PORT OF SPAIN — IN ITS 18th-century heyday cane grown in the Caribbean and cut by African slaves provided Britain with nearly all its sugar.
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UN Development Program Wants To Make Caribbean The World’s First ‘Climate-Smart Zone’
PARIS — The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) announced its support to Caribbean leaders gathered today during the launch of a new public-private coalition to create the
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JAMMONIT MON! BVI’s Jamaican Linemen Will Restore Electricity To Tortola Before WAPA Gives Full Power Back To The Territory
SUPERIOR TALENT: Jamaican crews have been putting their noses to the grindstone to ensure that citizens of the British Virgin Islands do not spend Christmas
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After 25 Months of Going Backwards, Caribbean and Latin American Exports Are Ticking Upwards … With e-Commerce Leading The Way
[ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON – Following 25 months of uninterrupted contraction, exports of goods from the Caribbean and Latin America (LAC) are back on the path to
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Four Caribbean Countries Make The European Union’s Blacklist of 17 Countries Considered To Be Tax Havens
[ad name=”HTML-68″] BRIDGETOWN — Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were named Tuesday in a new list of global tax havens released by the European Union
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New Social Media Guidelines Issued For British Media In The Caribbean … No Rules Are Listed By UNESCO Caribbean ‘Cluster’ Office
BRIDGETOWN – New social media guidelines for Caribbean journalists and media practitioners were launched here yesterday, with the United Kingdom-based Public Media Alliance (PMA) warning
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U.S. Coast Guard Intercepts Three Drug Smugglers and $23 Million In Cocaine Off The Dominican Republic
[ad name=”HTML-68″] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Coast Guard Cutter Pelican brought ashore almost one ton of cocaine last month. The cocaine is valued at
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BIG BUSINESS: Caribbean Hotels Race to Save High Winter Tourist Season in the Hurricanes’ Aftermath
SAN JUAN — The hurricanes that tore through our region this fall have left hotels and resorts across the region scrambling to salvage the crucial
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Major Scientific Journal Publishes Work of University of the Virgin Islands Marine Studies Students
[ad name=”HTML-68″] CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The University of the Virgin Islands’ Masters of Marine and Environmental Studies (MMES) 2015 cohort has had their capstone manuscript
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MEDICAL ALERT: Ten Percent of The Prescription Drugs Circulating Throughout the Caribbean Are ‘Substandard or Falsified’
[ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON – An estimated one in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries, including those in the Caribbean, is either substandard or
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