Regional

Recent huge offshore oil discoveries are believed to have set Guyana– one of the poorest countries in South America–on a path to riches. But they have also highlighted the country’s development challenges and the potential impact of an oil…

Five Caribbean nationals are among 19 people indicted on charges of voting illegally in the November 8, 2016 elections in the United States. They are residents of Guyana, Grenada, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Read more:…

The Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Air Access Committee of Discover Dominica Authority have successfully negotiated an additional 2,016 seats into the destination from two new flights added by Air Antilles starting later this year.…

Following Tuesday’s announcement that the state-owned Petrotrin oil refinery will be shut down, leaving some 2,600 workers without a job, unions in Trinidad have threatened industrial action on September 7 in solidarity with the Oilfields…

In an international context marked by uncertainty and volatility, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 1.5 per cent on average in 2018, thanks to a rebound in domestic demand, private consumption especially, and a…

The structure of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) will be reviewed in the coming months to ensure that it is best placed to deal with current and emerging threats to the island’s national security. Attorney General and Minister of Legal…

After ten years of trading on the Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE), the Jamaican financial firm Jamaica Money Market Brokers Group Limited (JMMBGL) is set to quit the local money market. In what he described as a voluntary delisting, JMMBGL…

Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Brian Wynter has dismissed the claim that the Central Bank is devaluing the Jamaican dollar, as part of plans to increase the inflation rate. “It is absolutely not true and it takes you down a wrong…

Conditions in the ocean and the atmosphere are conspiring to produce a less active Atlantic hurricane season than initially predicted in May, though National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is raising caution as the season…

It has been confirmed that Jamaican Dawna Munroe, her Italian husband Cristian Cecal, and their nine-year-old daughter Crystal, who was also born in Jamaica, were among the dozens of people killed when a bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy…

For the second time since the May 24 general election, international rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has hit Barbados with a credit downgrade. Yesterday it lowered the issue-level ratings on this country’s global bonds to…

Within the next three years, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) personnel will be using more technological solutions in their daily operations in a bid to reduce incidents of crime and their likely occurrence. Some of the technology-based…

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has expanded the scope of an on-going road transport project to include Dominica, given the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. The hurricane had a major impact on transportation…

A new research report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) cautions that climate change is expected to significantly reduce fisheries globally by 2050, including in the Caribbean. The report also advises…

The CEO of the recently established Liberty Latin America, Balan Nair, and CEO of its subsidiary company, Cable & Wireless Communications (C&W), Inge Smidts, underscored their continued commitment to drive the region’s technological…