The possible deaths of two St Lucians in controversial strikes by the US navy in the southern Caribbean this year was a major issue at yesterday’s CARICOM Heads press conference and St Lucia PM Philip J Pierre was unable to provide answers on the case.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley yesterday dismissed suggestions in the UK that former colonial powers are owed compensation rather than accountability for slavery.
U.S. President Donald Trump today said an interim agreement to end the conflict with Iran was “over” after Tehran carried out new attacks on U.S.
French Guiana today became the eighth Associate Member of CARICOM when it signed the Agreement defining the conditions for granting French Guiana Associate Membership in CARICOM.
Antigua and Barbuda yesterday said that its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme will continue despite a formal warning by the European Union dated June 25th.
President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the United States yesterday that repeated his calls for new voting restrictions, warned that “communists” could gain ground in the country.
As the principal owners of Blue Waters remain in prison following their detention under Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs), state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has stopped serving the company’s bottled water on its flights, the Trinidad Guardian reported yesterday.
NCB Merchant Bank (Trinidad and Tobago) Limited says a US$2 million cash shipment seized at Piarco International Airport last month was a legitimate transaction between regulated financial institutions, according to a report in the Trinidad Guardian.
Search and rescue teams from El Salvador and Chile today rescued a 44-year-old security guard trapped in the ruins of the mall where he worked in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira.
Peru’s government declared a state of emergency in 796 districts —about 40% of the country’s total— due to rains associated with El Niño weather phenomenon, according to a government decree published today.
The State has retained two eminent King’s Counsel to strengthen its legal team in the matter involving businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve Hadeed, according to the Trinidad Express.
Attorneys representing Dominic and Genevieve Hadeed are pursuing all steps possible that can lead to their release before September over an alleged plot to assassinate government officials.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today launched a US$24 million emergency appeal to support the first six months of the health response and early recovery following the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June.
New Chairman of CARICOM, St Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J Pierre says the regional integration movement must continue to move closer to the people.
Trinidadian businessman Dominic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve will remain detained while they pursue a case challenging their detention under the ongoing State of Emergency (SoE) over an alleged plot to assassinate government officials.
Frustration is rising in Venezuela over a lack of aid and coordinated government response in the regions struck by devastating earthquakes last Wednesday, residents in some hard-hit towns said on Monday.
During his recent visit to Guyana, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, reaffirmed the importance of CARICOM to his country’s national development, describing the regional integration movement as “an important instrument of multilateral engagement.”
