Guyana to abolish preliminary inquiries

July 09, 2024 in Regional

Guyana has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to abolish preliminary inquiries allowing for the implementation of paper committals. Parliament on Monday approved the Criminal Law Procedure (Paper Committal) Bill 2024, providing for implementation of paper committals, which involves reviewing the evidence and arguments presented...

CARPHA issues warning regarding mosquito-borne diseases

July 08, 2024 in Regional

The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says mosquito borne diseases continue to pose a serious public health threat to the Caribbean region and that there are more reports of dengue outbreaks with hospitalisations and deaths in some instances. In addition, CARPHA said that it recently...