EDITORIAL: Sandals Resorts back to terrible!

May 10, 2022 Just when we thought the passing of the legendary Gordon “Butch” Stewart would the controversies surrounding the Sandals Resorts Hotels end. But, it’s a new thing, new…

AUDIO: Devotions by Fr Neil Nairn

May 10, 2022 Devotions led by Rev’d Fr Neil Nairn Rector of the Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit. Nassau, Bahamas.

Support Caribbean Writers Tour added to Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival

By: Staff Writer May 10, 2022 The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) launched its inaugural “Support Caribbean Writers Tour” last month with OCM Bocas Prize winner as the headline storyteller.…

The Caribbean at “critical crossroads” with “unprecedented challenges.”

By: Staff Writer May 10, 2022 The executive director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) said that the Caribbean is at a critical crossroads in building resilient economies and sustainable…

Pregnant woman among dead in Cuban hotel explosion!

By: Staff Writer May 10, 2022 Firefighters are searching the rubble of the Saratoga Hotel in the Cuban capital, Havana, after a huge blast ripped through the building on Friday.…

Police name 3 US tourists found dead at Bahamas Sandals resort; woman remains hospitalized

May 10, 2022 The three Americans who died last week at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas were from Tennessee and Florida, and scientists and investigators are working to determine…

The World Bank is committed to supporting a resilient recovery in Haiti

May 10, 2022 World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, concluded a four-day visit to Haiti on May 4, 2002. During this first trip to…

THE CARIBBEAN JOINS AIRBNB “LIVE AND WORK ANYWHERE” CAMPAIGN TO WELCOME DIGITAL NOMADS TO THE REGION

May 10, 2022 As flexibility becomes a permanent part of so many company cultures, Airbnb wants to make it easier for workers to take advantage of their newly enshrined flexibility.…

CARICOM regrets passing of Foreign Minister who helped to advance Cuba-CARICOM relations

May 10, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed deep regret at the passing of Cuba’s former Foreign Affairs Minister HE Ricardo Alarcón, who played a constructive role in advancing…

CARICOM expresses sorrow at deaths in Cuban accident

May 10, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed its profound sorrow at the loss of life in the accident at Cuba’s Hotel Saratoga. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett expressed the…

The Bahamas: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for The Bahamas

May 10, 2022 The Bahamas is experiencing a tourism-led rebound. Real GDP growth in 2021 was close to 14 percent, as stayover tourist arrivals doubled relative to 2020. The economy…

The IIMF: THE BAHAMAS, SELECTED ISSUES

May 10, 2022 The Bahamas introduced a rules-based fiscal framework with a budget balance operational target and debt anchor in 2018. Since then, the pandemic and Hurricane Dorian have significantly…