December 20, 2021
CCCCC says COP 26 outcome puts more pressure on CARICOM’s position on global warming
The Belize based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) says the decisions reached at United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in Glasgow last month “only afford a very narrow window of opportunity” to keep the Caribbean…
December 17, 2021
UN urges no school closures despite rise in Omicron cases
The Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta Fore, Friday said that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, “nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever…
December 15, 2021
Supermarkets say they will not adopt “safe zone’ initiative
The Supermarket Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SATT) Wednesday said its members will not be adopting the ‘safe zone’ initiative that was rolled out by the government as part of the efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19)…
December 15, 2021
The people of Port Au Prince experience a deadly explosion
Prime Minister Ariel Henry has declared three days of national mourning after a tanker truck loaded with fuel exploded on Monday night, killing several people. “I learned, with desolation and emotion, the sad news of the explosion, last night, in…
December 13, 2021
Government says four parties interested in oil refinery
The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said at least “four interested parties” have shown interest in acquiring the oil refinery of the state-owned Petrotrin company, a few months after it announced a decision to return to the open market to seek…
December 13, 2021
Gunmen shoot and kill three people in St.Lucia
Police are searching for gunmen who shot and killed three people including a woman during a drive by shooting in Marchand, east of here on Sunday night. While the police have not released the names of any of those killed media reports have…
December 13, 2021
ExxonMobil moves all chain supply services from Trinidad & Tobago to Guyana
The President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alastair Routledge has announced that the US based company has now moved all of its supply chain services from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana. In making the recent announcement, Routledge said the…
December 11, 2021
CDB to fund Haiti’s insurance against natural hazards
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has today approved funding for the full premium for natural hazard insurance for Haiti. The Bank is providing US$6.9 million as a grant on a one-time request by the Haitian Government to…
December 9, 2021
Bermuda buys new fleet of electric buses from China
Transport Minister Lawrence Scott announced Wednesday that the island’s first electric buses from China are expected to be on the roads by next spring. “I am very excited to announce that the project has progressed despite global supply chain…
December 8, 2021
Guyana Government denies ill treatment of indigenous people
The Guyana government Tuesday said that it will “always respect the views of our Indigenous peoples” as it disagreed with statements made by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lennox Shuman, that the Irfaan Ali administration was not…