Monday, November 18, 2024

Regional

Gallup report lists Jamaica among safest countries in the world

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JAMAICA OBSERVER: Jamaica has been ranked among the safest countries in the world, respected international analytics firm Gallup Inc has stated in its 2023...

Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse...

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(AP) — One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it...

US chocolate mogul charged over deaths of Canadian resort owners in Dominica

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(UK Guardian) — An American chocolatier and his alleged accomplice have been charged in the Caribbean island of Dominica with the murder of a...

GUYANA: 5 soldiers die in copter crash

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The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces issued the following statement on his Facebook page: My heart pains and drowns in sorrow at the tragic loss...

CCJ Reopens case, overturns Court of Appeal Decision

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CCJ REOPENS TASKER CASE Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) reopened its previous decision to refuse special permission to...

US government announces Flight Operations within Guyana

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In collaboration with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) will conduct flight operations within Guyana on December 7. This exercise...

Caribbean region continues to be rattled by earthquakes

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(CMC) – The Caribbean continued to be jolted by earthquakes in recent days with the latest occurring on Wednesday with a 4.4 magnitude tremor...

Grenadian Parliamentarians want more pay

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LOOP CARIBBEAN: Grenada’s Minister of Finance Dennis Cornwall has announced that in a bid to strengthen Parliamentary representation the matter of increased compensation to...

US Man found with handgun hidden in his rectum

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FOX: An Indiana ex-convict, who is prohibited from carrying a firearm, had a handgun hidden in his rectum when he was booked into jail and...

Jamaica rocked by 4.2 magnitude earthquake

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Jamaica — Jamaica was rocked by an estimated 4.2 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM),...

USVI seeks emergency declaration for St Croix water crisis

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US Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan has formally asked President Joe Biden to issue an emergency declaration on the territory as it battles a water contamination crisis on St...

Guyana refuses to meet US delegation on “fact finding mission”

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The Guyanese Government said it will not engage members of a US delegation that will be in the country on a “fact finding mission”...

St Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister wants CXC to adapt to a changing region

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St. Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew Friday urged the Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) that it really changes to a greater extent the...