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IDB Invest announces strategic partnership to support Caribbean growth

IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) says it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Trinidad-based ANSA McAL Group to support investments...

Death toll in Guyana ferry tragedy climbs as regional recovery effort expands

 Search, rescue and recovery operations following the capsizing of the MV Barima have intensified with the arrival of...

Efforts to refloat sunken MV Barima to begin today

GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government says it will begin operations at midday on Wednesday to refloat the sunken...

Death toll rises to 41 in Guyana boat tragedy

The death toll in Guyana's boat tragedy has risen to 41 as search and recovery operations continue. In an...

New initiative to improve Caribbean energy sector

A multi-million dollar initiative designed to close the institutional and technical capacity gaps that are slowing the Caribbean’s...

CARICOM leaders meet on US invasion of Venezuela

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  leaders met early on Saturday to discuss the United States invasion of Venezuela and the  capture of President Nicolas Maduro and...

US citizens dies after falling from hotel balcony in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN – Police are investigating the death of a 36-year-old United States national, who is reported to have fallen from a balcony...

Several Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes

PORT OF SPAIN – Several Caribbean countries have been rattled by earthquakes during the first two days of the new year, the Trinidad-based Seismic...

Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer

The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is  calling on all Roman Catholics throughout the region to observe Thursday as a Caribbean Day of Prayer “entrusting...

Grenada dismisses reports of an ‘unusual disease outbreak’

ST. GEORGE’S – Health authorities say there is no evidence of an “unusual disease outbreak” at this time in Grenada, noting that the claims...

Prime Minister Fils-Aimé reiterates no negotiations with criminal gangs in Haiti

 Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, says Haiti will not negotiate with criminal gangs that are seeking to overthrow the provisional government in the French-speaking...