IDB approves funds for northern Haiti development

November 08, 2021 in Regional

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved US$65 million of non-reimbursable financing to contribute to the sustainable economic development of northern Haiti by promoting the necessary conditions for the establishment and expansion of companies in the Caracol Industrial Park (CIP). “The main strategy of the programme...

Court hears of Klansman-Kartel connection

November 03, 2021 in Regional

The Klansman gang had connections with incarcerated dancehall artist Vybz Kartel, which even saw them carrying out hits on his instructions, a Crown witness testified yesterday in the trial of 33 people accused of being members of the St Catherine-based criminal organisation. The witness is the...

‘No one is safe until everyone is safe’

November 02, 2021 in Regional

Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday delivered a sobering message at the World Leaders Summit at the start of the global climate conference in Glasgow, telling delegates the same urgency with which the world has responded to the novel coronavirus pandemic needs to be applied to...