Regional News
Government of Canada warns of ‘state of emergency’ in Jamaica
The Government of Canada has updated the emergency status for Jamaica on a travel advisory due to a continued high level of violent crime.
In...
Climate change is helping spread a fungus that attacks bananas
A fungal plant disease from Asia has been spreading across banana-growing areas of Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1960s.
New research suggests that...
Barbados PM Meets with Regional Private Sector
Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley has underscored the importance of the regional private sector becoming a type of associate institution of CARICOM, saying it...
Cruise ship in St. Lucia quarantined over confirmed measles case
A cruise ship with nearly 300 passengers and crew was ordered quarantined in the Caribbean port of St. Lucia - after a case of...
Bermuda gets new weather radar system
A new $2 million weather radar system was officially launched in Bermuda with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Cooper’s Island in St David’s yesterday.
Zane DeSilva,...
Guyana listed as world’s fastest growing economy
The world's second largest stock market NASDAQ, has named Guyana as the fastest growing economy in the world.
In a report, NASDAQ said that with...
Barbados PM announces sale of LIAT shares
The Barbados government on Tuesday night formally announced plans to sell its shares in the cash strapped regional airline, LIAT, but insisted that it...
Regional Government officers discuss risk management
More than 20 government officers from eight countries, including Jamaica, are attending the Commonwealth Secretariat's three-day Governance and Risk Management Conference at the Jamaica...
Jamaicans warned excessive heat being experienced in the country could be fatal
Health authorities in Jamaica has issued a warning to nationals to take preventative measures to deal with the excessive heat - noting that the...
Dorian to be retired from Atlantic Tropical Cyclones list
The name Dorian will never again be used in the Atlantic tropical cyclones list.
Dorian joins a list of 90 names dating back to 1954,...
