Environment

Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Approves US$12 Million For Ecosystem-Based Adaptation To Climate Change In 10 Caribbean Countries

Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, November 5, 2019 – The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) congratulates 11 organizations for their successful funding applications made under the CBF Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) Facility’s 1st Call for Proposals. Grants totalling US$12 […]

Regional News

Barbados PM Announces Sale Of LIAT Shares

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados government Tuesday night formally announced plans to sell its shares in the cash strapped regional airline, LIAT, but insisted that it was committed to regional transportation and would continue […]

Local News

ECTEL Rolls Out Mobile Number Portability On 3 June 2019

More benefits are coming to mobile telephone customers in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) has announced that […]

Regional News

Canada Funding New Initiative To Assist Caribbean Countries

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Canada says it will launch a CAD$20 million (US$14.8 million) Canada Caribbean Resilience Facility initiative to help Caribbean countries better prepare for and respond to natural disasters. “This initiative is being […]

Local News

Grenada Takes 1st Place In The Scale-Up Phase Of CTEP Competition

Cory Zufelt, Linda Dias, Kenna Questelles George and Chaneil Imhoff excel at regional competition. Four young OECS entrepreneurs have placed in the top three of the Caribbean Tech Entrepreneurship Programme (CTEP), an initiative designed to help address […]