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President Trump to visit US Virgin Islands
US President Donald Trump will visit the US Virgin Islands, Governor Kenneth Mapp confirmed at his daily media briefing on Wednesday.
Mapp indicated that while full details of the visit are unavailable at the moment, the White House, the…
CIBC FirstCaribbean cancels Walk for the Cure in five islands hardest hit by Hurricanes Irma and…
Funds raised in those territories so far to be donated to local cancer charities
Bridgetown, Barbados, September 27, 2017 – CIBC FirstCaribbean organizers of the region’s largest cancer care and awareness event – Walk for the Cure – has…
Canada imposes sanctions on Maduro regime in Venezuela
In support of the people of Venezuela, Canada has announced sanctions on key figures in the Maduro regime to send a clear message that their anti-democratic behaviour has consequences.
Chrystia Freeland, minister of foreign affairs, on…
Criticism of Trinidad and Tobago’s state enterprise system follows fraud allegation against oil…
Tobago’s leader of the opposition, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, made a stunning allegation: that A&V Oil and Gas Limited, which supplies crude oil to the state energy company Petrotrin, had defrauded it of almost TT$100 million (close to…
Hurricane Maria Death Toll Rises as it Continues Carving Path of Death and Destruction
The death toll from Hurricane Maria in the region is now at least 33, with the latest fatalities occurring in Haiti when the Category 3 storm passed close to the French-speaking Caribbean nation yesterday.
Officials say one man drowned…
Over Half Million US Dollars Awarded to Firms in Caribbean Angel Investment Programme
As the halfway point of the two-year LINK-Caribbean Angel Investment programme approaches, over US$500,000 has been awarded to 14 Caribbean companies to support their development to attract angel investment.
The World Bank Group,…
Cayman Islands police officers help recapture prisoners in BVI
An operation run by British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands police officers, alongside British Royal Marines and 47 UK police officers, resulted in the capture of over 100 escaped inmates from the Balsam Ghut prison on Tortola, BVI…
Guyana and Trinidad maintain tough travel policy for citizens of all Muslim countries banned by…
While the world was busy roasting US President Donald Trump for wanting to enforce a technical ban on nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries, no one had seemed to notice that a handful of Caribbean countries, including Guyana,…
Maria at Category 2 Intensity; Expected to Be a Dangerous Major Hurricane before Reaching Leeward…
Hurricane Maria passed north of Barbados, bringing tropical storm conditions including steady downpours that triggered a flood warning for the island. And as the Category 2 hurricane continues on its track through the Leeward Islands,…
U.S. Virgin Islands Thanks Cruise And Airline Partners For Hurricane Irma Relief
The Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is extending its gratitude to its cruise and airline partners for transporting visitors and residents out of the district of St. Thomas and St. John following the passage of Hurricane Irma.…
CIBC donates US$450,000 to support Hurricane Irma humanitarian relief and rebuilding efforts
BRIDGETOWN, MIAMI and TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2017 - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) is donating US$450,000 to support organizations providing humanitarian relief to areas impacted by Hurricane Irma. The funds, which include a donation through CIBC…
IMF Debt Relief For Hurricane-Hit Barbuda Might Not Happen
A senior official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has all but poured cold water on suggestions that Barbuda should be granted temporary relief from paying its debt to the Washington-based financial body.
Barbuda, which was…
How Hurricane Irma Sucked the Sea in the Bahamas Dry
Videos and photos of water receding as far as the eye could see, from shorelines in the Bahamas up through Florida’s west coast after Hurricane Irma’s passage, have gone viral. And they have triggered fears that a tsunami is on the horizon.…
Surinam Airways eyes Boeing for imminent fleet renewal
Surinam Airways (SLM) must renew its fleet by November when the lease of the current three Boeing 737-300s expires and, from recent statements by the CEO of SLM Robbi Lachmisingh, the state owned company will most likely choose the Boeing…
Guyana and Suriname to participate in first Islamic science and technology summit in Kazakhstan
Guyana and Suriname will participate in the first Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Science and Technology Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The meeting will discuss scientific and technical issues and strategies for the next ten years.…