Saint Lucians to vote on December 1 for new government Barbados Today09/11/20250248 views Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has announced Monday, December 1, 2025 as the date for general election. He has also set Monday, November 21, 2025, as Nomination Day.… Read more
RSS Training Institute working to strengthen regional investigative capacity Barbados Today05/11/2025075 views The Regional Security System Training Institute (RSS TI) has successfully completed a Criminal Investigation Course designed to boost the region’s ability to investigate and manage serious and complex crimes. The… Read more
Pan-American Life Insurance Group names Caribbean CEO Barbados Today04/11/20250102 views Pan-American Life Insurance Group has appointed industry veteran Winston S Williams as chief executive officer for its Caribbean region, positioning him to lead the insurer’s next phase of growth across… Read more
Jamaica’s Firewater Mineral Healing Spring survives Hurricane Shanna Moore04/11/20250103 views In Windsor, St Ann, where homes are still roofless and trees lie broken along the roadside, one local landmark survived the terrifying Hurricane Melissa: the famous Firewater Healing Spring. … Read more
Windsor Road residents rally together to improve community Shanna Moore04/11/2025078 views Along the narrow, mud-caked lanes of Windsor Road, the sound of hammers and power saws now fills the air where Hurricane Melissa left silence and ruin. Men climb atop… Read more
Black River Hospital heroes plead for help Shanna Moore04/11/2025063 views The doctors, nurses and other hospital staff who kept some 71 patients alive as Hurricane Melissa tore through the main health facility in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, are now facing crises… Read more
‘Better life than material’: Mother recalls fleeing Melissa with children in tow Shanna Moore03/11/2025097 views When the river behind her home began to rise and the wind peeled away the roof above her kitchen, Tasheva Hinds knew it was time to run. The mother of… Read more
Jamaica’s Black River Hospital in ruins, but every patient saved Shanna Moore02/11/20250335 views Doctors and nurses at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth are recounting scenes of chaos and courage as Hurricane Melissa tore through the southern Jamaican parish earlier last week,… Read more
Jamaica police move to restore order in hurricane-hit Black River Shanna Moore02/11/20250282 views Senior Superintendent Dennis Brooks has given the assurance that Jamaica’s security forces remain fully capable of maintaining law and order in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, even as officers work… Read more
Jamaica’s ‘Home of Champions’ among schools ravaged by Hurricane Melissa Shanna Moore02/11/20250144 views One of the most celebrated secondary schools in southern Jamaica, St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), has been left in ruins following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated central… Read more