Regional

Bridgetown, Barbados (WINN) -- Barbados has responded to Antiguan concerns over an alleged plan to wind up regional airline LIAT to facilitate the start up of a new Barbados-owned airline. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne…

Georgetown, Guyana -- The electoral observation mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS), headed by the former foreign minister of Belize Lisa Shoman, arrived on Wednesday in Guyana to learn about the preparations for the…

Castries, St Lucia -- The government of Saint Lucia, in collaboration with LUCELEC and WindTex Energy, a US-based company, have erected a test tower that will help assess the potential for the construction of a 12 megawatt wind farm in…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Anthony Hylton, while making his contribution to the 2015/16 Sectoral Debate said that Jamaica has begun to reap the rewards of targeted high level investment…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Mentorship Institute (CMI) says it is alarmed by the number of young people who have been associated with gang-related activities within the Caribbean region. The Institute, which focuses on the…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Dilip Sarjoe, owner of Fly All Ways Airline of Suriname, a sister company of Suriname’s Blue Wing Airlines that has been blacklisted by the European Union, was promised lucrative concessions to make Guyana one of its…

Hamilton, Bermuda, CMC -- Two British men were left scrambling for cash to avoid going to jail after each was fined US$3,000 in a Magistrates’ Court on Monday for using threatening behaviour towards crew members on a Mexico-bound flight…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Peter Phillip is currently in Washington, DC, to attend the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Spring Meetings of the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- The Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) Ltd on Monday delisted its ordinary shares on all three of the regional stock exchanges on which they are listed and immediately relisted those shares…

Hamilton, Bermuda (CMC) -- Two British men were left scrambling for cash to avoid going to jail after each was fined US$3,000 in a Magistrates’ Court on Monday for using threatening behaviour towards crew members on a Mexico-bound flight…

Panama City, Panama (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart believes that there must be frank and honest dialogue between Venezuela and the United States. While addressing the Seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama on Saturday,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- A 39 year-old mother of four was killed after a vehicle crashed through the wall of her home and pinned her underneath the vehicle. Police said that Donna Jennifer Mascal, her husband, Anthony Mascal and…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is hopeful that coming out of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US Summit, concrete action will be taken, so that the people of the region can “feel the effects of the…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Matters pertaining to energy and Jamaica’s economic reform programme (ERP) were among the highlights of bilateral talks between Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, and US President Barack Obama at Jamaica House…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Deputy Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson interviewed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alfred Gray on Friday as police in The Bahamas continued to investigate an allegation that Gray interfered in a judicial…