Regional Sports

CWI Confirms West Indies Contracted Players For 2022-2023

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the international retainer contracts for the West Indies Men’s and Women’s players for the 2022-2023 season. A total of 36 players have been offered contracts for […]

Regional News

Private Sector Workers Get 36% Salary Increase In Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Private sector employees will begin receiving a 36 per cent minimum wage increase from July 1, taking their salaries to GUY$60 147 (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents). A government statement said that the […]

News

COVID-19 Drives Global Surge In Use Of Digital Payments

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2022— The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred financial inclusion – driving a large increase in digital payments amid the global expansion of formal financial services. This expansion created new economic opportunities, narrowing the […]

Regional News

PAHO Calls For Greater Cooperation To Increase Regional Self-Sufficiency For Medical Products

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne has called on countries to work together to raise manufacturing capacity and decrease the regional dependence on […]

Agriculture

Integrated Crop Management Under Protected Cultivation Systems

ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA– The Ministry of Agriculture has collaborated with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in offering farmers, input suppliers, and extension assistants, theoretical training on protected cultivation systems. A train-the trainers’ workshop, held […]

Local News

Global Environment Initiative Launched By Grenadians

A Grenadian family and local organizations have launched a global  environmental initiative dubbed 195in365, aimed at bringing worldwide attention to climate change,  the world’s sustainability and its regenerative capacity. The movement will journey to 195 […]

Regional News

IMF Prepared To Help Caribbean Region – Georgieva

(CMC) – The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, says the Washington-based financial institution is prepared to increase its commitments to provide more support to Caribbean countries as regional economies seem […]