July 1, 2020
Government of Canada and CDB Establish New Fund to Support Disaster Risk Management
Governments in nine Caribbean countries will still be able to maintain their disaster risk management efforts even with national finances stretched by the demands of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the Government of Canada has…
October 28, 2019
Haitian diplomat urges government not to send nationals to jail on minor immigration offences
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A Haitian diplomat is appealing to The Bahamas government not to imprison nationals from his country who have been convicted of minor immigration offences even as Nassau continued the programme of deporting illegal…
June 20, 2019
Immigrants sue US gov’t over wait for files to fight deportation
Immigrants accused the US government in a lawsuit Wednesday of failing to promptly give them copies of their own immigration records, hampering their ability to fight deportation and apply for citizenship. Two immigrants and three attorneys said…
June 5, 2019
Barbados PM announces sale of LIAT shares
The Barbados government Tuesday night formally announced plans to sell its shares in the cash strapped regional airline, LIAT, but insisted that it was committed to regional transportation and would continue to hold minimum shares in the…
June 4, 2019
Guyana Livestock Development Authority says Trinidad’s ban on poultry products ‘ill-advised’
A recent ban on poultry from Guyana by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been described as “ill-advised and premature”. The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) says it considers the advisory to be ill-advised as neither the sale…
May 31, 2019
Atlantic hurricane season begins after three years of big storms
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins Saturday, and US authorities are warning coastal residents to stock up on supplies and remain vigilant after a spate of intense storms in recent years. Over the past three years, four powerful hurricanes…
May 28, 2019
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Edward Seaga dies at 89
Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon.Edward Seaga has died. Seaga, who turned 89 today, is Jamaica's fifth prime minister, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the JLP from 1974 to 2005 when he retired from active politics. Since his retirement he…
May 28, 2019
Antiguan gov’t says Canadian banks want to withdraw from the island
The Antigua and Barbuda government is defending its position regarding the sale of Soctiabank operations here even as it announced that all the Canadian banks operating here have expressed a desire to leave the country. Prime Minister Gaston Browne,…
May 21, 2019
CXC to consider petition for maths resit
The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is to consider a petition calling for all students to re-sit the 2019 CSEC Maths exams following serious breaches of the examination regulations, a representative from the Barbados-based…
May 14, 2019
CARICOM calls for end to US embargo against Cuba
Secretary Gneral of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, Monday called on the United States to lift the “unwarranted economic embargo and sanctions” against Cuba. Addressing the 22nd meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community…