WASHINGTON – Democratic United States presidential candidate Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Monday and meet with the family of George Floyd, two weeks after Floyd’s death in police custody triggered…

BASSETERRE – Dr Timothy Harris was sworn in as Prime Minister for a second term on Sunday.
Harris’ Team Unity administration, which is comprised of the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) in Nevis, the…

Owner says it ‘feels good’ to repatriate Indian crew who had been at sea for up to 10 months

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic topped 400 000 on Sunday, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally.
The United States is responsible for…

GEORGETOWN – Over one hundred Guyanese nationals returned home on Saturday after being stranded in the United States for over two months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 137 nationals who arrived…

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman Prime Minister Mia Mottley offered congratulations to Dr Timothy Harris and Team Unity on the “resounding victory” in the general elections on June 5 in St Kitts…

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end to racism and brutality by U.S. law enforcement as protests over the killing of…

The Barbados Drug Service (BDS) has advised diabetic patients who use the pharmaceutical drug, metformin, that they should continue to do so and discuss any concerns with their physicians.
In a statement…

BASSETERRE, St Kitts – Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris led his coalition Team Unity to a second consecutive victory in Friday’s general election, winning six of the seven seats declared to date.
The…

No one has tested positive for COVID-19 since May 22.
Barbados has therefore ended a second week with no more cases of the viral illness as all 58 people tested yesterday were negative.  
Meanwhile,…