Regional News
Antigua submits official proposal to purchase Barbados’ shares in LIAT
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has confirmed that it has officially submitted a document to authorities in Barbados indicating its interest in purchasing...
U.S. Navy hospital ship heads for the Caribbean
A U.S. Navy hospital ship is reportedly heading to the Caribbean as well as parts of South and Central America to aid countries with...
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...
Trinidad and Tobago rattled by 3.8 magnitude earthquake
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 rattled Trinidad during the early hours of Monday 6 May 2019, the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of...
Antigua and Barbuda backs Branson’s involvement in LIAT
A senior Antigua and Barbuda government official says billionaire Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Atlantic, is interested in investing in the cash-strapped regional...
BVI addresses UN decolonisation meeting in the caribbean
The Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Andrew Fahie has attended the United Nations Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization in St George’s, Grenada...
Belizeans are voting in that country’s national referendum
Belizeans are voting in a referendum on Wednesday on whether or not to take its decades old border dispute with Guatemala to the International...
Caribbean countries warned to closely monitor water resources amid drought
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) on Monday urged Caribbean countries to “closely monitor water resources and try to conserve as...
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...
Sir Richard Branson ‘interested’ in investing in LIAT says Antigua’s Government
The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda has indicated that the British entrepreneurial magnate, Sir Richard Branson has shown interest in investing in the financially...
