UWI launches year-long reading campaign
THE University of the West Indies (The UWI) is moving to connect high school students with authors, motivational speakers, book lovers, and members of the Mona campus family through a…
Bunji is King of the Road in T&T
When it was all said and done, after two days of Carnival celebrations, Ian “Bunji Garlin” Alvarez emerged as the Road March winner with 135 plays for his runaway hit…
Families grief-stricken following deadly Manchester two-vehicle crash in Jamaica
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Three Manchester families were grief-stricken on Ash Wednesday following Tuesday night's triple fatal crash on Winston Jones Highway near here. The crash, which claimed the lives of…
There are many reasons why China may not be in a hurry to see Russia’s war in Ukraine end
CNN — President Joe Biden’s trip to mark the anniversary of the war in Ukraine is highlighting an even more grave challenge – a new era of simultaneous and sometimes intertwined US…
Drug Seizure At Cargo Shed
The police and customs have made yet another drug seizure in less than 24 hours. On Tuesday 21 February, both law enforcement agencies conducted an operation at the Intransit Cargo…
Facelift for St. John’s City
The government is moving forward with its commitment to carry out much needed improvements to the capital, St. John’s City. Minister of Tourism, Charles Fernandez, has announced a series of…
Jamaica’s Opposition dismisses excuses for postponing local polls by another year
In a fiery objection which resulted in a walkout, the Opposition refused to support a Bill brought to the House of Representatives on Tuesday to again postpone the holding of local…
Gov’t to take ‘holistic approach’ to homelessness, Senator Marshall says
(OBSERVER)Throughout Antigua and Barbuda, it has become the norm to see someone sleeping on a cardboard box as homelessness continues to be an issue, especially in the city of St…
Gov’t contemplating T&T High Court decision as nation awaits policy solution on West Africans
(OBSERVER)Government says a recent High Court decision in Trinidad and Tobago – which saw five Cameroonian refugees saved from imminent deportation – will enter its deliberation process as it seeks…
College hit by brief work stoppage in Barbados
Non-teaching staff of the Barbados Community College (BCC) staged a two-hour work stoppage on Tuesday over outstanding payments and supervisory issues. After 8 a.m the general workers assembled at the…
