KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - Freshly minted 100m World champion Usain Bolt is delighted to have regained the title he lost two years ago, but admitted disappointment at not testing his own 9.58-second world record in the 100m final at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics inside the Luzhniki Sta...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Guardian - Additional routes are likely to be on the cards for regional airline LIAT. Speaking recently at the signing of the loan agreements between LIAT, the Caribbean Development Bank and the stakeholder governments of LIAT, Chairman of the Shareholder Governments and Prime ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has accused the government of reneging on a promise to pay outstanding gratuities to nurses, who on Wednesday began strike action in support of their demands. Chairman of the GPSU branch at the Linden Hospital Complex, Winston Lu...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Mike Henry, says he has tabled his resolution on reparations again in Parliament, in an effort to force a political decision on the matter in the House. "What we need is a political decision, that will enable us to take the matter to the...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) has called for urgent action in addressing food security in the Caribbean. During a conference on food security and the economic implications held in Barbados this week, Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin has called f...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -The introduction of an energy drink with coconut water from Guyana as one of the key ingredients, is being conceptualised by American investors who met President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday. The product when manufactured will be sold to the high-end consumers in the United S...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration - a US$2 million project, funded by the Government of Venezuela is scheduled to open on Saturday. The Centre located at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, will be opened by President Donald Ramotar, and Venezuela&rsqu...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - Haitian authorities are reporting that security across the country has improved in recent years due to efforts made to reinforce, train and equip the more than 10,000 officers who make up the Haitian National Police (HNP). "The country is much safer today even though we...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The police in the central parish of Manchester have launched an investigation into the early morning robbery of twenty-six missionaries. The missionaries from God’s Missionary Church in Pennsylvania, in the United States were invited to Jamaica by the Jamaica Holiness...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has won Thursday’s by-election in the Cassia Park Division of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) - the municipal body which runs the affairs of the capital city. The JLP's Beverly Prince defeated and Sheryn Brom...