El Salvador to Receive IDB Loan to Enhance Water and Sanitation
September 16, 2022 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $100 million loan to strengthen El Salvador’s water and sanitation sector. Approximately 120,000 households will directly benefit from improved drinking…
EDITORIAL: We will never live down drug trafficking!
September 13, 2022 The Caribbean will never live down drug trafficking as long as North Americans and Europeans crave illicit narcotics. America has a substance abuse problem and it is…
Concerns for “hard approach” on drug trafficking small fishers
By: Staff Writer September 13, 2022 We must not paint poor fishermen as potential drug dealers as they try to earn a living at sea. Peter Murray, advisor at the…
A tourism Regulatory Authority in TCI to help with destination management
By: Staff Writer September 13, 2022 The Tourism Minister for the Turks and Caicos said the country is implementing a “regulatory authority” to assist with destination management. She made these…
The Dominican Republic’s Uphill Battle to Root Out Corruption
By: Insight Crime September 13, 2022 Santo Domingo’s imposing courthouse, the Palacio de Justicia de Ciudad Nuevo, buzzes with activity and urgent conversation. Attorneys and judges stride through the halls…
César Peralta, the Best Middleman in the Dominican Republic’s Cocaine Trade
By: Insight Crime September 13, 2022 On Christmas Eve 2018, the dancefloor was packed at Kuora Club, one of Santo Domingo’s most popular nightclubs. Hundreds had turned up to party…
The Dominican Republic – The Caribbean’s Cocaine Hub
By: Insight Crime September 13, 2022 The managers at Caucedo Multimodal are proud of their international connections. Running the biggest port in the Dominican Republic, located just east of the…
Antigua and Barbuda planning vote to become republic within three years, media report
September 13, 2022 Antigua and Barbuda plans to hold a referendum on becoming a republic within the next three years, the Caribbean nation’s prime minister told British media Saturday, a…
IDB Appoints Tariq Alli as Caribbean General Manager and Jamaica Country Representative
Tariq Alli, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, has been appointed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as General Manager of the Caribbean Country Department and IDB Country Representative for…
GLOBAL FUND STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES AFFECTING EXPANSION OF HIV, TB AND MALARIA RESPONSES AT REGIONAL DIALOGUE
September 13, 2022 The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, will facilitate…
Saint Lucia hails the 12th Annual IREX Citizenship and Residency Conclave a success
September 13, 2022 The Citizenship by Investment Programme of Saint Lucia participated in the 12th Edition of the “IREX Citizenship and Residency Conclave” over the past weekend. The two-day event…
OECS Commission presents Condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
September 13, 2022 The OECS Commission expresses with great sadness, its regret at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 8th September 2022. Throughout her seventy-year reign, Her…