BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew has arrived at an undisclosed medical institution overseas “without incident and is comfortably settled at the medical facility”, according to a government statement issued here.
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NEW YORK, New York – The family of Vincentian-born Granville Leonard Straker, pioneering Caribbean music producer, entrepreneur and founder of the Brooklyn, New York-headquartered, legendary Straker’s Records, died on Thursday and the age of 86.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali has urged Caribbean broadcasters to use artificial intelligence as a tool to strengthen journalism rather than let it erode the region’s identify.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government is taking a series of measures to strengthen electricity supply as unusually high temperatures associated with El Niño drive demand to record levels.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is mourning veteran broadcaster and journalist Dervan Malcolm, who died Thursday following a period of illness.
NASSAU, Bahamas – Prime Minister Philip Davis says “hundreds of millions of dollars” would be needed to fix the aging systems at the Bahamas Power and Light (BLP) company following a series of blackouts that hit The Bahamas in recent months.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 sinking of the MV Barima that left 73 people dead and more than 30 others missing and feared dead, said it is finalising arrangements for the beginning of public hearings in the tragedy.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Government of St. Lucia has guaranteed a US$20 million (EC$54 million) financing facility between the St. Lucia Development Bank (SLDB) and Taiwan Eximbank, in what Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has described as the largest investment in housing in the country’s history.
NEW YORK, New York – The president and chief executive officer of the New York-based Farah Delance Foundation, Farah Delance, says a “Caribbean voice” has been brought to the United Nations debate on the global framework for international tax cooperation.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, a government minister, a former education minister and several prominent figures from business, media and music are among 140 Jamaicans set to receive National Honours and Awards this year.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government on Tuesday said it is aware of the concerns of members of the public regarding the suspension of the ferry service between Guyana and Suriname.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President Jeffrey Bostic says the Chapman Challenge initiative will be officially launched on September 23.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States Friday announced that it had further strengthened its bilateral relations with Trinidad and Tobago on security cooperation following the activation of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
