Report says displaced journalists are highest in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba

By: Staff Writer September 12, 2025 Journalists in the Caribbean and Central America are displaced and working in exile a new report reveals. The report, “Displaced Voices: A Snapshot of…

Kingdom of the Netherland-Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2025 Article IV Consultation Discussions-Press Release; and Staff Report

September 12, 2025 Reaping the post-pandemic tourism boom, Curaçao’s and Sint Maarten’s economies have been expanding strongly, driven by stayover tourists and construction activity. Disinflation broadly continued, with some uptick…

Carpha celebrates the Caribbean region’s public health workforce

September 12, 2025 On September 7 the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) joined the Global Field Epidemiology Community in celebrating World Field Epidemiology Day under the theme, Making our Mark:…

Caribbean Export Concentration Creates “Severe Exposure” to Global Economic Shocks, CDB Vice President Warns

September 12, 2-25 The Caribbean region’s limited export diversity creates “severe exposure” to external economic turbulence, leaving regional economies with “acute vulnerability” to global shocks, Mr. Ian Durant, Vice President,…

CDB placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy.

September 12, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), is placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive…

EDITORIAL: Guyana needs to work on electoral reform

September 9, 2025 With all of the oil revenue rolling into Guyana, you would think that they would take a bit of that and upgrade the country’s electoral system. Their…

AUDIO: Devotions led by Fr Colin Humes

September 9, 2025 Devotions led by Father Colin Humes, Rector of St Mary The Virgin Anglican Church, New Providence, The Bahamas.

COMMENTARY: Jab Jab Politics: When the Prime Minister “Plays the Devil”

By : Christiana Best-Giacomini, Ph.D. September 9, 2025 When Grenada’s leader covered himself in black oil and chains for Carnival, he sparked a debate about authenticity, power, and what it…

COMMENTARY: 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago: Did We Learn Our Lesson? Where Are We Now?

By: Paul Sarran September 9, 2025 In July 1990, Trinidad and Tobago faced one of the darkest chapters in its modern history. The Jamaat al Muslimeen, led by Yasin Abu…

COMMENTARY: CARICOM Secretary-General Calls for Strengthened Health Collaboration between Africa and the Caribbean

By: Dr Carla Barnett September 9, 2025 On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I thank the Government and People of Ethiopia for their warm welcome and hospitality. I also…

Ali starts his second terms with grace

By: Staff Writer September 9, 2025 President of Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali in his first statement since winning re-election at the September 1 polls praises election workers as “quiet heroes,”…

ECLAC said decent work essential to eradicating poverty in LAC

By: Staff Writer September 9, 2025 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new report that investing in productive employment and decent work is essential…