June 23, 2017
C’bean hoteliers regret new US policy regarding Cuba
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Friday said it regrets the recent United States reversal of its travel policies on Cuba and the likely effects on the socio-economic development of Cuba and the wider Caribbean region. In a…
June 22, 2017
Deaths from Venezuelan anti-government protests up to 75
A 22-year-old man was shot dead Thursday during an anti-government protest in Caracas, becoming the 75th victim in three months of unrest over the rule of President Nicolas Maduro. The young man was killed during a demonstration in the capital's…
June 21, 2017
Barbados PM wants the region to have a new look at ‘brain drain’
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says to describe the export of Caribbean nationals to countries across the world as a brain drain “is to see the glass as half-empty”. “I have never seen the export of manpower as a disadvantage because it is…
June 20, 2017
Tropical Storm Cindy threatens Gulf Coast; Bret in Caribbean
Tropical Storm Cindy formed Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico, hovering south of Louisiana as it churned tides and spun bands of heavy, potentially flooding rain onto the central and eastern Gulf Coast. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey issued a state of…
June 19, 2017
T&T to close schools, offices ahead of storm
The Caribbean island of Trinidad & Tobago is closing public schools and government offices as heavy thunderstorms approach the region. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the cluster is forecast to become a tropical storm by Monday night…
June 13, 2017
Simpson Miller, Davies to leave Parliament on June 29
Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and south St Andrew Member of Parliament Dr Omar Davies have served notice to officially resign from the House on June 29. Leader of Opposition Business in the House of Parliament, Phillip Paulwell, today…
June 9, 2017
SCOTT WISEMAN UPDATES CARIBBEAN TOURISM MINISTERS, DIRECTORS ON EMERGING TRENDS AT CTO MARKETING CONFERENCE
With Travel Impressions' standing as the universally recognized leader for the travel agent market of Caribbean resorts and destinations, company president Scott Wiseman was tapped to deliver the keynote address at this morning's Caribbean Tourism…
June 9, 2017
After No-Confidence Motion Passes, T&T’s Lawyers Call on Chief Justice to Resign
All eyes are on Trinidad and Tobago’s Chief Justice Ivor Archie after the country’s law association strongly endorsed several no-confidence motions against him and the Judicial and legal Services Commission (JLSC).More than 500 members of the Law…
June 6, 2017
Commonwealth observers say Bahamas election was “peaceful and credible”
The chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group to the recently concluded general election in the Bahamas, has commended the country for the peaceful and orderly manner in which they exercised their right to vote on May 3 in the advanced polls and on…
June 6, 2017
Bahamas PM to reveal composition of 16-member cabinet
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has announced plans to reveal the composition of his 16 member cabinet shortly. On Friday, the chairman of the just elected Free National Movement (FNM) Sidney Collie said the prime minister will assign the portfolios…