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Facebook changes its name to Meta to distance itself from mounting scandals
Facebook is rebranding its parent company and will now go by the name Meta as Mark Zuckerberg tries to distance the social media behemoth...
CARICOM Climate Change Ministers demand climate justice in Declaration ahead of COP26
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) readies itself for participation in the upcoming global Climate Change Conference, COP 26, it issued a pre-Conference Declaration this...
Region to observe Caribbean Tourism Month with #CaribbeanComeback campaign
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) joins our member countries, allied and affiliate members and Caribbean tourism interests in celebrating Caribbean Tourism Month in November,...
CARICOM SG applauds ‘strength of character’, as Vincentians celebrate 42nd Independence Anniversary
CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett has congratulated the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Forty-Two years as an independent nation,...
Police confirm deaths of cult pastor, cop in car crash
Police have now confirmed that Kevin Smith, the pastor for the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries, has died.
Smith died in a motor vehicle accident along...
United States Donates a Further US$2.5 Million to CARICOM for COVID-19 Response
Building on the strong partnership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the United States—through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—announced $2.5 million in...
Caribbean tourism on the upswing
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) says the Caribbean’s travel and tourism sector is recovering at a faster rate than any other region...
Colombia’s most wanted drug lord Otoniel captured
Colombia’s most wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured.
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was...
Jamaican preacher Kevin O. Smith, parishioners arrested for alleged human sacrifices
A Jamaican preacher and 41 of his congregants were arrested last week after two people were killed during an alleged “human sacrifice.”
Kevin O. Smith,...
Near 1,400 to graduate during virtual ceremony at The UWI Cave Hill Campus...
The UWI, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados will host its virtual graduation ceremony for 1,382 graduands on Saturday, October 23.
This year’s ceremony will see...
Barbados begins COVID-19 booster shots for select individuals
An optional booster shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is being offered to those individuals who meet specific criteria, Co-coordinator of the National Vaccination...
Trump unveils plans for new social media company called ‘TRUTH Social’
Months after he was booted from virtually every large social network in the wake of the U.S. Capitol riot, former President Donald Trump unveiled...
Haiti gang leader threatens to kill American missionary hostages
The leader of the Haitian gang suspected of kidnapping 17 members of a missionary group from the United States has threatened to kill the...