Regional News
Barbados close to securing $200 Million World Bank loan
Barbados appears close to securing $200 million in concessional funding from the World Bank after 27 years of being cut-off from such...
Grenada cancels all mass gatherings following discovery of COVID Cluster
The Government of Grenada has announced plans to cancel all mass gathering events due to the sudden spike in cases of novel...
Deadly Police Shooting Sparks Fiery Protest in Jamaica
The St Ann community in Jamaica remains tense following Sunday's fiery protest over the fatal shooting of a man by a cop.
COVID-19 spreads at three parties in Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago’s Health Minister, Terrence Deyalsingh, on Saturday criticised people who attended three birthday parties in Tobago resulting in one death...
Barbados IMF programme nears $1 billion
Barbados is now in a near $1 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.The IMF’s executive board yesterday gave...
Antigua acquires Industrial freezers to store COVID-19 vaccines
Antigua’s Minister of Health provided the Cabinet with an update on the novel Coronavirus vaccine which is closer to being mass-distributed in...
World Bank Helps Strengthen Saint Lucia’s Health Care
The Health System Strengthening Project (HSSP) is one of the most recent initiatives forged out of a partnership with the Government of...
Jamaica’s COVID-19 Fears Take Flight with Deportees
The second batch of deported Jamaicans from the United Kingdom (UK) for the year is due to arrive on a charter flight...
Taiwan Supports Saint Lucia’s Farmers amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The Taiwan Technical Mission, in collaboration with St. Lucia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives introduced its Farmers Market Expo, a three-day event...
Guyana wants Panama to pay rice debt
Guyana has called on Panama to meet its GUY$1.9 billion debt owed for the supply of rice.A government...