Jamaica govt plans to help quick-service industry
Kingston – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that a Cabinet sub-committee is working with the Private Sector Association of Jamaica (PSOJ) to develop...
Trinidad’s Opposition Leader chided over letter to India’s PM
Port of Spain – Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Dr Amery Browne has chided Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for what he said was...
Barbadian Rodney Taylor appointed CTU secretary-general
Port of Spain – Barbadian technology expert Rodney Taylor has been appointed Secretary-General of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) after a public, Caribbean-wide recruitment...
Schools in Guyana to remain closed in March
Georgetown – Minister of Education Priya Manickchand says schools will remain closed for face-to-face interaction during March, for every grade except Grades 10, 11...
Cuts to education budgets in region, report says
Washington – A new joint report by the World Bank and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has found that Caribbean...
Illegal Haitians, Cuban arrested in Brazil
BRASILIA – Twenty six Haitian nationals and one Cuban, all of whom left Guyana and entered Brazil have been arrested by members of the...