October 20, 2021
Parliament elects Barbados first ever President
Governor General Dame Sandra Mason has been elected as Barbados’ first President after she secured the support of all members of the House of Assembly and all but one Senator during a joint sitting of of the legislature chambers on Wednesday.…
October 20, 2021
Delegation visits Puerto Rio Haino Port in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The Minister of Immigration and Border Services Hon. Arlington Musgrove and Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Otis Morris, along with Ports Authority Chairman, Urban Francis and officials from their ministries, including the Acting Deputy Permanent…
October 19, 2021
CCJ president to address two-day virtual regional conference
A two-day conference aimed at ensuring that Caribbean judicial and legal officers have a forum to share experiences and track the technology trends shaping courts, the legal profession and society, gets underway on Wednesday. The virtual event…
October 19, 2021
Two injured as training aircraft crashes in Trinidad
Two people were injured after a light aircraft made an emergency landing at the Piarco International Airport on Tuesday. “The flight training aircraft, registration number 9YTJU, experienced difficulty on approach for landing at runway 10, and made…
October 14, 2021
Guyana emerges top in the region in CXC CAPE results
Guyana has emerged at the top of this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), Director of Operations at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), Dr. Nicole Manning announced Thursday. The examination body made the official…
October 8, 2021
‘He should resign’: Fired justice minister calls for Haiti PM to quit over murder investigation
(CNN) Until just a few weeks ago, Rockfeller Vincent was the ultimate insider in the investigation into the still-unsolved assassination of Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise, who was brutally gunned down in his bedroom in July. Now he's on the…
October 8, 2021
Cuba lashes out after young baseball players defect in Mexico
Havana (CNN) - Cuba's state media on Sunday lashed out after nearly a dozen Cuban baseball players defected in Mexico -- believed to be one of the country's largest and most embarrassing known incidents of mass defection in years. Eleven young…
October 1, 2021
Police Service Commission completely crumbles as chairman resigns
The chairman of the beleaguered Police Service Commission (PSC) resigned on Thursday, amid controversy over the selection of the twin-island republic’s next top cop. A brief statement from the Office of the President indicated that President…
September 30, 2021
UN chief to open UNCTAD 15th Session in Barbados
The Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean said on Wednesday that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will open the 15th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
September 29, 2021
Barbados Parliament gives green light to republican status
Prime Minister Mia Mottley says much thought has gone into the decision to transition Barbados to a parliamentary republic, even as Opposition Leader, Bishop Joseph Atherley, raised concerns over the legality of the government’s intended move,…