MONTEGO BAY, St James — Worried that vaping is becoming too commonplace in Jamaica, including among high school students, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is mulling a ban on the practice, similar to action taken by some American states where it has been blamed...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas government says it will deport undocumented migrants who survived the passage of Hurricane Dorian on September 1 and are now living in shelters. Immigration Minister, Elsworth Johnson, says the shelters will not be used “to circumvent the law. “If you're in...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A legislator from Haiti’s ruling party fired a handgun during a protest on Monday, injuring a photojournalist as anger rises over fuel and food shortages in the Caribbean country. Senator Jean Marie Ralph Fethiere stepped out of a white truck near parliament in...
[caption id="attachment_25439" align="alignleft" width="300"] Prime Minister Andrew Holness addressing a press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday called to mark the end of the final review mission for Jamaica's Precautionary Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary fund. Seated (from second left) are IMF officials Dr...
MIAMI, United States (AP) — The US National Hurricane Center says it expects Hurricane Humberto to lash Bermuda with high winds and heavy rain later this week. The centre in Miami said Monday that Humberto had strengthened and could become a major hurricane by Tuesday night...