Regional News
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...
Grenada signs US$1.5million contract with US healthcare company
Health Minister Nickolas Steele said that government is paying a USA-based firm between US$800,000 and US$1.5 million to complete the process for implementation of...
Dominicans to go to the polls on December 6
Dominicans go to the polls on December 6 to elect a new government after Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday night announced that he had...
Ban on single-use plastics now final in Barbados
The ban on single-use, petroleum-based plastic packaging, containers and utensils is to take effect on New Year’s Day 2020 – no exceptions or extensions,...
