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April 17, 2026

Caribbean Development Bank Announces Financing in 2025

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) has reported a significant increase in project financing and disbursements for 2025, approving USD 464 million in new support. The milestone marks a 50% increase in financing over 2024.  CDB’s…

April 15, 2026

Gov’t to weigh movement restrictions as fuel costs surge – Vaz

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (JAMAICA GLEANER) – The Government is exploring options to get Jamaicans to conserve fuel amid rising global prices, with Energy and Transport Minister Daryl Vaz signalling that COVID-19-style movement restrictions could be…

Sly Dunbar in London in June 2005 (Richard Ecclestone/Redferns/Getty)

January 27, 2026

‘Rest in beats’ iconic drummer Sly Dunbar

The passing of legendary drummer and producer, Sly Dunbar, one week after the death of Third World co-founder, Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore has left the music industry reeling. “A wha’ really a gwaan?” a puzzled General Lee asked of no one in particular.…

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro places his hand over his hear while talking to high-ranking officers during a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

January 5, 2026

Maduro is set to make his first appearance in a US courtroom on drug trafficking charges

NEW YORK (AP) — Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump administration used to justify capturing him and bringing him to New York.…

March 4, 2025

Colombian hospital successfully treats a child from Turks and Caicos with a rare esophageal disorder affecting his ability to eat

Bucaramanga, Colombia, February 2025. Tivon Wright, a 10-year-old boy from Turks and Caicos, traveled to Colombia seeking treatment for a rare pediatric condition: type 1 achalasia. This esophageal motility disorder prevents food from passing…

March 2, 2025

Guyana says Venezuelan vessel entered oil block in Guyanese waters

March 1 (Reuters) - Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said on Saturday that a Venezuelan coast guard patrol entered Guyanese waters earlier in the day, approaching an output vessel in an offshore oil block managed by Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab……

March 2, 2025

Jamaican government urged to ‘fully decolonise’ with bill to ditch King Charles

KINGSTON/LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Many Jamaicans want their country to ditch King Charles as head of state but a bill presented by the government to do just that has frustrated some critics of the monarchy who believe the change should go further…

August 28, 2024

Nigel Clarke to be appointed IMF deputy managing director, ministerial successor to be identified

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke is set to be appointed deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund effective October 31, 2024. The revelation was made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness,…

July 22, 2024

SWA Sharks will compete in CFU Club Shield

Twenty teams from across the Caribbean, including defending champions SV Robinhood from Suriname, are gearing up for the 2024 CFU Club Shield slated for July 25 to August 4 in Willemstad, Curaçao. This year’s edition marks the first time that the…

August 12, 2022

CDEMA and Norway Government signs agreement to extend support for the Comprehensive Disaster Management Project in the Caribbean

Bridgetown, Barbados, July 13th, 2022 - The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), have agreed to an extension of the programme period for their project: “Support to the…