Regional News
Montserrat’s Main Opposition Party Wins General Election
Monstserrat's main opposition, Movement for Change and Prosperity Party, won yesterday's general election in this British Overseas Territory.
According to preliminary results issued early this...
DOMINICA ELECTIONS: Police Fires Teargas To Disperse Protesting Crowd
Police fired teargas to disperse protestors, who had gathered outside the residence of President Charles Savarin, demanding electoral reform, ahead of the December 6...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister meets the UWI’s software engineering students in China
Seven Jamaican students from The University of the West Indies - China Institute of Information Technology (UWI-CIIT) and Mona lecturer Dr Ezra Mugisa met...
Government of Grenada spent Millions on importation of beef and pork
Grenada appears to be on a path to surpassing the quantity of beef and pork imported into the country for 2017 and 2018, because...
Gender-based violence on the rise in Jamaica, T&T and Guyana
A senior United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) official yesterday said that there's a growing problem of gender-based violence in Guyana, Jamaica and...
CARICOM sugar industry starts new chapter
The Sugar Association of the Caribbean represents sugar producers in Jamaica, Guyana, Belize and Barbados.
All told 400,000 CARICOM citizens rely on the industry which...
Saint Lucia: One Step Closer To Reducing Food Import Bill Says PM
Saint Lucia is one step closer to securing its food production and reducing its food import bill, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has announced.
In a...
DENGUE WAR – $2b Earmarked To Intensify Fight Against Disease, Christmas Projects
The Government of Jamaica has earmarked $1.3 billion, broken down into $15-million allocations, to each of the 63 constituencies across the island, to roll...
CARICOM calls for elimination of roaming charges across region
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies ICT - have agreed to collectively approach the region's telecommunications providers to eliminate...
More than one in three in Haiti need urgent food aid says UN
The UN's World Food Programme has warned that more than a third of Haitians are facing "severe food insecurity", sparked by price hikes, dwindling...
