October 17, 2018
Education in Emergencies Training in Antigua
The UNICEF Eastern Caribbean staged the Education in Emergenciestraining from October 1st – October 4th 2018 in Antigua. The objectiveof the training was to build technical knowledge around Education inEmergencies Preparedness and Response. During…
October 11, 2018
CDB invests $20million in education and youth development in Saint Lucia
October 10, 2018, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is investing 20 million USD in education and youth development in Saint Lucia. On October 3, the Bank launched the Saint Lucia Education Quality Improvement Project…
October 10, 2018
Heart Institute of the Caribbean names new COO and Executive Vice President
(KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday, October 10, 2018) - The Heart Institute of the Caribbean’s Board of Directors have announced today, with immediate effect, the official appointment of Sergio González López as Chief Operating Officer and Executive…
September 27, 2018
Haiti leader seeks help against climate change
Haiti's president says increasingly violent hurricanes are exacerbating problems in extremely poor countries like his and is urging world leaders to do more to tackle climate change. President Jovenel Moise told the UN General Assembly this morning…
September 27, 2018
Liat cancels flights as TS Kirk approaches the region
The regional airline, LIAT, Wednesday announced the cancellation of several flights as a strengthening Tropical Storm Kirk moved closer towards the Lesser Antilles. LIAT said that several of its flights would either be delayed or cancelled “in the…
September 7, 2018
Teachers’ Strike in Guyana is Over
eachers in Guyana are back on the job today, after conciliatory talks between their union and the Education Ministry resulted in an agreement to end strike action that had been triggered by government’s refusal to meet their pay increase demands.…
September 6, 2018
Another headache for St Lucia PM as Customs officers start two-day sick-out
Saint Lucian Customs and Excise officers have begun a two-day sickout in protest over government’s plans to merge a number of government departments into the proposed St Lucia Border Management Authority, according to sources. The planned sickout is…
September 5, 2018
Beach access controversy continues in the Cayman Islands
newly formed Public Lands Commission in the Cayman Islands has begun rolling out beach access signs across Grand Cayman as part of efforts to address issues concerning beach access. This includes owners of oceanfront homes continuing to deter the…
September 4, 2018
St Lucia airport corruption allegations attract US media attention
Long-standing allegations of corruption involving government ministers and other officials in Saint Lucia and a South Florida businessman have attracted the attention of the widely-read Florida newspaper, The Miami Herald. In a lengthy article on…
September 3, 2018
Bahamas utility board carnage involves Shell Energy in unwelcome controversy
While the “unholy mess” appears to be subsiding at the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) after the entire board was terminated, including the chairman, with some of those same board members being almost immediately re-engaged except the chairman and a…