ECCO Introduces New Board of Directors
The Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO) Inc. held its reconvened Annual General Meeting on Saturday 6th April, 2019. It was adjourned…
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JetBlue to Start US-Guyana Service
American low-cost airline JetBlue is planning to roll out scheduled services between New York and Georgetown in the near future. On Wednesday, staff members…
BICO to Rebuild State-of-the-Art Ice Cream Factory
Barbados’ “Heritage” ice cream company is preparing for a long-anticipated homecoming with a new modern factory scheduled to be ready and producing before the…
Saint Lucia Develops Façade Improvement Programme
The manual to guide operationalizing and implementing the Façade Improvement Programme for targeted business in the Castries Central Business District (CBD) has been completed…
Antigua PM Supports Regional Credit Union Movement
Prime Minister, Hon Gaston Browne, has expressed strong support for the regional credit union movement, noting that these institutions play a critical role in…
OECS Inks New MOU to Better Protect Your Ocean Birthright
The OECS and the Regional Security System (RSS) have signed an MOU to better protect, police and preserve the ocean space in the Eastern…
Barbudans Demand Banking Services
Scores of Barbudans staged a picket outside the Antigua Commercial Bank (ACB) on Thames Street last Wednesday demanding that the financial institution “move with…
St. Lucia to Benefit from Taiwan and The Pan-American Development Foundation Agreement
The Embassy of Saint Lucia to the United States participated on April 11 in a signing ceremony between the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative…
Digital Transformation Strategy to Launch Shortly in St. Kitts & Nevis
A digital transformation strategy aimed at making government more efficient when doing business with the public, private sector and the diaspora is expected to…
CCRIF to Provide US$220,000 to Young Caribbean Nationals in Support of Disaster Risk Management
CCRIF SPC is pleased to announce that for a fifth year in a row it will provide funding of over US$220,000 to Caribbean nationals…
Management of Water Quality A National Priority in Barbados
With limited fresh water resources, significant pollution risks, and a high population density, Barbados’ water quality management and regulation constitutes a national public health…
St. Vincent Aims to Double Hotel Rooms
Some 1,000 new hotel rooms will open in St. Vincent “in very, very short order”, Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves says. He told the…
Jamaica and EU to Sign Nearly $3B Financing Agreement
The government is to sign two financing agreements with the European Union (EU) totalling nearly $3 billion, specifically to fund the Public Financial Management…
More Division Within CARICOM On Venezuela
The division among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries on the Venezuelan issue within the Organisation of American States (OAS) continued Tuesday as the Permanent Council…
LIAT 6% Salary Cut Is Not Enough
The cash-strapped, Antigua-based regional airline, LIAT, says despite pilots and its workers across all its destinations agreeing to a six per cent salary cut,…
Applications Open for CDB Youth Engagement Programme
Applications are now open for Vybzing 2019, the flagship youth engagement programme of the Caribbean Development Bank. Vybzing takes place as part of the…
Regional Security System (RSS) Council of Ministers Meet in St. Vincent
Regional counterparts from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines met for high-level…
Barbados Aims to Offer Free Health Care to Resident CARICOM Nationals
The Ministry of Health and Wellness is preparing a document to take to Cabinet which will provide for free health care for all CARICOM…
Curacao Renews Hunt for Refinery Operator
The government of Curacao is sending officials this month to meet with companies interested in taking over and operating the island nation’s sole refinery…
£16.7M Project Set to Modernise Jamaica’s Agricultural Sector
Jamaican farmers will be getting a £16.7 million boost to help them increase productivity and gain greater market access. This has been made possible…
Caribbean Chambers of Commerce Formally Launch Network
Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade Sandra Husbands is confident that the network will be able to shape and improve how the Caribbean Single Market and Economy will work. The digitral currencies platforms like the-bitcoinevolution.com will change the way how investors have been trading all these years and contribute to economic growth.
CDB Grant to Help CARICOM Investigate Suitability of Plantation White Sugar for Regional Manufacturing
A collaboration between the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) aims to improve the availability of data to guide evidence-based decisions…
Hundreds of Locals to be Employed by Royalton Grenada
Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has welcomed news that hundreds of Grenadians will be employed by Royalton Grenada when the rebranded hotel opens its…
Dominica Promotes Jazz ‘N Creole 2019 in the Caribbean
Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) has taken its marketing campaign for the 10th Edition of the Jazz ‘n Creole Festival to the Caribbean region. Marketing…