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Plastic Recycling Project ‘RePLAST OECS’ Launches in Saint Lucia
Environmental stakeholders from the public and private sectors in Saint Lucia lent their support and expertise towards the successful launch and two-day workshop for the RePLAST OECS project – an initiative that seeks to create a…
South-South cooperation will allow for strengthening beekeeping in the Caribbean based on…
IICA will coordinate a project aimed at increasing honey production in Caribbean countries, using a new variety of beehives.
Barbados reverses visa-free access for Haitians
A year after scrapping visa requirements for Haitians, the Barbados government has reversed its decision.
Jamaican man gets 21 years in US prison for smuggling people
A Jamaican man has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison in the United States for running a human smuggling operation.
CARICOM Day Reception at the United Nations a Marked Success
Ambassadors, Delegates, Staff and Friends of CARICOM gathered in the Sputnik Area of the United Nations Headquarters on Monday July 1, 2019, for a Caribbean style Reception in celebration of CARICOM Day. This was a commendable initiative…
Guyana President and Opposition Leader to Meet on CCJ Ruling
Guyana's President David Granger has invited Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to meet with him to discuss the political situation in Guyana resulting from last week’s decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the no-confidence…
Caribbean Countries Ensure Insurance Coverage For 2019 Hurricane Season
Caribbean members of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) have completed the selection of their insurance portfolio for 2019/20, with nine governments increasing their level of coverage…
Communiqué of the 67th Meeting of the OECS Authority
The Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the OECS Authority was held at the Royalton Antigua Resort and Spa, Antigua and Barbuda, on June 18th 2019, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda.
Villagers—Land grabbing, drug, human trafficking in Carapichaima
There is said to be an “invasion” of Colombians and Venezuelans at Brickfield in Carapichaima which are causing grave concerns by villagers who are claiming that illegal activities are on a rampant increase including…
US, Canada among 12 countries named in JA travel advisory
The Jamaican Ministry of Health and Wellness yesterday issued a travel advisory on 12 countries, including the United States and Canada, in light of an outbreak of the measles virus in the region.
Saint Lucian Sophie Klein wins TEECA Caribbean Entrepreneurship Challenge and EUR 10.000 to develop…
The final of the TEECA Caribbean Entrepreneurship Challenge was held on June 6 at the Domaine de la Pagerie in Martinique. President Alfred Marie-Jeanne awarded 19 year old Saint Lucian Sophie Klein with the winning prize, a EUR 10,000…
‘For sale’
Barbados is to give up its majority ownership of regional airline LIAT handing it back to Antigua and Barbuda, Prime Minister Mottley announced in Parliament tonight, ending weeks of speculation triggered by St John’s revelations of…
Week one of MoBay crackdown nets close to 1,000
Some 50 people were arrested and 900 others ticketed for various offences in St James during last week's multi-agency crackdown operation in the second city, which is currently under a state of public emergency (SOE).
Stateless no more
A Barbadian version of the Tom Hanks movie in which a man is stranded in an airport with no nationality entered its final scenes today as the once-stateless man prepares to return to his native Dominican Republic.
Haitians march against rape after students sexually assaulted
More than 1,000 Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince on Sunday to denounce sexual violence in the country after two students were gang-raped this week.