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ECLAC to release economic survey of LAC

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Friday announced that it present its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2026 on August 20. It said growth...

CCJ president responds to press reports on leaked correspondence

Port of Spain, Trinidad – President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Winston Anderson, Friday...

Haiti PM says elections will be held in 2026

Port Au Prince, Haiti – Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the “the elections will take place this...

CARICOM education ministers meeting in Guyana

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Education Ministers began a two-day meeting here on Wednesday amid concerns as to  whether or...

Trinidad rocked by 5.1 magnitude earthquake

PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1...

OECS welcomes first direct flight to Africa

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has welcomed the first-ever large scale commercial flight originating from the Caribbean directly to the  African continent. In...

Police probe over 90 cases of passport fraud amid election concerns

The Bahamas has referred 98 suspected passport fraud cases to police as part of efforts to crack down on irregularities. According Chief Passport Officer Nicholas...

Barbados joins temporary mechanism designed to resolve trade disputes

Barbados has officially become the 60th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to join the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA), a temporary...

Commercial flights between Dominican Republic and Venezuela resume

SANTO DOMINGO –  Commercial flights between the Dominican Republic and Venezuela resumed on Wednesday with the return of operations by Laser Airlines, after nearly...

IDB wants ‘more scale and impact’ for development in Latin America and the Caribbean 

The Inter-American Development Bank Group says it has earned “strong backing” from member countries to expand development financing across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and...

Region to hold meeting on AIDS

Georgetown, Guyana – The director of the Coordinating Unit for the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Dr Wendy Telgt-Emanuelson, says innovative approaches...