Aruba Police Arrest Six in Drug and Weapons Bust
Aruba drug raids on 2 October led to six arrests and seizures of cocaine, hashish, marijuana, ammunition and a rifle,...
October 3, 2026Section
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St Kitts and Nevis Geothermal Plant Gets EU Offer
Nevis geothermal project: the EU says it is ready to mobilise concessional loans and grants for a 30 MW plant....
October 3, 2026
Belize Abortion Debate Reopens, Group Seeks Law Change
Belize abortion debate: a family planning group wants penalties lifted and rape cases covered, while the church senator says the...
October 3, 2026
Bahamas BTC CEO Sameer Bhatti Steps Down
BTC CEO Sameer Bhatti is leaving the Bahamas' main telecom company after four years. Board chair Inge Smidts takes interim...
October 3, 2026
Barbados Steps Up Port Checks Over Suriname Bird Flu
Suriname bird flu: Barbados has stepped up port checks for poultry smuggled in baggage, but its chief vet sees no...
October 3, 2026
Jamaica Triggerman in Paulwell Murder Gets Life
Paulwell daughter murder: Jamaica's chief justice gave the triggerman life with no parole for 45 years, calling the plea deal...
October 3, 2026
Honduras 2027 Budget Lifts Security Spending 10.8%
The Honduras 2027 budget draft lifts security spending 10.8% to about US$550 million, while the audit court, state attorney and...
October 3, 2026
Venezuelan Shot by ICE in Texas Has Bullet Removed
A Venezuelan delivery driver hurt in an ICE shooting in Austin, Texas, had the bullet removed on 1 October, 11...
October 3, 2026
French Guiana Assembly Has a Month to Elect a Leader
French Guiana's assembly has one month to elect a new CTG president after Gabriel Serville's death. A vote is planned...
October 3, 2026
Honduras Group Alleges Tax Breaks for Chinese Firms
A Honduran small-business guild says Chinese firms pay no import, sales or income tax. It showed no documents, and Congress...
October 3, 2026
US Renews Haiti Police Support, Backs 4,000 Officers
US support for Haiti: the embassy backs the police, the army and a drive for 4,000 new officers, as Haiti...
October 3, 2026
Guatemala Ayarza Swarm Logs at Least 180 Quakes
The Ayarza seismic swarm in Guatemala reached at least 180 quakes in September, peaking at magnitude 4.1. Seismologists call it...
October 3, 2026
Costa Rica Dollar Climbs 2.7% From Record Low
Costa Rica's exchange rate: the US dollar is up 2.7% from its 17 September record low after a US rate...
October 3, 2026
Suriname Recipients May Be Owed Dutch Disability Pay
The Dutch WIA benefit was miscalculated for thousands. Recipients living in Suriname may be owed money, and reviews can be...
October 3, 2026
Ecuadorian Killed on NY Subway, Family Seeks Justice
Mesías Lojano, 59, from Cuenca, Ecuador, was stabbed on the New York subway on 30 September. A Bronx man is...
October 3, 2026
Jamaica’s Holness Orders Early Review of Firearms Act
Jamaica's Firearms Act faces an early review: Holness orders a committee to refine and toughen the 2022 gun law after...
October 3, 2026
Uruguay Maldonado Homelessness Reaches About 800
Maldonado homelessness has grown to about 800 people, Uruguay's social development minister admits, as the winter red alert ends and...
October 3, 2026
Suriname Gives State Land Plots to 90 Hospital Workers
Suriname brain drain: 90 nurses and support staff at the Academic Hospital Paramaribo got plots of state land on 2...
October 3, 2026
Guyana Minister Wants Deputy Police Chief on Leave
Guyana's home affairs minister says police deputy chief Fazil Karimbaksh should take leave during a sexual assault investigation. He has...
October 3, 2026
Dominican Sargassum Plan Targets 150,000 Tonnes
The Dominican Republic sargassum plan aims to handle 150,000 tonnes by 2027. In Cancún, its environment minister urged neighbours to...
October 3, 2026