Grenadian senator declines offer
22 May 2020ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Leader of the Opposition Tobias Clement has confirmed that one of the persons recommended to represent him in the Upper House of Parliament turned down offer after he submitted her name to the Office of the Governor General. Read More
IMF approves US$16m for St Vincent
21 May 2020Washington – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday said it had approved a request of US$16 million from St Vincent and the Grenadines for emergency financing assistance to help address the challenges posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read More
Eight members of Guyana Guard Unit test positive for viral illness
21 May 2020Georgetown – The Guyana Police Force is reporting that eight uniformed guards from the Presidential Guard Unit were recently tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Read More
UNDP points to education divide
21 May 2020New York – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Wednesday called on the international community to rapidly invest in the ability of developing countries to tackle the complexities of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as it warned that school closures to stem... Read More
Antigua willing to purchase Digicel shares, says official
20 May 2020St John’s – Antigua and Barbuda has indicated that it is prepared to acquire the shares of the financially strapped Irish-owned telecommunications company, Digicel, if it is unable to provide a service here in the future. Read More
Jamaican students to sit CSEC, CAPE
20 May 2020Kingston – Jamaica has reversed an earlier decision and will now allow students to write the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams in July. Read More
Request 'unnecessary'
20 May 2020GEORGETOWN – A Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Vincent Alexander, Tuesday rubbished a request by the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) that the GECOM chair, retired justice Claudette Singh disclose what matters had been... Read More
CARICOM 'deplores' EU blacklisting
19 May 2020Bridgetown – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Tuesday said it “deplores the latest attack by the European Commission on the economic well-being of some of our member states” after they were named on the latest European Union list of countries with strategic Anti-Money... Read More
Five Caribbean countries among 100 to get World Bank aid
19 May 2020Washington – Five Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are among 100 developing countries that will benefit from a World Bank Group emergency operations to fight the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read More
CDB provides support for seven countries
19 May 2020BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Monday said it is making available almost US$67 million in emergency loans to seven Caribbean countries, in the first instance, to finance the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Read More
St Kitts election on June 5
18 May 2020BASSETERRE – Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris named June 5 as the date for fresh general elections in St Kitts-Nevis. Read More
Media group cuts staff, salaries
18 May 2020Kingston – The RJRGLEANER Communications Group Saturday announced it had dismissed 93 workers and implemented salary cuts for others as it reels from the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica. Read More
Granger to abide by GECOM's decision
17 May 2020Georgetown – President David Granger on Sunday reiterated that his administration is ready to accept the final declarations of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) after the national recount of the March 2, General and Regional Elections is completed. Read More
St Lucia to reopen borders on June 4
17 May 2020CASTRIES – The St Lucia government Saturday said it would begin the gradual re-opening of its borders on June 4, after indicating that the island had been able to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that had infected at least 18 persons here. Read More
Jamaican media magnate dies
17 May 2020Kingston – Prominent Jamaican businessman, media tycoon, Oliver Frederick Clarke, died on Saturday night after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 75. Read More
US ambassador: Carter Centre should be observing recount
16 May 2020Georgetown – The United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, Friday pushed for the US-based Carter Centre and the International Republican Institute (IRI) to be allowed into the country to observe the recount of the ballots cast in the disputed March 2 regional... Read More
Trudeau, Holness, UN Secretary General hold talks
15 May 2020Ottawa – Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has held talks with United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres and Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness, on the challenges of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly for the developing world.... Read More
CCJ calls for guidelines, reduces sentence of rapist
15 May 2020Port of Spain – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Thursday reduced the sentence of a Guyanese man and stressed the need for sentencing guidelines to be developed and published by the Judiciary of Guyana. Read More
ECLAC: Urgent action needed to reach UN 2030 goals
14 May 2020Santiago – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, wants urgent attention paid to Caribbean countries in order for them to achieve the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda the Sustainable Development Goals... Read More
India donates medical supplies to St Lucia
14 May 2020CASTRIES – The government of India has donated medical supplies and a grant of US$1million to St Lucia in a friendly gesture, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic under the India-UNDP Fund. Read More
Caricom states hope to start intra-regional travel by June
13 May 2020St Georges – Member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) plan on reopening borders to intra-regional travel in the first instance, hopefully by next month. Read More
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