CDB Launches USD 500,000 SheTrades Caribbean Grow and Go Grant Facility to Support Women-Led Businesses

April 4, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) has officially launched the USD 500,000 SheTrades Caribbean Grow and Go Grant Facility, a programme aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of…

CDB and Government of Belize Launch Entrepreneurial Training to Empower MSMEs

April 4, 2025 In a significant step to enhance livelihoods and business opportunities in Belize, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) through the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF) financed a two-week entrepreneurial…

CARICOM Protocol to Enhance Cooperation receives another signatory

April 4, 2025 Jamaica has signed the CARICOM Protocol to Amend the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community, including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy, to allow Enhanced…

EDITORIAL: Trump to annex Bahamas and Jamaica next

April 1, 2025 Reports have it that the US President Donald Trump team are planning to annex The Bahamas and Jamaica in plans to further their territorial claims over the…

AUDIO: Devotions by Archdeacon Kingsley Knowles

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 Bahamas.

LETTER: Objection to the Perjured Portrayal of Venezuela as a Military Threat to Bonaire as Stated by the Governor of Bonaire

April 1, 2025 Dear Prime Minister Schoof, Minister Brekelmans, Minister Veldkamp, Members of the Dutch Parliament, and Members of the Dutch Senate, We write to you on behalf of the…

LETTER: Objection to the Perjured Portrayal of Venezuela as a Military Threat to Bonaire stated by the governor of Bonaire

April 1, 2025 Dear Secretary General Antonio Guterres, We write on behalf of the people of Bonaire, in collaboration with the Bonaire Human Rights Organization, Ministerio Evangeliko Di Akshon (Evangelical…

Panama Canal sale  blocked by China

By: Staff Writer April 1, 2025 Hong Kong based CK Hutchison will not sign a deal to sell its Panama Canal holdings to American firm Black Rock as Chinese anti-trust…

The WMO estimates 69% of region’s energy is renewable

By: Staff Writer April 1, 2025 The World Meteorological Organization said in a recent report that 69 percent of Latin America and the Caribbean’s energy mix is renewable energy, further…

HookieLife Entertainment brings “Release Therapy” to Jamaica – The Ultimate Kick-off to the 2025 Jamaica Carnival Weekend

April 1, 2025 Renowned Washington DC-based Caribbean culture & event brand HookieLife Entertainment is bringing its internationally celebrated event, ‘Release Therapy’ to Kingston for the very first time on Thursday…

Green Solutions International SKN and Guyana Power & Light Launch Women in Solar Energy Training Programme

Green Solutions International SKN Inc (GSI SKN), in partnership with Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL), has launched a pioneering training and coaching programme aimed at empowering women in the…

Florida Congresswoman Honors Caribbean-American Entrepreneur With 2025 Women In Leadership Achievement Award

April 1, 2025 Florida’s Caribbean-American Congresswoman, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, (D-20th District), presented the 2025 Women in Leadership Achievement Award to Felicia J. Persaud, an award-winning, Guyana-born, U.S.-based Caribbean immigrant and trailblazing…