IMF forecasts difficult times for the Caribbean

April 20, 2020 in Regional

The tourism-dependent Caribbean region is expected to suffer more than many of its neighbors in Latin America as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) outlined during its 2020 Spring Meetings. Alejandro Werner, head of the IMF's Western Hemisphere department, said in...

Couple gets time for breaking curfew

April 16, 2020 in Regional

A same-sex couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the country’s COVID-19 curfew. Eighteen-year-old Jonathan Jeremiah Browne and Shiamar Tashaka Callender, 34, both of 8th Avenue Harts Gap, Christ Church pleaded guilty to disobeying a national directive and being outdoors on April...