CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia is joining at least two other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in launching a prepaid electricity project in August allowing consumers to “top up” their electricity by telephone.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government has joined media organizations here in condemning the threats made against Television Jamaica (TVJ) journalist, Giovanni Dennis, following his special report highlighting illegal drag racing in Jamaica.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have launched a high-level police probe following an arson attack at Gordon House, the home of Jamaica’s Parliament, located in downtown Kingston, on Saturday night.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has told a visiting delegation from the Europe-Latin America Programme of Assistance against Transnational Organised Crime (EL PACCTO) that the Caribbean region can benefit greatly from specialist forensic auditors and expert training in the investigation of financial crimes to track the money and proceeds of crime.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Police say they have arrested a taxi driver in connection with the death of the Jamaican born singer, Navar George Barton, who was shot and killed on Thursday in Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – An executive member of the political party, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), Kidackie Amsterdam was Thursday charged under the Cyber Crime Act with using a computer system to encourage or incite persons to commit a criminal offence against the President of Guyana.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government says it is seeking to acquire an additional 30 megawatts of electricity to support generation efforts as works continues to connect the Karpowership to supply 36 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A Canadian vlogger who specializes in video interviews with criminal gangs on his world travels has been arrested after posting such an exchange in Trinidad.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper Wednesday reported that one of its journalists had been shot and killed on Tuesday night while driving his vehicle in Trench Town, a parish in the capital, Kingston.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The musical fraternity in Jamaica and around the world is mourning the death of Desi Jones, one of the country’s pre-eminent musicians of the last half century,
WASHINGTON, DC – United States President Joe Biden has proclaimed June as National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, stating that, during the month, America will celebrate the contributions and the diverse cultures of the millions of people across the country with Caribbean heritage, “who have never let us walk away from our nation’s most sacred values of opportunity and freedom.”
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) Monday said that the power ship from Turkey is now providing the maximum capacity of 36 megawatts to the national grid.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Permanent Residents in the Cayman Islands who have not paid their annual fees are being urged to pay up or face the loss of the right to live in the territory.
