Caribbean/Latin Posts

15 dead, 8 missing after heavy rains unleash floods in Haiti

June 5, 2023  -At least 15 people have died and another eight are missing after heavy rains unleased widespread flooding and several landslides across Haiti...

Jamaica’s National Health Fund to plant 20,000 trees for 20th anniversary

June 5, 2023  -Jamaica’s National Health Fund (NHF) is coordinating the planting of 20-thousand trees island-wide as a Corporate Social Responsibility activity in observance of...

Caribbean Nations Security Conference opens in Jamaica this week

June 5, 2023  -The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Daniel P. Erikson, said that the Caribbean Nations Security Conference which opens...

Former Haitian PM vows to clear his name amid sanctions by US

June 4, 2023  -Former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Salvador Lamothe has “vehemently rejected” allegations by the United States of involvement in “significant corruption” in the French-speaking Caribbean Community...

Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice

June 5, 2023  -Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of Haiti. Gun-toting gangsters have been robbing,...

Court of Justice to set date for the verdict

June 2, 2023  -WILLEMSTAD, PHILIPSBURG - The clerk of the Joint Court of Justice has informed the parties in the case of the appeal in...

AP News Top Stories for Monday, June 5, 2023

Business Posts

Binance accused of ‘web of deception’ in US

June 5, 2023 -BC News -Crypto giant Binance has been accused of engaging in a "web of deception" as it was hit with another lawsuit...

Immigration can help keep down UK inflation, says IMF deputy

June 5, 2023  -BBC News -Immigration that fills gaps in the domestic jobs market can help push down UK inflation, the deputy head of the...

Money: £9bn in old UK banknotes and coins not cashed in

June 5, 2023  -BBC News -Almost £9bn in old banknotes have not been cashed in across the UK, even though paper £20 and £50 stopped...

Oil prices rise as Saudi Arabia pledges output cuts

June 5, 2023  -BBC News  -Oil prices have risen after Saudi Arabia said it would make cuts of a million barrels per day (bpd) in...

Saudi Arabia is slashing oil supply. It could mean higher gas prices for US drivers

June 3, 2023  -FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to...

Las Vegas ballpark pitch revives debate over public funding for sports stadiums

June 3, 2023  -CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Joe Lombardo wants to help build Major League Baseball’s smallest ballpark — arguing that the worst...