Regional News
Japan supports IDB’s social projects in the Caribbean
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) have partnered to promote and develop socially responsible capital markets through investments...
Harsher penalties coming for owners of dogs that attack persons
The Government is taking steps to craft legislation to impose harsher sanctions for the owners of dogs that attack, injure and or cause the...
Grenada reaffirms commitment to the one-China Policy
15 years after re-establishing diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China, Grenada has re-affirmed to the One China policy, and at the same...
Warming climate causes dengue outbreak in Caribbean leading to almost 1,400 deaths in the...
Dengue fever outbreaks in the Caribbean have reached record high levels, thanks to climate change.
Since the beginning of 2019, approximately 3 million Americans have...
Barbados to begin issuing licenses for marijuana cultivation next month
Five months into the life of new legislation to allow the cultivation of medicinal marijuana, investors can start applying for a grower’s licence from as early...
Bloody 24 hours across Jamaica
Five murders, four shootings and two suspected suicides marked a bloody 24-hour period across the island between the break of dawn on Saturday and yesterday...
Jamaica’s Former Prime Minister Hospitalized
Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding is being treated in hospital after being admitted on Friday.
Caribbean Media Corporation reported that based on a report, Golding,...
Puerto Ricans Left Homeless After Biggest Quake in Century
Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico as a flurry of...
Members of the UN Security Council expresses concern about ongoing political impasse in Haiti
The members of the United Nations Security Council expressed concern regarding the ongoing political impasse in Haiti, reiterating the immediate necessity for Haiti’s stakeholders...
Antigua and Barbuda records decrease in homicides in 2019
The year 2019 has set a record for the least number of homicides committed in Antigua and Barbuda in a single year since 1999....
