JAMAICA – Fake recruitment ad causes thousands to descend on JDF headquarters Barbados Today18/03/20190321 views KINGSTON – The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is reporting that it is probing the origin of false social media postings about a recruitment exercise by the army which caused thousands of… Read more
VENEZUELA – Five-day blackout Barbados Today12/03/20190338 views CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans on Monday converged on a polluted river in Caracas to fill water bottles and held scattered protests in several cities as a growing sense of chaos… Read more
Students urged to participate in COTA essay competition Barbados Today09/03/20190339 views The Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) launched its Sixth Essay Competition for secondary school students on February 18. The Competition topic is ‘Digitalization – Moving Today’s Tax Administration Beyond… Read more
St Vincent hosting ‘prime ministerial meeting’ on LIAT Barbados Today09/03/20198461 views CMC – Heads of government from Barbados and four other Caribbean countries are expected to attend a meeting on the regional airline, LIAT, to be held in St Vincent and… Read more
Trouble spots Barbados Today26/02/20192351 views Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders open a two-day inter-sessional summit here on Tuesday, overshadowed by the unfolding economic and political events in Venezuela, Guyana, Haiti as well as security issues and… Read more
VENEZUELA – Soldiers abandon posts at Colombia border Barbados Today23/02/20196399 views BBC – Soldiers from the Venezuelan national guard have left their posts ahead of an opposition-led effort to bring aid into the country, Colombia’s migration agency said. In a separate… Read more
REGIONAL – Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen Barbados Today18/02/20190260 views PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation… Read more
GUYANA – Disabled woman perishes in fire Barbados Today18/02/20190273 views GEORGETOWN – A fire of unknown origin has completely gutted a two-storey wooden structure at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Sunday morning leaving one woman dead and several homeless.… Read more
REGIONAL – Bahamas Govt places repatriations of Haitians on hold amid unrest Barbados Today18/02/20190581 views NASSAU – As a result of the political unrest and violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Bahamas government announced that it will temporarily cease all repatriations to the country. Hours after that… Read more
TRINIDAD – Police capture one of the country’s most wanted men Barbados Today17/02/201941.5K views CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Sunday said they had captured one of the country’s “most wanted men” and that two reputed gang leaders had been slapped… Read more