CariCRIS reaffirms ‘high creditworthiness’ ratings of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

October 17, 2023 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has reaffirmed the sovereign issuer credit ratings assigned to the Government of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT)…

Statement from the Mediation Mission of the General Secretariat of the OAS in Guatemala

October 17, 2023 The Mediation Mission designated by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, held a broad and inclusive agenda of meetings during the…

CARICOM and the United States hold the Ninth Meeting of the Trade and Investment Council

October 17, 2023 On October 13, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States held the Ninth Meeting of the Trade and Investment Council (TIC) under the CARICOM-United States Trade…

CDB Provides USD50,000 to Help Fund 7 th Biennial Law Conference of Caribbean Court of Justice Academy for Law

October 17, 2023 Fifty law students from the region will participate in the upcoming 7 th Biennial Law Conference of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Academy for Law as a result…

CDB and GOSLU sign USD 7.6 million Agreement for Funding Youth Enterprise Programmes in Saint Lucia 

October 17, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of Saint Lucia (GOSLU) yesterday signed a USD7.6 million agreement to finance the Saint Lucia Youth Economy Project through…

EDITORIAL: Are we headed to WW3?

October 13, 2023 Are we headed to World War 3? It sure seems that way. We have wars all over the globe and tensions in other areas are riding high…

AUDIO: Devotions led by Fr Scott Jupp

October 13, 2023 Devotions led by Fr Scott Jupp of St Matthew’s Church, Nassau, The Bahamas.

How To Make Peanut Cake

By: Chef Carlton Hull June 30, 2023 Ingredients 3 cups roasted unsalted peanut 2½ cups brown sugar 2½tbsp freshly grated ginger 2tsp vanilla extract 1tsp freshly grated nutmeg 2 cinnamon…

COMMENTARY: REMARKS BY DR CARLA BARNETT at CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE

By: Dr Carla Barnett October 13, 2023 I am very pleased to join you for this Opening Ceremony of the 17th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), one of the premier…

COMMENTARY: Come clean on T&T foreign reserves

By: Capil Bisson October 13, 2023 *_There is a sort of apartheid system at work here. A tiny minority have unfettered access to foreign exchange, which is the lifeblood of…

More than half of the Commonwealth Caribbean suffer from food insecurity

By: Staff Writer October 13, 2023. More than half of the English speaking Caribbean suffers from severe food insecurity, says the executive director of the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development…

ECLAC: Pre-pandemic social indicators need to get back on track

By: Staff Writer October 13, 2023 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a new report, “Institutional Frameworks for Social Policy in Latin America and the…