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Jamaicans traveling to the Republic of Namibia for business or tourism will not be required to obtain a visa. That’s because the Governments of Jamaica and Namibia this morning agreed to a visa waiver programme. It’s the first of…

There appears to be more oil offshore Guyana than oil giant ExxonMobil had originally estimated. It announced earlier today that it has now been confirmed that the 6.6 million-acre Stabroek Block which it controls, has the equivalent of…

There has been yet another set of extensions in the Zones of Special Operations (ZOSOs) in two Jamaican communities, as authorities try to make further headway in their fight against crime in those hotspots. The House of Representatives…

Economists from Boston-based Reeve & Associates and San Juan-based Estudios Técnicos, Inc. on Wednesday released a joint report, “The Impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico,” which concluded the Jones Act has no impact on either retail…

July 18, 2018 – Less than two months after releasing enhancements to its Mobile App and Online Banking, CIBC FirstCaribbean has been named the Most Innovative Bank in the region at the prestigious World Finance Banking Awards awarded by…

A Trinidadian-born woman has been jailed in the United Kingdom for defrauding a charity she worked for of just over US$1 million. Nadia Deone Chase Ali, 35 was sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of fraud by abuse of…

Representatives of the European Union (EU) and the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica yesterday signed agreements in support of the post-hurricane recovery and reconstruction efforts in those Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…

Barbadian undergraduate students at the Cave Hill campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) will not have to dig into their pockets to pay their tuition fees after all. The development brings to fruition a promise made by the Mia…

A new World Bank Report is suggesting that, on average, Jamaica would need about J$16 billion (US$121 million) annually to cover losses from natural disasters. Of this amount, it is estimated that J$9 billion (US$67 million) would be…

Dominica has welcomed the Carnival Cruise Lines vessel, Carnival Fascination, as the company resumed regular summer calls to Dominica for the first time since 2010. And Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Careen…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Barbadians that more austerity is coming. At the end of a 10-day visit to the island, a team from the Washington-based lending agency said that while the Barbadian authorities, in close…

Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant has resigned amid violent protests that had been sparked by a proposed plan to raise fuel prices. His decision was announced yesterday by President Jovenel Moïse who accepted the resignation.…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will soon launch a fleet of 15 unmanned gliders in the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean this hurricane season to collect important oceanic data that could prove useful to…

Strong winds agitate the sea that crashes over Punta de Maisí, the most extreme point in eastern Cuba, where no building stands on the coast made up of rocky areas intermingled with vegetation and with sandy areas where people can swim and…

Wildlife conservationists consider it to be one of the most striking parrots of its kind. St Lucia’s best-known species, the endangered Amazon parrot, is recognized by its bright green plumage, purple forehead and dusty red-tipped feathers.…