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The Jamaica Fire Brigade has announced plans to increase its staff number adding 151 new positions over the next two fiscal years to the staffing level of 2100 persons

10 Nevis men have been recently honoured for promoting better gender relations and for their positive impact on the island's communities

The coordinator of the home isolation program has urged people who are placed in home isolation to carefully follow the necessary protocols; last week 177 families were concerned

Due to the recent numerous incarcerations, Uzra Reya, the Sub-secretary of State for Civil Security and Human Rights, expressed her concerns regarding the increasing discrimination against journalists and human rights defenders in the country

As a consequence of the emergency situation in its prisons, the country will begin pardoning inmates in order to ease overcrowding in its facilities

The board of the Dominican Rum Producers Association has received the long-awaited "Dominican Rum Denomination of Origin", allowing rum to position itself as a Country Brand, protecting its production and its authenticity

As one of her first pledges, newly elect president Xiomara Castro declared that the country will foster ties with Beijing for greater financial and political benefits

President Pedro Castillo pledged support to all of the affected people by the recent 7.5-magnitude earthquake, he also stated that the government will take immediate action to repair all of the structural damages in the northern part of the country

The country set the world record for the largest orchestra contemporarily playing, made up of over 12.000 musicians

The Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Ltd (TTSE) has announced an upgrade to its Avvento trading and surveillance platform for brokers

The struggling Worcester hospital temporarily closed 89 beds - including all 10 of its psychiatry beds - earlier this month as part of a try to maintain health care services going despite an ongoing nurses' strike who protest risking hefty fines

Black Friday and Cyber Monday over, figures show that people are spending freely and going back to store shopping - still below pre-pandemic levels -, while online sales have decreased from last year when many were purchasing exclusively via the internet