US $30m for Barbados to support sustainability of MSMEs in the face of COVID-19 crisis

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$30m loan to support the short-term financial sustainability of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Barbados to maintain employment in the face of the COVID-19…

$50m loan for COVID-19 response in the OECS signed

Dec 21, 2020 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today signed a US$50m loan agreement to support COVID-19 response projects in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States…

VIDEO: Former minister for youth in Haiti helps deliver food!

Edwing Charles, former minister for youth in Haiti helps deliver food to needy Haitian children with the help of South Korean based Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL)-a…

VIDEO: Dr Michele Singh talks about CARDI’s work after hurricane Dorian.

Dr Michele Singh, animal specialist and country representative of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) in The Bahamas, talks about what CARDI did in the aftermath of hurricane…

Venezuelan parliamentarian in exile, fearing “Cartel of the Suns”

By Staff Writer December 18, 2020 A Venezuelan parliamentarian is in self-imposed exile, fearing repercussions from the alleged state managed criminal cartel ran by Venezuelan president, Nicholas Maduro, and will…

China is listening in on American cellphones in the Caribbean, report claims

By: Staff Writer December 18, 2020 China has been caught spying on Americans travelling through the Caribbean claims a security analyst, who has been tracking decades long cyber security issues…

Antigua and Barbuda forces vote on Juan Guaido’s agent at the OAS

The Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday forced a vote at the Permanent Council of the Organization concerning the representation of…

Caribbean jails are full of nonviolent offenders, but murder still high.

By: Staff writer December 18, 2020 “Incarceration does not appear to significantly reduce criminality,” as jails are filled with non-violent offenders in the Caribbean, a recent Inter-American Development Bank study…

Guyana to strengthen public policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic with IDB support

Guyana will strengthen its public policy and fiscal management response to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis with a US$34m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The operation, the first of a…

BVI Premier slams outgoing Governor on “Unsubstantiated Allegations”- Will open seaport to international travel in January, 2021

By: Staff Writer DEcember 11, 2020 Andrew Farhie, premier and minister of finance of the British Virgin Islands, said in a press release that he has been alerted to some…

Bahamian Olympic gold medalist to get book!

‘The Girl Who Ran Sideways: The Story of an Olympic Champion’ due to be released in early 2022 by US publisher Rowman & Littlefield Pauline Davis, the Bahamian icon who once…

The Mangrove Series- What climate change, conch salad and the land have to do with knowledge of self and freedom

By Niambi Hall Campbell-Dean, Ph. D. Epistemology: “the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion.” – Merriam…