A study on the state of housing in six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries has revealed that approximately US$1.8 billion is needed to end poor housing conditions for more than one million citizens. The study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) looked at the housing problem in...
[caption id="attachment_10444" align="alignleft" width="300"] Constable Anson Benjamin, a 45-year-old father of five, is in critical condition.[/caption] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday April 7, 2016 – A 45-year-old police officer remains on life support at a hospital in Trinidad, after being shot in the head during a...
[caption id="attachment_10441" align="alignleft" width="300"] President of the United States-based National Association of Christian Educators Dr Amos Jones (standing) and President of the JAS, Norman Grant (sitting).[/caption] KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 7, 2016 — Jamaica’s farmers are set to benefit from a US$29-million pilot project, which will...
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thursday April 7, 2016 – St. Lucia has been added to the list of Caribbean countries where Zika has been confirmed. Two people have tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus – a 25-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, both from Castries. Ministry of Health...
[caption id="attachment_10418" align="alignleft" width="300"] Reggae singer Luciano and his mother, Sophia McClymont, at the funeral of the singer's son — Menelik McClymont — held at Meadowvale Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Red Hills Road, St Andrew, on Sunday[/caption] REGGAE singer Luciano was a picture of grief at...