Dominican hits Diddy with $10 mil suit on drugging and rape rap

By: Staff Writer July 4, 2025 Embattled music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing yet another sexual assault charge as a Dominican alleges in court documents that Diddy drugged him,…

OECS and UNICEF Host Successful Regional Early Childhood Development Workshop

July 4, 2025 The future of the OECS’ youngest citizens was firmly in focus as early childhood leaders gathered for two days of critical dialogue, action and capacity-building. On May…

Caribbean Business Hub event draws full house despite NATO summit in The Hague

July 4, 2025 While President Trump left The Hague after the NATO summit on Wednesday evening, entrepreneurs and professionals gathered at the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao for…

Fintech can be a Catalyst for Financial Inclusion and Economic Resilience in the Caribbean

July 4, 2025 Fintech could be a game-changer for financial inclusion, business safety, and regional economic transformation in the Caribbean, if it is developed with inclusion, safety, and equity at…

IDB Invest and TTMB Expand Access to Affordable Housing with Social Bonds in Trinidad and Tobago

July 4, 2025 Expands affordable housing financing for middle and lower middle-income households, particularly women and women-led families. IDB Invest provides financial support of TTD 250 million to strengthen TTMB’s…

Kingdom of the Netherlands – Curaçao: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission

July 4, 2025 Curaçao’s economic activity expanded by 5 percent in 2024, as strong tourism performance trickled into the wider economy. Stayover arrivals, growing at double digits, continued to outperform…

European Union Deepens Strategic Partnership at the Caribbean Investment Forum 2025

July 4, 2025 Montego Bay will take centre stage as a hub of opportunity and innovation when the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2025, opens its doors from 29 to 31…

CDB & CROSQ Launch EU-Funded Project to Strengthen Quality Infrastructure in Haiti

July 4, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), in partnership with the Bureau Haïtien de Normalisation (BHN), officially launched the…

CDB Advocates for Systems to Support Natural Capital Accounting to Strengthen Caribbean Resilience and Development

July 4, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) is urging for stronger integration of natural capital accounting into development planning and policy to advance sustainable growth and resilience…

EDITORIAL: Organized crime in the Caribbean is not a huge issue

July 1, 2025 Contrary to the World Bank report on organized crime in its Latin American and Caribbean Economic Review that organized crime is running rampant in the LAC, the…

AUDIO: Devotions by Archdeacon Kingsley Knowles

July 1, 2025 Originally published on April 1, 2025 Devotions led by Archdeacon Kingsley G. Knowles. The Assistant Priest at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Rd., New Providence, The…

COMMENTARY: PNM’s Political Negligence Led to CEPEP Fallout

By: Paul Sarran July 1, 2025 The recent mass termination of CEPEP contractors has ignited national outrage and rightly so. Over 10,000 workers, many of whom reside in vulnerable communities,…