SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (AP) -- Improved weather conditions Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after the highest volcano on Indonesia's most densely populated island erupted, triggered...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec 5, CMC - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley will address the 12th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) that gets underway on Wednesday. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Dec 5, CMC - The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Monday said that the first half of the Caribbean dry season is forecast to feature a slower than usual decrease in rainfall, wet...

Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and children's author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children's show "Sesame Street" has died at the age of 90. McGrath's passing was...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- While one Neymar was about to make his return at the World Cup, another was going home after a short -- and tumultuous -- stint in Qatar. The real Neymar has recovered from an ankle injury and was expected to...

Dancehall artiste Ding Dong performs during the break as Jamaica College and St Andrew Technical High School competed in the Manning Cup finals at Sabina Park on Saturday. Jamaica College won 8-7 on penalties for their 31st hold on the trophy.

Twenty-seven young men and women in St James have been equipped to take up well-paying jobs in commercial/articulated truck driving, having successfully completed a six-month training programme. The young people graduated from the Articulated...

If you think the rumour that each Saudi Arabia football player was promised a Rolls Royce car for defeating Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2022 was outlandish, consider for a moment that England will relax the visa regime should the country win......

Always outnumbering rival fans, the local Brazilian supporters have been getting an earful from their naysayers since Friday's shocking loss to Cameroon in their final group game. "A dis yah side unuh say a favourites fi win World Cup and cyah...

Three weeks after leading a strike that left much of the commuting public grounded, Egeton Newman is now beseeching his colleagues not to take any action that could lead to further chaos in the fragile transport sector. Newman, head of the...

Shortly after leaving high school in 2012, Sharkira Minott began walking the streets of Morant Bay, St Thomas, selling peppered shrimp to passers-by. She had graduated from St Thomas Technical High School with five Caribbean Secondary Education.....

World War II veteran Dorothy Peart has died. At the time of her passing on November 30, the 101-year-old Peart was the second longest-living World War II female veteran. Born in London, England, Peart was the wife of Ernest Peart, and the mother.....

Former member of parliament for Westmoreland Central, Russell Hammond, has been remembered as an important player in the development of his community. The owner of Hammond's Pastry Place, Hammond died on Friday night after a period of illness. "....

As a child, Esmine Harrison hardly attended school because she was ill. She suffered from an ailment that affected her legs, so much so that her parents, Abertina Greenwood and Darnel Harrison, decided it was best for her to stay home most of the....

The white sorrel cultivar is the least planted islandwide, and accounts for less than one per cent of annual sorrel production. Relatively high yielding, it produces an estimated 1.2-1.5 kilogrammes per plant. Similar to other varieties, it...

International footballer Raheem Sterling exited the FIFA World Cup competition today, following what the BBC reports to be an armed invasion at his home in the United Kingdom. Sterling who was scheduled to play in England's round of 16...

The Westmoreland Police have launched an investigation into the discovery of a female body which was found in a shallow grave in Negril in the parish. It is reported that the woman went missing on Wednesday. She has only been identified as Kerry-......

The police on Thursday evening removed the body of a woman which was discovered inside an apartment located along Lady Musgrave Road in St Andrew. The body, which was in a decomposing state, is that of a woman whom neighbours say they have not...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- From most angles, it looked like the ball went out of play just before Japan scored its winning goal in the 2-1 victory against Spain in the World Cup. Associated Press photographer Petr David Josek took a photo from...

Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. It is the second time this year that Ye has been suspended from the platform over antisemitic posts. Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed the...