September 1, 2017
Barbados health project used for global initiative to reduce heart disease
A senior official of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a pilot project at two polyclinics, which was aimed at improving blood pressure control in primary health care, has been so successful that the results have…
August 29, 2017
Haiti gov’t denies planning to impose tax on citizens returning
Haiti has denied reports that it intends to impose a tax on nationals returning to the country. Minister of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE), Stéphanie Auguste, told reporters there was no truth to the reports circulating in the diaspora that all…
August 28, 2017
US Coast Guard apprehends Dom Rep nationals suspected of drug smuggling
The United States Coast Guard says four Dominican Republic nationals were arrested when they were interdicted by the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier in the Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico. On Friday, the Coast Guard said the crew of a Coast…
August 23, 2017
CARICOM countries urged to treat fleeing Venezuelan nationals with compassion
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being urged to re-consider treating Venezuelan nationals fleeing the political situation in their country as illegal immigrants and instead recognise the scale of the humanitarian crisis in that South…
August 23, 2017
Panama to require visa for Venezuelans amid crisis
Panama's president says his country will begin requiring an entry visa for Venezuelans beginning in October as their homeland slips deeper into crisis. President Juan Carlos Varela said Tuesday that recent events in Venezuela forced him to act to…
August 18, 2017
CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR UNITED STATES/CARIBBEAN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has called for a formal partnership between the region's tourism sector and those responsible for implementing the United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act, known as H.R. 2939. The Act, which was…
August 16, 2017
Venezuela’s Maduro makes surprise visit to Cuba
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro paid tribute to the late leftist icon Fidel Castro during a surprise visit to Cuba, state media reported Wednesday. The daily Granma said Maduro traveled Tuesday to Castro's tomb in Santiago de Cuba.Maduro was…
August 15, 2017
Bermuda keeping eye on Hurricane Gert
Bermuda is keeping an eye on Hurricane Gert that could begin affecting the British Overseas Territory over the next few days with “life threatening surf and rip current”. The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said that the hurricane,…
July 21, 2017
CDB announces support for a climate-smart agricultural sector in Guyana
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have approved a grant of USD295,000 to support the Government of Guyana in developing a framework, which will guide the development and implementation of measures to adapt to the impact…
July 19, 2017
Brazil judge freezes ex-president assets
A Brazilian judge leading an anti-corruption probe has ordered assets belonging to former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva frozen after last week convicting and sentencing him to prison for graft. Lula, as he is widely known, remains free pending…