[ad name=”HTML-68″] BRIDGETOWN — The Caribbean race season’s opening regatta is now to be known as Barbados Sailing Week, which replaces its former title – the Mount Gay Round Barbados Series. Organized…
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BULLY PULPIT: Trump Says Votes From The Caribbean Will Be Carefully Monitored As Determinant For Future Aid To The Region
UP A CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE: Caribbean countries could be left sucking salt if they vote against the United States at the United Nations, President Donald Trump warns. [ad name=”HTML-68″] WASHINGTON —…
PDVSA WARNED! Venezuela Company Told To Do The Maintenance Or Lose License To Operate In Bonaire, N.A.
[ad name=”HTML-68″] KRALENDIJK — Venezuela’s Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A (PDVSA) could lose its license to operate an oil storage terminal it owns on the Dutch island of Bonaire if it does not soon…
CARIBBEAN IS A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT: Not Only of People … But Birds, Fish and Plants, Too
BRIDGETOWN — The Caribbean is a biodiversity hotspot. It has over 11,000 plant species, about 72 of which are found only in this region. Its diverse animal species include many exotic fish…
SCIENTIFIC REPORT: Unique Flowering Plants In Eastern Caribbean ‘Under Threat of Extinction’
BRIDGETOWN — Almost three quarters of the flowering plants unique to the Eastern Caribbean appear to be under threat of extinction, according to a study published in the latest issue of the…
UNICEF REPORT: 350K Caribbean Children In Dire Humanitarian Need After Hurricanes Passed
[ad name=”HTML-68″] HAVANA — Though three months has passed since hurricanes Maria and Irma terrorized and destroyed Caribbean islands, thousands of children remain without basic necessities, clean water, social services and shelter,…
REPORT: Slavery Ended In The Caribbean When It No Longer Made Good Business Sense
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. The masters of this brutal trade made…
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 world’s first “climate-smart zone” to support the…
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 in the dark. In the USVI, there…
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 growth. After shrinking by 3.3 percent in…