Regional

St George’s, Grenada -- Early Thursday morning, a strong continuous signal was observed on instruments monitoring the Kick ‘em Jenny submarine volcano 10 km (6 miles) off the coast of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea. The alert level has been…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) opened the two-day sub-regional workshop on branding and the use of geographical indications in the development of management strategies for origin-linked…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- A theme has been announced for the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) in Curacao from 21-23 October. This year’s theme, Caribbean Tourism: Growth Through Innovation,…

Castries St Lucia -- The first ever Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Business Council retreat began on Monday in Saint Lucia, under the theme: “Converging the development agenda together.” President of the OECS Business…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The United States has officially requested the extradition of former FIFA vice president and Trinidad politician Jack Warner. The Trinidad and Tobago attorney general, Garvin Nicholas, held a press conference late…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is providing US$14.8 million to support St Lucia’s efforts to deliver a reliable, climate resilient supply of potable water to the northern districts of the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) breached its contract in disconnecting a customer’s internet service because of his…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Bahamas Immigration Department says it has successfully prosecuted four Jamaicans who were residing in the country illegally. The department said it was reminding companies and employers that only Bahamian…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- The geothermal energy project in St Vincent is on track to start-up in 2018, according to Peter Williams, a representative of Emera Caribbean Limited, one of the companies that is partnering with the government of…

St George’s, Grenada -- The Nutmeg Princess has been added to the world’s first underwater sculpture park at Moliniere Bay in Grenada. The statue depicts Grenada’s first fairy tale princess emerging from a large nutmeg pod, reaching to the…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s efforts to put venture capital into the investment and entrepreneurial mix are paying off. The Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) has ranked the country ninth in its…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr was detained by police in Trinidad on Monday morning in connection with the 2014 murder of former independent senator and prominent local attorney Dana Seetahal. Police…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rattled Barbados on Monday night, the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center has reported. It said that the quake occurred at 7:08 pm…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) Limited is to embark on an economic feasibility study over the next 18 months, to determine how it will go about implementing a wind farm to generate five megawatts of…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The police are looking for an American woman who they say has been missing since last Thursday. She is 41-year-old Lori Sexon, a Caucasian of medium build and is about 163 centimetres (5 feet 4 inches) tall. Sexon was…