Regional

On Thursday, February 9, the government of Antigua and Barbuda officially launched a road rehabilitation project to upgrade the Sir George Walter Highway and Friars Hill Road. The project is being funded through a grant of GBP13.9 million…

The Antigua and Barbuda Financial Services Regulatory Commission, in exercise of its powers under the law has removed three of the directors from the board of Meinl Bank (Antigua) Ltd and appointed Cleveland Seaforth, managing partner, KPMG…

The citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programme of Dominica is bringing investors into the island state, creating jobs and helping to restore the damage caused by Tropical Storm Erika in 2015. That’s the message from government and industry…

While Trinidad and Tobago may be outside the usual hurricane belt, unlike many of its Caribbean neighbours that frequently get hit by tropical cyclones, the twin island republic does have its own storm of violent crime to contend with on a…

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, in a national address on Wednesday night that Dominicans were eagerly anticipating, did not mince words when he accused the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) and Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) of…

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba have reached agreement for the expansion of preferential access to each other’s markets. The agreement was reached at the 10th Meeting of the Joint Commission Established Under the Trade and…

Tobacco control legislation is critical to reduce diseases that are the leading causes of death in Guyana, said the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) during an official visit to the country this week.…

Regional airline LIAT has announced the first causalities of its route cuts. The Antigua-based airline said in a statement that, “as part of its efforts to achieve greater profitability and improve efficiency”, it would stop servicing…

Haiti officially has a new elected president. Jovenel Moise was installed this morning as the French speaking nation’s 58th president in a brief ceremony that was attended by former President Michel Martelly, as well as Caribbean and…

Government Senator Matthew Samuda is calling for legislative changes that will see the imposition of a mandatory minimum penalty of 25 years’ imprisonment for convicted child abusers who have a high duty of care. Making his contribution…

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in St Lucia and other parts of the Eastern Caribbean this afternoon, with residents reporting feeling buildings shaking. The quake occurred around 3:54 p.m. at a depth of 20 km, 120 km northeast of the…

Five Caribbean businesses are at a stage closer to securing private investment having each received US$25,000 through the LINK-Caribbean Investment Readiness Grant programme. The five firms are Carepoint and Caribbean Transit Solutions…

Some 128 Trinidadians have been linked to terrorist activities in other countries, but Trinidad and Tobago is no terrorist state, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon has declared. Dillon made the comments in Senate yesterday as…

The imposition of the 14 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on domestic flights in Guyana, starting yesterday, is not flying well with citizens, tourists and business leaders. Several players in key sectors are already forecasting a drop in…

Fearing further public scrutiny of its operations in Guyana, Texila American University recently move to court asking that international journalist and editor-in-chief of the Guyana Guardian, Dennis Adonis, be silenced from making any form…