PM Gaston Browne has instructed officials to speed up payments to Public Works employees owed wages and overtime. Browne discussed the issue Saturday on the Browne and Browne Show. Several workers joined Public Works within the past two or three months. However, they have not yet received their salaries. Other employees are also waiting for […]
Police have arrested and charged two young men following a shooting at the West Bus Station that left three people with gunshot injuries. The incident happened on Thursday, August 6, 2026. Nineteen-year-old Kajouni Defreitas of Ottos and 18-year-old Royli Richards of Golden Grove have been jointly charged with shooting with intent to murder Jahlani Barzey, […]
Benjamin: Gun Violence Must End National Security Minister Sir Steadroy Benjamin says gun violence must end in Antigua and Barbuda. He made the statement as security agencies prepare for an emergency crime meeting on Monday. Prime Minister Gaston Browne called the meeting. It will bring together the police, Immigration Department, Customs and Excise Division, and […]
A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday morning. The earthquake struck at 7:34 a.m. local time. Its epicenter was near San José del Palmar in Chocó. According to the Colombia Geological Service, the earthquake occurred about 100 kilometers deep. The magnitude was later revised upward from an earlier estimate. The earthquake was […]
A boating accident at Grand Anse Beach in Grenada has left two people dead. The incident occurred Saturday at the popular beach on the island’s southwest coast. The Royal Grenada Police Force confirmed the deaths in a brief statement. However, further details surrounding the incident have emerged through alleged eyewitness accounts. According to those accounts, […]
The Bahamas has become the first CARICOM country to join the Alliance for Primary Health Care in the Americas. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) welcomed The Bahamas as the alliance’s newest member on Friday. PAHO leads the regional initiative with the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. The alliance helps countries strengthen primary […]
Workers at an airline catering facility near Los Angeles International Airport have raised safety concerns. They say they saw maggots, mold, cockroaches and other pests at the facility. The Inglewood facility belongs to Flying Food Group. The company prepares meals for airlines across the United States. Workers have raised several complaints about conditions at the […]
Bob Marley and the Wailers have earned another international milestone, with their classic song So Much Trouble in the World receiving platinum certification in New Zealand more than four decades after its release. The song appears on the group’s 1979 album Survival and remains one of Bob Marley’s most recognised recordings. Its message about poverty, […]
At least seven people, including three students and three teachers, were killed in a school shooting at a high school on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, according to police. More than a dozen other people were injured in the attack. The shooting took place at The Debsirin School in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi […]
Unpaid health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they may stop working as the country’s Ebola outbreak continues to grow. Nurses and other frontline staff say they have gone for months without receiving government wages. They warn that the lack of pay is making it difficult to continue risking their lives every […]
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