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The government of Canada has clarified information published in a recent article regarding the need for Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) citizens applying for Canadian visas to travel to Trinidad effective December 2018.…

Dominica’s new tree-planting initiative is sowing seeds of hope as citizens rally to rebound from the ravages of Hurricane Maria, the Category 5 storm that hit the tiny Caribbean island on September 18, 2017. Living conditions in Dominica…

Four Bahamas Cabinet ministers in the Minnis administration will have their portfolios reassigned this week in a Cabinet reshuffle just over a year after the Free National Movement was returned to power. The Cabinet Office confirmed in a…

The government of The Bahamas has issued a cease and desist order to Four C’s adventures after one its tour boats exploded on Saturday, killing one American woman and injuring ten others, minister of transport and local government Frankie…

The 65th Meeting of the Organisation of Easter Caribbean States (OECS) Authority endorsed the implementation of an audit committee, established by the OECS Commission, to provide unbiased and objective oversight to stakeholders – a…

A new and innovative approach to harvesting sargassum seaweed is now under way at Consett Bay in Barbados, and is expected to generate employment and economic benefits for the island. That approach would see sugar cane loaders and…

Guyana’s Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence today served notice at her ministry that police detectives and Finance Ministry internal auditors will soon begin investigations into the “misappropriation of funds and the blatant attempts to…

The Jamaica Government will install 1,000 closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) in strategic locations across the island by the end of the year, under the JamaicaEye initiative by the Ministry of National Security. JamaicaEye is a…

On Thursday, the ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) in Bermuda secured a 25th seat in Bermuda’s 36-seat parliament. In a by-election held in Constituency 25, Warwick North East, PLP candidate Curtis Dickinson defeated One Bermuda…

The government of Barbados announced on Friday that a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Bert van Selm, had concluded its three-day visit to Barbados. During this visit, the Fund team was updated on the economic and…

The Jamaica Government is in the process of developing a crop loss and farm insurance programme. The disclosure has come from Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, J.C. Hutchinson,…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a 75 per cent chance that the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on Friday, will be near- or above-normal. They also predict a…

The story of a hijab-wearing teacher in Trinidad, Nafisah Nakhi, a 23-year-old engineering student, who was refused entrance into a Hindu school for wearing the hijab to work, is the biggest news-making event in the country since last…

The Attorney General’s Chambers is open to considering lifestyle audit legislation to assist in Guyana’s fight against money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil…