GLEANER- As Jamaica begins its transition to a republic, the country intends to maintain the best of its heritage and culture, says Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte. The minister was speaking at the first Indian Diaspora Conference, held on March 26 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. “We intend […]
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Starting next month, Guyana’s Ministry of Health will be rolling out a registered nursing programme aimed at training 1,000 people annually and upon successful completion, persons are being guaranteed a job within the health sector. “In about a month’s time, we are going to open up to the general public and […]
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By Carlo Cariaga Due to the interest on a geothermal drilling tender announced by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) in the Caribbean island of Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis, the deadline for the tender has been extended anew. The deadline had previously already been extended to 9 March 2023 but is now being extended further […]
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By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pressure is mounting on an obscure U.N. body based in Jamaica to hit pause on plans to potentially open the world’s deep seas to mining as companies push for permission to extract metals from seabeds in international waters. The International Seabed Authority on Friday closed two […]
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By JAVIER CORDOBA LIMON, Costa Rica (AP) — In this colorful Caribbean port, where cruise ship passengers are whisked to jungle adventures in Costa Rica’s interior, locals try to be home by dark and police patrol with high-caliber guns in the face of soaring drug violence. Costa Rica logged a record 657 homicides last year […]
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April 2 (Reuters) – Ecuador has authorized the carrying and use of guns by civilians, President Guillermo Lasso said in a televised broadcast, citing rising crime and insecurity in the Andean country. Lasso, a conservative former banker, has been fighting to tackle rising crime and violence in the streets and in prisons – where hundreds […]
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By Timothy Gardner ADJUNTAS, Puerto Rico, March 31 (Reuters) – For U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Graholm, the transformation of Puerto Rico’s power grid to solar and other renewable power, after hurricanes wiped it out in 2017 and 2022, is an imperative that goes beyond addressing climate change. When the lights go out in the U.S. […]
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By David Shepardson April 1 (Reuters) – Police in Canada on Saturday identified two victims among eight bodies recovered from two families who died this week trying to enter the United States from Canada by boat across the St. Lawrence River. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service said 28-year-old Florin Iordache died and had two Canadian […]
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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY, April 2 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen completed a three-day trip to Guatemala on Sunday where she offered more cooperation with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei’s government, one of Taiwan’s few allies in the world. Tsai’s tour, which will take her to Belize on Sunday afternoon, comes a week […]
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By Linda Pressly BBC News, Mexico and California Fentanyl is a deadly, synthetic opioid, 50 times more powerful than heroin. Americans are dying from it at such an alarming rate, that the US has approved the sale of naloxone – an overdose-reversing drug – without a prescription. But fentanyl’s trail of destruction begins further south. […]
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