Regional

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- The Trinidad-based Ansa Merchant Bank (AMB) is providing funds to the Barbados government for a multipurpose sugar factor as Bridgetown signaled its intention of becoming a major supplier of sugar to the…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque met on Thursday with a team from French Guiana led by the president of the Regional Council Rodolphe Alexandre, as the French territories in the Caribbean…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Nearly 4,000 government workers in Bermuda held a mass meeting on Monday morning to vote on the government’s proposal to demand further pay cuts from civil servants. However, a meeting with government representatives…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is slated to benefit from increased support from Cuba in the areas of health, education, disaster response, and support for the disabled. Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Bernardo…

Nassau, Bahamas -- A police officer was on Friday charged in The Bahamas with one count of child pornography in relation to a sex tape scandal and a second officer was arrested in the same matter. Edmund Lewis Jr. appeared before Chief…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said that Guyana is looking at non-traditional partners, even while consolidating international and foreign policy relationships with the traditional ones.…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Statistics derived from the continuous household labour force survey indicated that the rate of unemployment in Barbados for the July to September quarter of 2014 stood at 12.9 percent. According to the…

St John’s, Antigua -- Members of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) in the House of Representatives on Thursday staged a protest action against an opposition member of parliament by walking out during the 2015 Budget Debate.…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- The lifestyles of the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the other OECS member states are expected to come under the microscope through a proposed health and human performance programme from the…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Curacao Tourist Board have announced the dates for the region’s leading tourism forum, the State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) 2015. Curacao will host SOTIC from…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The UWI Open Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has announced the appointment of Dr Phyllis Fleming-Banks to oversee the operations of its Open Campus country sites in the British Overseas Territories…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- A trade delegation from Prince Edward Island (PEI) in Canada is visiting the Caribbean in a bid to further develop partnerships with regional entrepreneurs, and clients. The delegation will be here from…

Montego Bay, Jamaica -- Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr Wykeham McNeill, is reporting that the 2014/15 winter tourist season is going well, with arrivals up just over a month after the December 15, 2014 start. Dr McNeill said the…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- On Thursday, St Vincent and the Grenadines officially mourned the loss of at least five young lives in what has become known as the Rock Gutter tragedy. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister Dr Ralph…

Nassau, Bahamas -- If the Christie administration fails to act over the alleged bribery of a person reportedly connected to the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC), it would be just as guilty as the bribe taker, Bahamas opposition leader…