KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) – the government owned transportation company,  will shortly commence testing of a self-charging battery electric bus.

BRIDGETOWN,  Barbados – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were accepting in the main, the decision to deport their nationals residing illegally in the United States, while at the same time seeking to develop a response by the Donald Trump  administration to cut back on aid, globally.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - The St. Lucia government Tuesday paid tribute to Sir Roy Augier, saying that “his impact on our nation and the Caribbean will endure for generations”.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government says it is reviewing policy options for the regulation of moorings, as well as the status of existing leases, technology developments, and mechanisms for more efficient oversight and enforcement.

TORONTO – Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth and Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre, Marci Ien, on Saturday commemorated the national historic significance of the West Indian Domestic Scheme, 1955–1967, at a special plaque unveiling ceremony at Blackhurst Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister, Dr. Andrew Holness, is appealing to law-abiding citizens in Spanish Town, the capital of the central parish of St. Catherine to not support gangs that have been wreaking havoc on the town.

PORT OF SPAIN,  Trinidad – A High Court judge has ordered the Trinidad and Tobago government to pay an estimated TT$70,000 in compensation to an international tobacco distributor with a free zone designation, after the business had been wrongly shut down for a month by the Ministry of Health in 2023.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago Police Commissioner, Erla Harewood-Christopher, has been “arrested and detained”  as investigations continue into the importation of two sniper rifles by the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname is on the brink of a severe power crisis as its hydroelectric power station faces reduced output due to critically low reservoir water levels, a senior member of the national power producer, EBS, has said.

NEW JERSEY, United States – United States authorities have confirmed that Jamaican drug lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke, has had 17 months shaved off his prison time here.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley is among three people named on Friday as the winners of this year’s international Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – An American Airlines flight travelling from Miami, suffered blown main landing gear tyres  shortly after landing at the Argyle International  Airport (AIA) here on Monday.