Haiti said Saturday that it “strongly disagrees” with a court ruling in the Dominican Republic that strips citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants. The Martelly...
By Ryan Elcock The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a small heap of earth;...
There is mounting concern in the Bahamas that the country is losing out on a potentially lucrative revenue stream to the Cayman Islands in light of...
Galeota block off Trinidad & Tobago. Source: Bayfield Energy The energy ministry in Trinidad & Tobago has revealed that the Persaud-Bissessar administration would be auctioning off...
Grenada joins St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda and Dominica in what is becoming an increasing trend of Caribbean countries offering citizenship in exchange for...
Cellular phone roaming charges in the Caribbean are soon to be a thing of the past. Digicel, a major telecommunications carrier is in the process of...
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale rattled Trinidad yesterday. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage. The Seismic Unit of the...
Aerial view of some buildings within the Montego Bay Free Zone. PHOTO/Montego Bay Free Zone Co. Ltd Employment at the Montego Bay Free Zone in Jamaica...
As Haiti rises from the ashes and shakes off its difficult past, the Martelly administration is working to position the country as the next hot destination...
LIME (Landline Internet Mobile and Entertainment), the Caribbean business of Cable & Wireless Communications, has launched 4G HSPA+ mobile data services in St. Lucia. LIME rolled...
Progression of Tropical Storm Chantal. IMAGE/Reuters Tropical Storm Chantal skirted the southern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Wednesday, losing force but still posing...
Tropical storm Chantal – projected path. IMAGE/U.S. National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm Chantal churned across the Atlantic on a course toward the Lesser Antilles, including the...
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Center will launch a seminal on-line support tool in St. Lucia on Friday July 12 2013 in keeping with the thrust...
The Grenada government has closed the doors of its Consular Office in New York as it seeks to conform to international regulations regarding the appointment of...
Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner A report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has found that the Caribbean and Latin America’s renewable...
In its third successful year, the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2013 delivered on the promise of rich opportunities for investors seeking a foothold in the Caribbean....
Senior Caribbean tourism officials are hoping for a turn-around in fortunes as the region Wednesday continued efforts to lure visitors to its shores. “We are truly...
Moody’s Investors Service – a major international credit rating agency has revealed that three bond restructurings in the Caribbean this year, totaling about US$9.7 billion, have...
Alden McLaughlin (pictured), has become the new premier of the Cayman Islands after several days of negotiations by lawmakers. His People’s Progressive Movement party won 9...
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting an extremely active hurricane season this year. In its 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook, the...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Caribbean countries will experience economic growth of just over 1 percent this year – and this even as the Caribbean...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 has struck near St. Kitts & Nevis on Tuesday. There have been no immediate reports of death of damage...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Caribbean and African countries dubber “low-income countries” are among the fastest-growing economies in the world, but warn that many...
The destruction of poulty suspected of carrying H7N9 Bird Flu virus. PHOTO/Reuters The Caribbean Public Health Agency has put regional countries on alert for the Avian...
Public Utilities Minister Gregory Bowen has given an assurance that no effort will be spared in moving forward the process of liberalizing the electricity sector in...
Haiti Prime Minister., Laurent Lamothe (PRNewswire) – In response to Amnesty International’s reports of human rights violations regarding alleged forced evictions of individuals living in make-shift...
While the U.S. Federal Reserve prints the greenback with what some may refer to as feverish abandon; and much as this may, in negative extremity, lead...
(PRNewswire) – Secure Hosting, a data hosting company that provides secure dedicated servers for offshore hosting has opened a second data center in the Caribbean region...
Haiti, which earlier this year hosted the “historic” summit of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders, is getting ready to host another major summit this month, informed sources...
In a bid to reduce the fallout from Jamaica’s possible withdrawal of the Air Jamaica brand from Caribbean Airlines, Trinidad & Tobago has said that it...
The Central Bank of Barbados Tuesday said that the local economy contracted by 0.4 percent in the first three months of 2013 and urged the authorities...
(PRNewswire-USNewswire) – Port-au-Prince – From cash transfers to the elderly and disabled, to hot meals and subsidies for students and farmers, the Government of Haiti has...
Ronnie Brunswijk Former rebel leader, Ronnie Brunswijk has announced that he will be making a bid for the presidency of Suriname in the 2015 election. Brunswijk...
More than 60 percent of the 2,500 government paid medical doctors who are attached to the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association and the Medical Association of Jamaica...
The Caribbean’s regional credit rating agency CariCRIS has lowered the credit rating of Barbados by “one notch” to CariA+ (Foreign Currency Rating) and CariAA- (Local Currency...
Former Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush has been formally charged with two counts of misconduct after he was arrested...
The Barbados government says it intends to invest BBD$600 million (US$300 million) as part of a new stimulus to improve the local economy and create at...
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) – Nassau, Bahamas, March 19, 2013 – While the global economy lurches unpredictably, it seems something rather interesting is happening in The Bahamas....
A major international credit rating agency says the liquidity crisis leading to Grenada default on its US and Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar bonds is “credit negative”...
Offshore oil exploration will be allowed off the Bahamas, the environmental minister said Sunday, adding that a voter referendum on whether to go forward with full...
Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell Grenada’s newly elected Prime Minister Keith Mitchell put his cabinet on alert after taking office – telling them that the government...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 shook parts of Trinidad on Monday but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The St. Augustine-based Seismic...
The Antigua & Barbuda Investment Authority (ABIA) recently hosted Kirk Laughlin, founder/editorial director of Nearshore Americas, who visited the island-nation last week to gain insight on...
Opposition leader Arnhim Eustace (l) and St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves (r) The leader of the opposition in St. Vincent, Arnhim Eustace has revealed...
Press Release Alaric is working with Transcel on a Development Bank of Jamaica project to create the infrastructure to deliver mobile financial services to the financially...
The United Nations on Thursday formally rejected a multibillion-dollar damages claim for a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has been widely blamed on U.N. peacekeepers. About...
New terminal building at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica intends to privatize the management of the Norman Manley International Airport...
Grenada Prime Minister-Designate Dr. Keith Mitchell The opposition New National Party of Dr. Keith Mitchell has won Grenada’s national and general elections in a landslide. Preliminary...
By Michaëlle Jean Haiti does not seek charity, it seeks to found itself anew and provide opportunities for all. Too often, charity is the term that...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and incumbent Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File The two main political parties here are in a statistical dead heat ahead...
By Ryan Elcock Yesterday, I was enjoying the third season of Spartacus: War of the Damned; rightfully called so because even though Spartacus was victorious in...
The ruling National Democratic Congress of incumbent Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, yesterday launched its manifesto for the February 19 general elections, outlining new initiatives in various...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being urged to review their visa regimes so as to lure more visitors to the region. The recommendation comes from the...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaica’s political and business community Tuesday gave a cautious response to the call by Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller for nationals to...
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) – Every year the Carnival in Cap Haitien provides an outlet to Haitians from all walks of life to participate in a fun...
Jean-Claude Duvalier A Haitian judge on Thursday postponed a court hearing on possible human rights abuse charges against Jean-Claude Duvalier because the former dictator known as...
Trinidad & Tobago’s oil and natural gas resources have made it one of the larger economies of the Caribbean, but a recent analysis in Petroleum Export...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and incumbent Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File Sixty seven candidates, including seven independents, have been nominated to contest the February...
Jean-Claude Duvalier Advocacy groups urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday not to drop a rights abuse case against former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. Amnesty International and the Open...
(Newswire) – CHARGE Anywhere LLC, a leading provider of award-winning, secure mobile payment applications and payment gateway solutions, announced the signing of a distribution partnership with...
Former Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Former Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush, who was arrested on allegations of corruption in December, has been released on...
Kingston Harbor, Jamaica. PHOTO/File Jamaica has launched ambitious plans that if implemented will turn the island-nation into the global logistics hub for the Americas and position...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File The main opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP) has launched its campaign for the February...
Ramon Harewood of the Baltimore Ravens Baltimore Ravens Player is the first Barbadian to Make the Super Bowl (PRNewswire) – One would not think that a...
Jamaica has the highest ranking for press freedom in the Western Hemisphere, according to the 2013 World Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders. Jamaica was...
Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister St. Kitts & Nevis., Sam Condor St. Kitts & Nevis Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor on Thursday announced his resignation from the...
Mobile telecommunications providers Digicel and Landline Internent Mobile Entertainment (LIME) have today announced that they will be carrying the newly launched BlackBerry Z10 smartphone powered by...
The move will have far reaching implications and may adversely affect the growth of the financial centers in the Caribbean. The United States Department of the...
Voters in Barbados go to the polls on February 21 to elect a new government, the Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) said Tuesday. Nomination Day is...
Richard Lecky in action. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner (Newswire)–Richard Lecky, also known as A-Wire, is a pro BMX rider from Portmore, Jamaica – a populous suburban community next...
Americans call it piracy. Antiguans call it justice. The islands of Antigua & Barbuda are threatening to strip intellectual property protections from American goods as part...
Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (pictured), says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so...
(Reuters)- Antigua & Barbuda will tell the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday that it intends to use trade sanctions against the United States, which it...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has indicated that he will announce the date for the next general elections in the...
The Netherlands Antilles-based West Indies Power Nevis says it is appealing a recent court ruling that the Nevis Island Administration says allows it to now cancel...
International credit rating agency, Moody’s Investors Service, has affirmed Trinidad & Tobago’s Baa1 government bond rating, adding that the twin-island republic’s economic outlook “remains stable”. The...
The owner of a salvage company in the Bahamas says crews are trying to contain roughly 3,785 liters (1,000 gallons) of oil that spilled into the...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has announced that the general election will be held on February 19. “The time is right...
Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller says it is “necessary” for Jamaica to secure an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says it will “definitely” embark upon industrial action after efforts to get the telecommunications company – the Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has dissolved parliament, paving the way for general elections on the Caribbean island-nation. Prime Minister Thomas...
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/File Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday that the Tobago Bill will be debated next Wednesday...
The government of St. Lucia has indicated that while it is anxious to bring closure to the wage and salary negotiations involving public servants, it will...
Press Release: Primature Haiti (PRNewswire) — Haiti is one of the safest destinations; not just in the Caribbean, but throughout all the Americas. This is the...
Tyrone Wilson, founder and CEO eMedia Interactive Ltd Jamaica’s Tyrone Wilson is the founder and CEO eMedia Interactive Ltd – the first new media company in...
WASHINGTON (CMC):An International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper says since growth in the current global economic environment is "virtually non-existent", significant fiscal consolidation is inevitable in...
In her message to mark the start of 2013, Simpson Miller sought to assure Jamaicans that her administration will adhere to sound macro-economic policies.
Jamaica says it intends to eliminate mother to child transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and syphilis in Jamaica by 2015. The government of Jamaica...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica will be rolling out the National Health Card before January 31 next year. The country’s Health Minister, Dr Fenton Ferguson, said there...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it has merged five different health research agencies into a single office that has already attracted nearly US$10 million in donations....
A drill worker listens for the bit, hundreds of feet underground, during exploratory drilling for minerals and metals Haiti. PHOTO/Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Haiti announced Friday that...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart Moody’s Investors Services has downgraded Barbados’ credit rating to Ba1 from Baa3 citing the country’s lukewarm economy and rising government debt...
New Cayman Islands Premier.,Julianna O’Connor-Connolly (Reuters) – Julianna O’Connor-Connolly who was Deputy Premier has succeeded McKeeva Bush as the Premier of the Cayman Islands. Bush was...
Immediate past Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File The embattled Premier of the Cayman Islands – McKeeva Bush was removed from office in a no-confidence vote...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Legislators in the Cayman Islands will be meeting in a special session that might remove embattled premier McKeeva Bush from...
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in St Lucia has risen by 81.6 percent this year compared to 2011, the largest increase in the Caribbean this year,...
Bermuda Premier Paula Cox (l) and Opposition leader Craig Cannonier. PHOTO/File Bermuda elects a new government this week on Monday. The lastest opinion poll suggest that...
Haiti is projected to lead the Caribbean in gross domestic growth (GDP) growth in 2013, according to a new report from the United Nations Economic Commission...
(Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service on Friday downgraded its sovereign credit rating for the Bahamas by one notch to BAA1, leaving the Caribbean nation in the...
Trinidad & Tobagos’ Republic Bank has confirmed that it has acquired an 8.9 percent stake in HFC Bank in Ghana. According to the Republic bank’s CEO,...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File The Premier of the Cayman Islands says he has done nothing wrong and will not be stepping down. Premier McKeeva...
The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua & Barbuda intends to pursue retaliatory sanctions against U.S. commercial services and intellectual property as part of its David vs....
The government in St. Lucia government has set a four year target for the island-nation to be amongst the world’s top 10 nations for doing business...
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis., Denzil Douglas Members of the federal opposition on Wednesday, December 5 filed in the national parliament a motion of...
Immediate past Antigua opposition leader and former Prime Minister Lester Bird Less than two weeks after he was defeated for the top post in the main...
As the value of the Jamaican dollar continues decline, members of the private sector have voiced concern about the possible implications for the country. On Wednesday,...
Barbados is rated as the top Caribbean country with Denmark, Finland and New Zealand tied for first place according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2012....
(Datamonitor via COMTEX) — BP Trinidad & Tobago LLC, or bpTT, a subsidiary of BP plc, has discovered an estimated 1 trillion cubic feet, of gas...
AP – Haiti is overhauling its adoption laws for the first time in nearly 40 years in an attempt to end practices that have allowed thousands...
A leaked document has revealed that Britain plans to impose its own version of the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on its overseas territories,...
New opposition leader of Antigua & Barbuda., Gaston Browne. PHOTO/File For the first time in its 66 year history, the Antigua Labor Party will not be...
A meeting of the Caribbean’s investment promotion agencies (IPAs) is scheduled to take place on November 27 and 28, 2012, in The Bahamas. Entitled “Strengthening our...
A new World Bank report says remittance flows to the Caribbean countries are expected to exceed earlier estimates and total US$406 billion this year, an increase...
(Jamaica Observer) – Only 15 percent Of the 15,000 qualified students applying to study Medicine at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus each year...
A stem cell emerging from rat bone marrow. PHOTO/Imperial College London Former Bahamas Minister of Health Dr. Marcus Bethel has warned of the potential for abuse...
A recent World Bank report has found there has been a 50 percent increase in the number of people joining the middle class in the Caribbean...
Bermuda Premier., Paula Cox Bermuda Premier Paula Cox has called a general election in Bermuda for December 17 and asked Governor George Fergusson to dissolve parliament...
Caribbean Export Development Agency head Pamela Coke-Hamilton has expressed concern over the burden the forthcoming Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is placing on the region’s...
At a two day international conference on the financial services sector in St. John’s, Antigua, a leading international expert has urged Caribbean nations to stand their...
Jamaica has revived a reparations commission to research slavery’s social and economic impact and examine whether the predominantly black Caribbean nation should seek compensation or a...
Hurricane Sandy destroyed 70 percent of the crops in southern Haiti and caused widespread deaths of livestock, while in neighboring Jamaica it left at least US$16.5...
Grenada which has announced 2013 as the scheduled start of several major initiatives – including the beginning of construction of a new parliament building – is...
As Americans brace for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering. Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming...
(Barbados Nation) – The Barbados Labor Party (BLP) today rallied its troops to “answer the call” by Barbadians for leadership, good governance and programmes to put...
Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy moving over The Bahamas. PHOTO/Reuters Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday after leaving 29 people dead across the Caribbean,...
Projected path of Hurricane Sandy. IMAGE/U.S. National Hurricane Center Hurricane Sandy pounded Jamaica with heavy rain as it headed for landfall Wednesday near the country’s most...
Janice Pereira has been appointed Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Ms. Pereira, the first woman to be appointed to the post, replaces Justice...
(Caribbean Journal) – Antigua & Barbuda has begun a series of consultations on a proposed Citizenship by Investment programme in the country. The first of four...
Hurricane Rafael is expected to unleash heavy winds and rain as it passes east of Bermuda late Tuesday en route to open sea, where it is...
(Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved for another year the world body’s peacekeeping force in Haiti, but it will be cut in size...
Jamaica is stepping up mosquito eradication across the island and urging school children to stamp out breeding grounds to combat an epidemic of dengue fever, the...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Standard & Poor’s (S & P) has lowered its foreign currency sovereign credit ratings on Grenada following a missed bond payment,...
The economy of Haiti is projected to grow 6 percent in 2012, followed by 7.5 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2013, according to the...
The Jamaica government says it intends to introduce liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2015 as it seeks to make the island nation more competitive by reducing...
Organizations voted as the cream of Caribbean industry have been announced as winners of the Caribbean Business Awards. This year’s entrants ranged from new business start...
Jamaica Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a case where attorneys representing Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller say she should be...
The Bahamas has the Caribbean’s freest economy, according to the Economic Freedom of the World rankings released by the Fraser Institute. The index published in Economic...
Several thousand people have poured into the streets of Haiti’s capital to protest the government of President Michel Martelly. Demonstrators’ complaints included the high cost of...
A drill worker listens for the bit, hundreds of feet underground, during exploratory drilling for minerals and metals Haiti. PHOTO/Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Haiti’s prime minister says...
(Reuters) – A cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed thousands and been blamed on U.N. peacekeepers was “regrettable” but has been brought under control, the...
Standard & Poor’s (S & P) have revised the outlook on The Bahamas BBB rating from stable to negative. In the latest report from the S...
Barbados has joined the growing list of Caribbean countries actively pursuing implementation of a vital component in developing the local technology sector: a domestic Internet exchange...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas The embattled Tillman Thomas administration has faced another resignation as Grenada’s ongoing political drama continues. Environment Minister, Glynnis Roberts submitted her...
Jamaica is looking to implement a bill that would create a new tax exemption to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, help stimulate the...
Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File (Jamaica Observer) – Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller has said that her administration has been working hard to secure additional...
Caribbean Oil. PHOTO/News Americas With several Caribbean countries embracing offshore oil drilling, nations in the region should step up their abilities to combat emergencies stemming from...
(MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Columbus International Inc. (“Columbus”) announced that it officially acquired formal approval to enter the Barbados telecommunications market. The approval includes the acquisition...
Jamaica is in the process of finalizing a National Workplace Policy on HIV/AIDS. The policy will be tabled in parliament in the coming weeks. The country’s...
Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica is undertaking a wind mapping study to determine wind blowing patterns and the best sites for erecting...
Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe A Haitian-American journalist sued by Haiti’s prime minister in a defamation lawsuit is standing by his reporting. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe...
The Caribbean information communication and technology (ICT) road show opened in Bridgetown, Barbados on Monday with regional countries being called upon to develop their own blueprint...
Jamaica Prime Minister.,Portia Simpson-Miller. PHOTO/File Jamaica’s prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller is calling on private companies in the Caribbean country to each hire at least one more...
(Reuters) – Bahamas Petroleum Company Plc said its oil drilling permits were renewed by the newly elected government of Bahamas, ending months of speculation that they...
Just when Haiti thought it had cholera under control, Tropical Storm Isaac came along. The storm left at least 24 dead in Haiti, and reignited fears...
After nearly eleven months of arduous and painstaking evaluations and working tirelessly to meet the requirements of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Fly Jamaica Airways...
Winners Development has announced a partnership with American World Clinics (AWC) to jointly develop an international medical center in Barbados. The US$100 million project will be...
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Gruppo Campari has reached an agreement with the majority owner of Lascelles deMercado and Company to takeover the spirits conglomerate, in what it...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller with Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. PHOTO/Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday urged her...
On August 31, Trinidad & Tobago marked its 50th year of independence from Britain. In the heady period of the late fifties, early sixties, up until...
A jubilant Kirani James of Grenada after winning the 400m gold. PHOTO/Getty Images Grenada will name a new sports stadium after a young track athlete –...
A section of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica refinery complex in Kingston, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner In the wake of concerns about the rising gasoline prices in...
Air Jamaica brand facing extinction. In May 2011, Trindad & Tobago base Caribbean Airlines officially acquired a financially strapped Air Jamaica. The acquistion gave Air Jamaica...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, battling to ensure the survival of his government, is to address the nation at 8:00pm...
SkyBahamas a Bahamian carrier, is considering an exit from the international market if business does not improve – the effect of which will be to operate...
Haiti’s death toll from Tropical Storm Isaac has jumped to 19, while five people have died in the neighboring Dominican Republic, government officials said. Marie Alta...
Fly Jamaica Airways is one step closer to officially begin operations. On Friday the airline tested a Boeing 757 aircraft by taking to the skies and...
Haiti government officials have indicated that the death toll has risen from Tropical Storm Isaac. Officials from the Civil Protection Office of Haiti, said Sunday that...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File Prime Minister Tillman Thomas will face another battle to keep his government in power after a former Cabinet colleague filed...
The government of Jamaica in a bid to encourage growth in entrepreneurship, has doubled its allocation of grants available to entrepreneurs to JAM$ 42 million (US$...
The projected path of Tropical Storm Isaac. IMAGE/National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened over the Caribbean on Wednesday, threatening to slam into Haiti — still...
Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) has indicated that is has cancelled additional flights as a result on Tropical Storm Isaac – which may upgrade into a...
By Ryan Elcock As Africa and the Caribbean continue to develop their own economies and bring prosperity to their people, there are sure to be hiccups...
Caribbean BETA, will be hosting the annual tech entrepreneurship conference in Kingston, Jamaica November 16, 2012. According to its’ website Caribbean BETA aims to promote tech...
The government of Bahamas will get an opportunity to discuss its plan to regain control of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) with Wall Street credit ratings...
Barbados will host this year’s XV Inter-American Microenterprise Forum (Foromic 2012) from October 1 to 3, marking the first time ever that the event will be...
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) this week raised the short-term sovereign credit rating on Jamaica to “B” from “C.” The ratings firm also affirmed its “B-” long-term...
On the day I turned a year closer to 40, Jamaica became 50 as an independent nation. As is wont to happen when one shares a...
A teacher of the all-boys grade six at Jericho Primary School, assists one of her 49 students. The school separates boys and girls to gain optimal...
New housing development in Vaucluse -St. Thomas, Barbados. PHOTO/Terra Caribbean Citizens of Barbados still want to build their dream home despite a tough economic climate and...
By Mark Weisbrot Time to Clean Up One of the UN’s Biggest Crimes The people of Haiti have had a long and arduous struggle just to...
Khary Sharpe – founder and CEO Bakari Digital Khary Sharpe is the founder and CEO of Bakari Digital, a web and mobile application software development company...
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called on several Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, to impose a moratorium in...
Despite its struggles to get regional governments to remain current with their financial commitments, the University of the West Indies is continuing its regional expansion. Even...
Jamaica celebrates its 50th anniversary on August 6. Jamaica, with a population of approximately 3 million, was the first and largest of 10 Caribbean islands to...
Cayman Islands Premier., McKeeva Bush. PHOTO/File Premier McKeeva Bush has raised the ire of thousands of expatriates and Caymanians alike over his move to close budget...
A new report advises against the swift departure of a United Nations mission in Haiti despite debate over the peacekeeping force’s eight-year presence. The International Crisis...
Scrap-metal dealers, who have been in limbo for the last several months, were disappointed on Monday as the government of Jamaica unveiled tough new regulations for...
The Board of Directors of LIAT Airline today announced the appointment of Captain Ian Arthur Brunton as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from August 1,...
The Supreme Court has ruled that the licence held by the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is not exclusive, paving the way for other players to enter...
Haiti has agreed to work with Brazil and Ecuador to set up a new army that will eventually replace the U.N. peacekeeping force that has protected...
(PRNewswire) – In an effort to bring renewed focus to the rich histories of the African Diaspora and its lasting impression on the Caribbean, the island...
Acinetobacter Bamannii. PHOTO/Wikipedia The Bahamas Public Hospitals Authority has reported that two babies have died and another six are being treated following a bacteria outbreak at...
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding. PHOTO/File Former prime minister Bruce Golding has left Jamaica on Sunday for medical treatment. Golding, who resigned from office last...
A jubilant Yanet Bermoy Acosta (r) celebrates after defeating Ilse Heylen (in blue) of Belgium in their women’s semi-final judo match at the London 2012 Olympic...
St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Tameka Williams. PHOTO/AFP St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Tameka Williams has been sent home from the Olympics after admitting to taking...
The government of Haiti is promising to hold legislative and local elections before the end of the year. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said at a Tuesday...
Barbados has launched the ‘eZpay service’ for the electronic payment of tax. Initially, the eZpay service will be limited to the collection of land taxes and...
Former Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago., Patrick Manning. PHOTO/Reuters Former prime minister Patrick Manning says he is recuperating well in Washington after suffering a mild...
Former Prime Minister of The Bahamas., Hubert Ingraham. PHOTO/BIS/Sharon Turner Former Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham has handed his resignation letter to House Speaker...
The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) has developed a Business Diaspora Strategy, aimed at tapping into the significant economic potential of the Jamaican Diaspora. Minister of State...
