Regional News
Flood Warning issued for Dominica
After a weekend of heavy rains and widespread flooding, Dominica was placed on a flood warning today due to a tropical wave which is...
Barbados close to securing $200 Million World Bank loan
Barbados appears close to securing $200 million in concessional funding from the World Bank after 27 years of being cut-off from such financing.
A Government...
Caribbean Islands Jolted by Earthquake
The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has said an earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.6 rocked...
Barbados Prime Minister attends conference on disaster
Barbados Prime Minister, Mia Mottley is participating in the third meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on Post- Disaster Recovery in...
CARPHA outlines position on Ivermectin to treat COVID patients
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging Ministries of Health and clinicians to only use the medicine, ivermectin, under the conditions of well-regulated clinical...
Tourist in St. Kitts and Nevis dies after falling from hotel
A tourist is dead after reportedly falling from the fifth floor of a local hotel on the Caribbean island of St Kitts and Nevis....
Jamaica surpasses 2016 murder toll
A total of 1, 500 people have been murdered in Jamaica so far this year, including 51 children, according to figures released by the...
Barbados enhances COVID-19 management with new app
Barbados continues to enhance its COVID-19 management efforts with the digitisation of contact tracing through the Ministry of Health and Wellness Barbados Exposure Notification...
C’bean countries to tax tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging Caribbean countries to tax tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages.
PAHO is saying that the taxes can help...
Guyana’s President to receive IICA leadership award
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali is set to receive the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) leadership award.
Guyana’s head of state is attending IICA’s conference...
