KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The New Democratic Party (NDP) stormed to an almost total landslide victory in Thursday’s general election, with preliminary results showing that the party had won 14 of the 15 seats in the Parliament.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine held talks on Tuesday with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and members of her cabinet reaffirming the “strong partnership” between the two countries, discussing also “shared priorities for regional security and stability”.
Venezuelan President Says Regional Peace Threatened By Joint Military Drills Between Trinidad and US
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning that Trinidad and Tobago’s joint military drills with the United States could “threaten peace” in the Caribbean.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Thursday withdrew and discontinued tax-related charges against the leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – International reggae icon Jimmy Cliff has passed away, his wife, Latifa Chambers, has confirmed in a post on social media on Monday. He was 81 years old.
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States government says it is providing nearly US$12.6 million in additional emergency, “life-saving assistance” to Jamaica and Haiti as the countries recover from the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
SCARBROUGH, Tobago - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning members of the fisherfolk community not to venture beyond the territorial waters of Trinidad and Tobago, reiterating the country’s support for the United States war on drugs in the region.
MIAMI, FL – Haitian-American Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was indicted on Wednesday on federal charges accusing her of stealing US$5 million in disaster relief funds, laundering the money, and funneling a substantial portion of it into her 2021 congressional campaign.
BELMOPAN, Belize - The Senate has referred the motion regarding the highly controversial safe third country agreement to the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee after legislators Tuesday debated the matter.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The leader of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, Azruddin Mohamed, Friday said he feared for his life after police officers “in six or seven vehicles and more than 30 gunmen in mask” arrested him outside the office of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).
SANTIAGO, Chile - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says it will on Wednesday release a study examining the impact of the United States tariff policy on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
UNITED NATIONS – The top United Nations development official in the region says nearly a third of Jamaica’s annual wealth has been wiped out by Hurricane Melissa.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government has confirmed that four people had been killed after Hurricane Melissa, a then category 5 storm tore through the island on Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 180 miles per hour (mph).
