Regional News

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February, 2019 (CMC) – The Executive Director of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. C. James Hospedales, says the regional response to the grave threat, posed […]

BRIDGTOWN, Barbados, February , 2019 (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed a finance agreement with the France-based Agence Française De Développement (AFD), providing three million Euros towards the creation of a more climate-resilient […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts-Nevis, February, 2019 (CMC) – The St. Kitts-Nevis government, today, warned that “nothing is off the table”, as it announced new initiatives to deal with the “unprecedented spate of violent crime” in the twin-island […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February, 2019 (CMC) – President, David Granger, met, today, with members of his Cabinet, in what has been referred to as a “plenary” session, as it sought not to contravene a High Court ruling […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, has hinted at more layoffs, within the public service, as she promised to update Barbadians on her government’s external debt restructuring plan. “Those discussions are continuing, […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 9, 2019 (CMC) –Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, said, Friday, regional and general elections cannot be held in Guyana next month, as being called for, by the main opposition People’s Progressive Party […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 9, 2019 (CMC) – Guyana announced, on Wednesday, that the US-based oil giant, ExxonMobil, had made two additional discoveries of oil, offshore Guyana, building on the previously-announced estimated recoverable resource of more than […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, February 8, 2019 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it wants to mark the passports of persons, convicted of child sexual offences, with the words “child sex offender”, […]