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Saharan Dust Advisory for Eastern Caribbean

Source: loop Caribbean A significant Saharan dust surge is expected over the weekend with a dust advisory being issued for the eastern Caribbean and northern South America. This is according to the…

Cricket : Day Two -Round Three Regional Cricket…

Leewards played against Trinbago and Trinbago was all out for 137 runs. Leewards scored 318 runs in total, with Jewel Andrew scoring 87 runs, Kieran Powell scoring 65 runs, and Jeremiah Louis scoring…

CDB Announces Partnership Push for Regional…

Acting President, Mr. Isaac Solomon outlined a slate of initiatives the Bank is implementing in conjunction with international development organisations while delivering a presentation on…

CDB Backs Efforts to Boost Regional Air Travel

The Caribbean Development Bank is supporting efforts to improve intra-regional travel after the failure of LIAT 1974. Although the bank has not officially commented on its talks with the government of…

Regional Stakeholders Government Agree to Sell…

Source:  CNW News Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced that regional shareholder governments of the now-defunct LIAT (1975) Limited have reached an agreement to sell a minimum…

USVI Remains on EU’s Tax Haven Blacklist as…

Source: The Virgin Island Consortium The European Union's list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes has shrunk to 12, after the Bahamas, Belize, Seychelles, and the Turks and Caicos…

Caribbean Economies on the Rebound

The majority of Caribbean economies are on the rebound says the Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Mr. Ian Durant. Speaking at the Bank’s Annual News Conference on February…

Guyana, St Lucia Can Build Integrated Model to…

President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali underscored that systemic integration between Guyana and St Lucia requires the integration of their educational and healthcare systems and technological platforms to…

Widow, Ex-Prime Minister and Former Police Chief…

Source :Independent A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s…

New Chapter in Connectivity, Trade Between Guyana…

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE opportunities for connectivity and trade between Guyana and the Dominican Republic have now increased as the inaugural direct flight from Santo Domingo landed on Sunday at…

Antigua PM Says LIAT 2020 Moves Closer to Taking…

Source: Loop Caribbean Prime Minister Gaston Browne says regional shareholder governments in the now defunct LIAT (1975) Limited have agreed to sell at least three aircraft to the newly formed LIAT…

Cuba Boosts Doctors’ Wages in Bid to Halt Mass…

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban cardiologist Alexey Lopez, 59, is sleeping a bit better since his salary got a bump — part of Government efforts to stop its renowned healthcare system from bleeding doctors…

All Matches End in Results in Round Two-Regional…

Jamaica played against Combined Colleges and Campuses. The plate number 1 team was all out, while Jamaica scored 331 all out. Combined Colleges and Campuses scored 87 all out. Jamaica needed 63 runs…

Communiqué of the 74th Meeting of the OECS…

OECS Media Release:  The Seventy-Fourth (74th) Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority was convened in St. Kitts and Nevis from February 14 – 15, 2024, under the…