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…
December 3, 2021
UNWTO says COVID will cost global tourism trillions of dollars in losses
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will likely cost the global tourism sector trillion US dollars in lost revenue in 2021, the UN’s tourism body said, calling the sector’s recovery “fragile” and “slow.” According to the latest forecast by the…
December 2, 2021
Pan American Health Organization demands for increased vaccines in light of Omicron variant
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday called for increased vaccination and public health measures to ensure the best possible protection against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. PAHO director, Dr. Carissa…
November 30, 2021
Barbados ditches Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to become a republic
BRIDGETOWN, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Barbados ditched Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its last remaining colonial bonds nearly 400 years after the first English ships…
November 29, 2021
Omicron triggers TT travel restrictions
The government of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has imposed travel restrictions on travellers from eight countries over concerns of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. The nine countries include Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho,…
November 29, 2021
Survey shows COVID pandemic has severely affected Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries have suffered significantly as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with at least 50 per cent of households not being able to recover the income levels before the pandemic that has also…