Mavado was shot at in his home community of Cassava Piece, St Andrew, on Saturday. He was not hurt in the incident. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's information arm, the Corporate Communications Unit, he and an individual had an argument around 11:30 on Saturday. The person...
One week after her Barbados Labour Party's (BLP) historic victory at the polls and getting to work on the economic reality in Barbados — meeting with social partners, trade unions and the business community — Mia Mottley telephoned managing director of the International Monetary Fund...
[caption id="attachment_22097" align="alignright" width="300"] Sir Ronald and OAS SG, Luis Almagro signing Instrument of Deposit of Convention[/caption] Antigua and Barbuda is the first Caribbean country and the third nation in the Western Hemisphere to ratify the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of...
[caption id="attachment_3163" align="alignleft" width="300"] Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne[/caption] Prime Minister Gaston Browne is once again levelling strong criticism against larger countries for the role that they have played in climate change and for their de-risking practices which he said are threatening the Caribbean,...
Hurricane Maria, which pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2017, is likely responsible for the deaths of more than 4,600 people, some 70 times higher than official estimates, US researchers said Tuesday. The government-provided death toll stands at just 64, but experts say an accurate count was...