LIAT to axe unprofitable routes as part of financial shakeup
- The regional airline, LIAT, says it will take “decisive action” to deal with unprofitable routes as the Antigua-based airline seeks to make...
US money laundering report names Antigua, Belize
- The United States has named several Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries as major money laundering states whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions...
More cases of Chikungunya virus reported in the Caribbean
- The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC) says there are reports of new cases of the chikungunya virus in the...
Is hoarding causing Venezuela food shortages?
- These are tough times for small shop owners like Darwin Calero. Surveying jars of mayonnaise, canned tuna and eggs at his stall...
Grenada government unable to pay arrears to public servants
- The Grenada government says it will not be able to pay as schedule the EC$12 million (one EC dollar = US$0.37 cents)...
CARICOM countries stand to benefit from new trading facility.
- The Commonwealth is seeking to establish a trade facility that would benefit Caricom countries.
Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma, who held talks with...
Jamaica to decriminalise marijuana by year end
- The Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Taskforce (CCMRT) says it has been given an assurance that Jamaica will this year decriminalise marijuana...
CARICOM gets new Deputy Secretary-General
- Her Excellency Manorma Soeknandan is the new Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
Ambassador Soeknandan, a national of Suriname, assumed duties...
Mother of six beheaded in Jamaica
- The callous beheading of a mother of six, who was also chopped over her body, yesterday transformed the hardened community of Back...
CAL threat no longer imminent; threat level lowered at CJIA
- The Ministry of Public Works and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have lowered the threat level from high to moderate which is an...