The Dominican Republic is set to host a historic milestone in its economic and logistical development with the arrival of Amazon as a Caribbean distribution hub. The company’s first cargo flight landed on Tuesday, marking the official start of op...

Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) won more than twice as many votes as its nearest rival in the country’s general election, setting it up for a parliamentary majority and another term for incumbent President Irfaan Al...

Chris Gibbs will be the new Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance. This was announced by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley earlier Wednesday, as she confirmed the resignation of his predecessor, Dwight Sutherland. “After discussion, I received e...

Member of Parliament for St George South, Dwight Sutherland, has reportedly resigned as Minister of Housing and Lands. However, Nation News has been reliably informed that he will not be exiting elective politics. Sutherland, 56, took on the portfoli...

The U.S. military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration’s recent deployment of warships to t...

Barbados cannot afford to turn its back on multilateralism and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as the global trading system feels the strain from increased tariffs and other unilateral actions by some countries. Matthew Wilson, Barbados’ Ambassa...

A new analysis from the United States (US) Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service is telling American dog and cat food manfacturers that is there is an opportunity to expand the Caribbean and Latin America’s taste for their prod...

Fast-fashion giant Shein has launched an investigation after an image of Luigi Mangione – accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year – was used to model a shirt. An image with his likeness, which appear...

Nearly 2.1 million Jamaicans will go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new government with the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) seeking an unprecedented third consecutive term in office. Political observers say that despite there being 189 can...

All appeared to be well at the Barbados Energy & Sugar Company at Portvale Factory yesterday morning. Caswell Franklyn, general secretary of the Unity Workers’ Union, told the MIDWEEK NATION workers who were refused entry on Monday be...