Regional News
Venezuela orders long weekends to stave off power crisis
Public employees in Venezuela are being given long weekends in a bid to stave off a nationwide power crisis.
According to the Associated Press, President...
New report says the number of Caribbean nationals with diabetes has tripled
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report says the number of Caribbean nationals living with diabetes has tripled since 1980, adding that one in...
St. Lucia renames stadium for Darren Sammy
West Indies T20 cricket captain Darren Sammy on Tuesday expressed his delight at the decision of the St. Lucia government to re-name the Beausejour...
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister heads delegation to US/Caricom correspondent banking talks
Preventing the loss of Correspondent Banking Relations (CBR) remains a top agenda item for the government of Antigua and Barbuda and the rest of...
Bahamas distances itself from 'Panama Papers' scandal
The Bahamas Government today described as “disconcerting” the so-called “Panama Papers” alleging that a number of world leaders and other prominent people used a...
Trinidad and Tobago Film Makes Cannes Debut
Trafficked, the award winning film from Trinidad and Tobago will make its European Premiere at the 13th International PanAfricain Film Festival in Cannes, France...
St. Kitts-Nevis receives EC$12.5 million from EU as part of sugar adjustment scheme
The European Union (EU) has disbursed EC$12.5 million to St. Kitts and Nevis, which forms part of an overall EC$220 million allocated to the...
Tourism booming in Cuba with 14 percent increase in March
Business is booming in the hospitality sector in Cuba, with March ending with an increase of 14 percent in tourist arrivals.
Cuba’s first deputy tourism...
Trinidad establishes sex offender’s registry
Trinidad and Tobago has established a registry for sex offenders, but National Security Minister Edmund Dillon said it would only be available to the...
Haiti police arrest 35 including five cop killers
The National Police of Haiti (PNH) says law enforcement officials have arrested 35 people including five for the murder of four police officers and...
