Regional News
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...
CARICOM Chairman Set to travel to South America to engage in follow up talks...
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Timothy Harris is set to travel to San José,...
World Bank impressed with Jamaica’s macroeconomic achievements
Newly appointed World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Axel van Trostenburg, says Jamaica’s macroeconomic achievements, to date, have been “extremely...
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...
