ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday met with representatives of the Tipper Truckers Association, (TTA), as police officers in riot gear used teargas in a bid to end protest action by truckers, who used their vehicles earlier to block the main highway on the west coast of the island, leaving hundreds of people stranded and unable to travel to work and school.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Air Peace, a private Nigerian airline with controlling shares in the newly formed LIAT 2020, is defending two senior officials, including the chief executive officer, Dr. Allen Onyema, who have been indicted by United States authorities for obstruction of justice.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana marked the 48th anniversary of the Cubana Air Disaster, renewing its commitment to maintaining and preserving peace within the Caribbean region.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sep. 11, CMC – An investigation has been launched after at least six workers were injured in an explosion at a fast food store in the business district of New Kingston on Wednesday.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali says his administration is laying the groundwork for a national film commission in an effort to inspire a world-class film production environment in Guyana.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Despite a vow by Prime Minister Garry Conille to crack down on the gangs, at least 20 people, including children, were reported killed on Thursday, as an armed gang attacked a small town in Haiti.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Veteran musician, band leader and saxophonist, Roy Cape, who received an honorary doctorate from The University of the West Indies (UWI) in 2011, has died. He was 82.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has called on the country to join it “in condemning this attack on press freedom” after expressing concern about claims by supporters of the two main political parties here against media houses and journalists.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is celebrating its 48th anniversary as a Republic with three people, including a prominent attorney being awarded the country’s highest honors.
ORLANDO, FL – A citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, Varun Maharajh 32, was on Wednesday sentenced to seven years in federal prison for smuggling firearms overseas and possessing firearms as an unlawful alien.
SANTO DOMINGO – Several Haitian nationals on Friday objected after being detained by the Immigration authorities in the Dominican Republic, despite allegedly having their documentation.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A female vendor who was seen urinating in bottle near the Charles Gordon Market in the second city of Montego Bay in western Jamaica, is facing six charges and is scheduled to appear in court later this month
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Commander of the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, Godfrey Otunge, says the efforts to “decisively deal’ with the criminal gangs in Haiti “has just begun”.
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