Year: 2021

ST, GEORGE’S: Agriculture and Fisheries Senator Roderick St. Clair met with fresh produce exporters on Monday, 7 June 2021 to address a major challenge to the industry – freight. The current freight arrangement is unreliable, limited […]

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The World Bank said Tuesday even as the global economy is expected to expand by nearly six per cent this year, many emerging market and developing economies will continue to […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) says it is increasing its support to the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (CarIPI) project. CarIPI will increase its budget from Euro […]

Regular classes resumed at the Boca Secondary  School on Monday after being halted last week, following an incident on an electrical pole, in  close proximity to the school. The Ministry of Education, in keeping with […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, says the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has provided Caribbean governments with the opportunity to implement tax cuts for airline tickets across the region. “Now […]

MIAMI, Florida (CMC) — The Miami-based Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has called for interventions to accelerate Caribbean tourism recovery, warning that while regional tourism industry stakeholders are encouraged by growing signs of a […]

A historic engagement this week as Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, Energy Minister, Honourable Gregory Bowen and Public Utilities Minister, Senator the Honourable Norland Cox, met with workers of the Grenada Electricity […]

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a US campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by […]