The debt crisis is among issues to be discussed at the Caribbean Development Bank’s annual meeting
The Caribbean debt crisis will be among matters discussed this week as the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) holds its annual meeting in St. Lucia. Vice president of corporate services Yvette Lemonias-Sea said, the bank, the region’s premier lending agency, will stage a seminar “on debt and on debt sustainability, debt reduction. The More...
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Antigua and Barbuda
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 was felt in Antigua and Barbuda and the French island of Martinique on Saturday night, but there were no immediate reports of injury of destruction. The US-based National Earthquake More...
Entire Caribbean Airlines Board of Directors replaced
Less than 72 hours after he announced that Caribbean Airlines (CAL) had accumulated losses of more than US$100M, Finance Minister Larry Howai has announced that the current board of directors of the state-owned More...
The office of the US Trade representative warns Barbados and Trinidad about copyright infringement
The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has placed Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on a watch list of countries that have failed to make the adequate copyright payments for US Musical compositions aired More...
Venezuelan Opposition TV channel Globovision has been sold and will change its editorial line
Venezuelan Opposition TV channel Globovision has been sold and will change its editorial line, according to a statement published on its website. One of the new managers, Leopoldo Castillo, said it would gradually More...
25 year old final year Kenyan medical student allegedly commits suicide in Grenada
Grenada police have confirmed that a 25-year-old Kenyan final year medical student committed suicide at the weekend. The authorities said that the body of Nyawira Nwaura was found in her apartment, at True Blue More...
The Jamaican government is investing 200 million US dollars in the construction of a health facility
The cabinet has approved the construction of a 200 million US dollar medical facility in the western parish of St. James, in an attempt to tap into the multi-billion dollar global health tourism industry. Minister More...
US Vice President scheduled to visit Trinidad to meet CARICOM leaders
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday May 8, 2013 – United States Vice President Joe Biden is due in Trinidad at the end of May, the US Embassy has confirmed. It gave no details on the proposed visit, but one local More...
The leader of the largest political party in Curacao was assassinated
The leader of the largest political party in Curacao’s coalition government was shot dead late Sunday, in the Punda section of the Dutch island’s capital, according to media reports. Helmin Wiels of More...
Police were Saturday continuing their search for four gunmen who shot and killed three members of a family
Police were Saturday continuing their search for four gunmen who shot and killed three members of a family, including the husband and wife in Diego Martin, on Friday. Police said that another close More...