ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister-elect, Dickon Mitchell, Friday told Grenadians that he and his victorious National Democratic Congress (NDC) would spend the next 15 years transforming Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique as he savored victory over the incumbent New National Party (NNP) of outgoing Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell in Thursday’s general election. ...

Local News

WASHINGTON, DC – The Washington-based Institute for Caribbean Studies (ICS) is hosting the 24th annual Caribbean American Legislative Week that will allow for Caribbean Americans to advocate for their interests. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government on Friday declared a state of public emergency (SOE) in the parish of St. Catherine, citing rampant criminality and lawlessness and the need to protect citizens from escalating criminal violence. ...

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands – Guyana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni K. Singh, has the governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) not to allow their first face-to-face meeting in two years to turn into a false sense of post-pandemic normalcy. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says it is strategically positioning the country as a globally competitive logistics hub, and an efficient investment destination in a bid to take advantage of a new wave of US multibillion-dollar investments projected for the Caribbean region, which will create myriad opportunities for economic growth and development. ...

Newsletter