Regional News
Trinidad biker dies while trying to perform stunt in traffic
A Corporal with the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment lost his life on Friday evening when his motorcycle crashed into a car in Caroni while...
Caricom appoints Floyd Morris as Special Rapporteur on Disability
CARICOM announced yesterday that it has appointed the director of the Mona Campus University of the West Indies (UWI) Centre for Disability Studies, Dr....
CXC to begin issuing e-certificates tomorrow
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will begin issuing electronic credentials in addition to the traditional paper-based certificate on Wednesday, as part of a pilot...
Canada and CDB support Dominica in rebuilding resilient schools
Just over a year after Hurricane Maria, Dominica is set to enhance post-disaster response, build more climate-resilient schools and empower communities across the country,...
Hold parents responsible for their children’s criminal actions says Trinidad Judge
A Trinidad High Court judge is calling for the enactment of laws to hold parents and guardians responsible for their children’s criminal actions.
Delivering the...
New software to improve HIV / TB data collection in the region
The OECS Commission’s Health Unit has introduced new HIV/STI/TB Clinical Management Software to the region and has trained IT professionals in its use to...
Jamaica Health Ministry to develop sexual and reproductive health policy
Jamaica’s Ministry of Health is pursuing the development of a Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy, which will create a framework for identifying effective strategies...
Barbados based Caribbean Development Bank funds to aid flood relief efforts
The Barbados based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be providing financial support in the form of grant funding towards emergency relief efforts for communities...
Nicki Minaj offers help to Trinidad after seeing flood videos
Soca artistes Ian “Bunji Garlin” Alvarez and his wife Fay Ann are working with Trinidadian-American rapper Onika Maraj, known professionally as Nicki Minaj with...
Historian to receive Dominica’s highest national award
The Dominica government announced yesterday that it would bestow the island’s highest award on noted historian Dr. Lennox Honychurch.
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said that...
