July 6, 2018
26TH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE (RCC), HELD IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Twenty-Sixth Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) Meeting convened in Georgetown, Guyana on June 25, 2018 where Directors of Culture throughout the Caribbean were in attendance. Representing the Turks and Caicos Islands Culture Department was…
June 27, 2018
Former Haitian president, coup leader dies
Former Haitian coup leader, Lieutenant General Henri Namphy is dead. Namphy died on Tuesday in the neighbouring Dominican Republic following a battle with lung cancer. Namphy, who lived in exile in the Dominican Republic, headed Haiti's…
June 14, 2018
CDB and PAHO sign agreement to support mental health in aftermath of natural disasters
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have signed an agreement to enhance capacity for mental health and psychosocial support in disaster management in the Caribbean. “Despite the high vulnerability of…
June 14, 2018
C’bean HIV/AIDS stakeholders meet in DomRep
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) says national AIDS programme managers, civil society organisation, HIV clinicians and social workers, have participated in a face to face knowledge exchange in the Dominican Republic. It…
June 8, 2018
Prime Minister Holness to address G7 meeting in Canada
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness left Jamaica yesterday afternoon for Canada, where he will fulfil a number of official engagements, including attending a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) Summit. The G7 Summit is set for June 8-9 in La Malbaie, in…
June 3, 2018
IMF To Rescue Barbados Economy
WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it will be sending a delegation to Barbados on Tuesday to assist the island in its plans for revitalising the ailing economy. Prime Minister Mia Mottley has already indicated that her…
April 24, 2018
Cuban President Raul Castro to step down
Cuban President Raul Castro steps down Thursday, passing the baton to a new generation in a transition that brings to a close the Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power. "We have come a long way... so that our children, those of the present and…
April 16, 2018
Canada pulls families of diplomats out of Cuba over mysterious illness
Canada announced Monday it was bringing home the families of its diplomats in Cuba, after a year-long investigation into a mysterious illness afflicting Canadian and US officials failed to reveal a cause. The number of Canadian envoys and family…
April 12, 2018
USD65.5mn rehabilitation and reconstruction project launches in the British Virgin Islands
April 12, 2018, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched a Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), which will assist the country in recovering from the effects of Hurricane Irma.…
April 9, 2018
St Lucia PM worried about ongoing situation in Venezuela
The St Lucia government on Monday said it remains 'extremely concerned' about the ongoing political and economic situation in Venezuela after Trinidad and Tobago reported that a number of Venezuelans were entering the oil-rich twin island republic…