The Office of the Prime Minister of Grenada has apologised to the Office of the Premier of the Cayman Islands and renounced and retracted a Government Information Service (GIS) media release. The released stated that "the Premier is extending an invitation to Grenadians who...
Guyana has become the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to abolish preliminary inquiries allowing for the implementation of paper committals. Parliament on Monday approved the Criminal Law Procedure (Paper Committal) Bill 2024, providing for implementation of paper committals, which involves reviewing the evidence and arguments presented...
The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says mosquito borne diseases continue to pose a serious public health threat to the Caribbean region and that there are more reports of dengue outbreaks with hospitalisations and deaths in some instances. In addition, CARPHA said that it recently...
The devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl continues to mount as the death toll in the Caribbean has now reached 10. The powerful storm has left a trail of destruction across several islands, claiming lives and causing extensive damage. Jamaica became the latest country to report a fatality...
Hurricane Beryl was roaring toward Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of...