medical officers (CMO) for the role they played during the … Read More

A Belize pastor says several religious bodies have written to Prime Minister John Briceño urging that a “people’s referendum” be held ahead of the passage of the amendment to existing … Read More

The St. Lucia government says it is encouraged by the talks held with an established buyer on the possibility of using Antigua as a distribution hub for the sale of … Read More

A Florida woman who accused a Vermont doctor of impregnating her with his sperm rather than a donor was awarded US$5.25 million by a federal court jury on Wednesday. the … Read More

Bahamian Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe Bahamas National Security Minister, Wayne Munroe, has disagreed with calls for his resignation even as he “deeply” regretted comments he made last week … Read More

Grenada, which is responsible for more than 20 percent of the world’s nutmeg production, second only to Indonesia, says it is pleased that trade with Argentina is developing to the … Read More

Ten years after the release of his internationally acclaimed photobook “Pieces of Jamaica: The Real Rock Edition,” South Florida-based Jamaican photographer David Muir is releasing a second volume. The 2022 … Read More

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are expected to meet later this week to discuss the controversy that has arisen following Jamaica’s decision to announce that its Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade … Read More

Tourists and Jamaicans living in the diaspora will have more options when traveling to the island, with the introduction of non-stop flights from Miami to Ocho Rios by American Airlines. … Read More

Ten years after the release of his internationally acclaimed photobook “Pieces of Jamaica: The Real Rock Edition,” South Florida-based Jamaican photographer David Muir is releasing a second volume. The 2022 … Read More

Jamaica’s opposition party, The People’s National Party (PNP) will embark on a tour of the diaspora to commemorate the island’s 60th anniversary of independence this year. The tour will take … Read More

Two of Jamaica’s finest chess players, FIDE Master (FM) Joshua Christie and Woman International Master (WIM) Rachel Miller turned in superb performances at the recent Central American and Caribbean Zonal … Read More

Jamaica’s Court of Appeal has re-affirmed the 20-year jail term imposed on a pastor who was convicted of raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl at a church in 2012 but said he … Read More

Guyana will host the next United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference in 2024 after agriculture ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean agreed on the regional priorities … Read More

The former Premier of Nevis, Vance Winkworth Amory is dead. Amory, 72 who was battling cancer, died in a hospital in London, England where he was being treated. Amory served Nevis … Read More

Antigua and Barbuda has described as a “monumental error” the decision by Jamaica to announce the nomination of its Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina  Johnson Smith, for the … Read More

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Argentine economist Mario Cimoli, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to serve as the … Read More

The Organization of American States (OAS) says its School of the Judiciary of Haiti (EMA) and the Project for Institutional Strengthening in the Fight against Corruption in Haiti (OEA|RILCH, for … Read More

The search resumed Monday for five of seven crewmen who were on board a St. Vincent and the Grenadines registered cargo vessel that capsized in the Caribbean Sea off the … Read More

Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali says living in Guyana must be prosperous for everyone. In a message to mark the month of Ramadan – the holiest month on the Islamic … Read More

Jamaica’s climate and disaster resilience capacities have been strengthened with the development of a Bush Fire Warning Index and Management System. The digital platform, initiated by the Meteorological Service Division … Read More

Two legislators in Suriname have filed a private members’ motion in the National Assembly aimed at declaring null and void, certain sections of the Criminal Code after indicating that age-old … Read More