CARICOM: Special meeting of the Heads of Governments.
April 16, 2021 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Emergency session on Thursday 15 April to discuss the situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines…
Stay in the Loop with CARICOM
In this episode, Communications Officer at the CARICOM Secretariat, Mrs Tusankine English-Francis, presents a weekly news roundup of the latest from the Caribbean Community. Highlights: 00:00:45 LA SOUFRIERE CONTINUES TO…
Researchers denounce revived theory of Caribbean cannibalism
April 16, 2021 In January 2020, a prestigious scientific journal published a paper that revived a long-discredited theory, first suggested by the explorer Christopher Columbus: A group of marauding cannibals…
Report: Royal Caribbean targeting January 2023 opening of Royal Beach Club in Nassau, Bahamas
April 16, 2021 It looks like Royal Caribbean’s private beach club for cruise guests in Nassau, Bahamas isn’t a dead project. In March 2020, Royal Caribbean announced it would build…
Dominican Republic: Tourist arrival reaches record figures in March with more than 263,000 visitors
April 16, 2021 The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, reported that the month of March has been the period of greatest growth and rebound in the recovery of tourism in…
World Bank Provides US$20M for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Response to La Soufrière Eruption
April 16, 2021 The World Bank disbursed US$20m to support the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ response to the crisis posed by the La Soufrière volcano eruption. The…
Taiwan allies for medical capacity building in the Caribbean
April 16, 2021 Taiwan inks an MoU on disaster management and medical capacity building in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean ally on April 13, 2021. The ally…
EDITORIAL: Another wild week of perversions!
A lot has happened and it is only Tuesday of this week. We’re not even halfway done yet, but we have had more eruptions at the La Soufriere volcano in…
VIDEO: Devotions led by Fr Ruel Strachan!
Morning Devotions led by Father Ruel Strachan II The Assistant Curate at St Agnes Church Grants Town New Providence. April 12, 2021
Police brutality continues in Dominica, protestor beaten, shot and taken away.
By: Staff Writer April 13, 2021 A large protest turned violent as police in Dominica clashed with bus drivers this week, one man shot with rubber bullet taken away after…
SVG’s La Soufriere will have “ongoing explosive eruptions,” says lead expert- Does not predict end as pyroclastic flows now pouring out of volcano.
By: Staff Writer April 13, 2021 St Vincent and the Grenadines La Soufriere volcano will continue to have eruptions says lead expert on the ground as pyroclastic flows now pouring…
International financier warns on cruise line frustration- 2021 economic impact for Caribbean to be “devastating.”
By: Staff Writer April 13, 2021 An international financier with experience with infrastructural projects in the Caribbean said that there is “no way” the cruise line industry will recover in…