Regional News
Move to Give Expats Voting Rights in Bermuda Rejected
The British government has turned down a United Kingdom parliamentary committee proposal to give British residents in Bermuda the right to vote in elections...
OECS Responds To Verdict in Amber Guyger Trial
Roughly one year since our Caribbean community was shaken by devastating news of the untimely and seemingly senseless murder of Saint Lucian national Botham...
Dominica PM urges regional private sector to get on board LIAT
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday called on the regional private sector and other stakeholders to consider purchasing shares in the cash strapped regional...
Guyana Pastors Launch Political Party
A new political party was launched in Guyana yesterday.
In a report, St. Lucia Online News said the party, called the People’s Republic Party (PRP)...
Caribbean warned of re-current episodes of heat stress
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is warning about “recurrent episodes of heat stress” as it noted that the drought situation...
Jamaica signs agreement to preserve preferential trade terms with UK
Jamaica is among nine Caribbean countries that have signed an agreement to preserve preferential trade terms with the United Kingdom in a Post-Brexit era.
Foreign...
Sagicor pledges $1 million to fire-damaged National Children’s Home
In Jamaica - Sagicor is donating $1 million towards relief efforts in the aftermath of a fire that damaged the Jamaica National Children's Home...
Canada suspends operations at embassy in Venezuela
Canada suspended operations at its embassy in Venezuela on Sunday, saying President Nicolas Maduro’s regime has made it impossible for diplomats to continue working.
In...
Guyana Elections Commission chairman steps down
The embattled chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired justice James Patterson demitted office on Tuesday, one week after the Trinidad based Caribbean...
Barbados Installs Pockets of Disaster Resilience across the island – in the form of...
Barbados, with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is installing pockets of disaster resilience, in the form of photovoltaic systems, across the...
