Grenada Housing Minister Phillip Telesford has stated that the Dickon Mitchell administration may not be able to complete the 500 homes promised with full government funding so it will seek collaboration with private-sector stakeholders. "The Government of Grenada may not necessarily build homes, but we may
Barbados has expressed a desire to strengthen its south-south relations with India. This was one of the major topics discussed during a courtesy call with Simone Rudder, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and Dr Shankar Balachandran, India's High Commissioner to
Ventôse seized 435 kilograms of cocaine from a coastal vessel northwest of Guadeloupe during an air-sea surveillance patrol. The Ventôse crew's intervention, carried out in treacherous sea conditions, revealed the presence of suspicious bundles on board the Grenada-flagged vessel. Cocaine was found in the cargo. The four
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surely did not come to the Caribbean leaders' regular summit empty handed. At the 44th summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Thursday, Trudeau has announced that his country is allotting $44.8 million in aid to the region, intending to focus
DPI - During an outreach to several communities in Region Ten and along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway (Region Four), Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha reassured farmers that they will continue to benefit from the country’s resources as the government works to make Guyana a regional food hub. Minister
UN News - The United Nations launched a $1 billion appeal for Türkiye to assist more than five million people affected by the cataclysmic earthquakes last week, the largest to hit the country in a century. The funding, which covers a three-month period will allow aid
Doctor Alejandro Cambiaso, president of the Dominican Association of Health Tourism (ADTS), and Amelia Reyes Mora, president of AF Comunicación Estratégica, announced the celebration of the most important medical tourism event in Central America and the Caribbean, the "VI International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress,"
In the competitive world of business, Caribbean entrepreneurs should be taking greater advantage of the opportunities that exist for regional collaboration so that their businesses can grow bigger and stronger at a much faster pace. This is the advice of Barbadian Kim Butcher, a start-up
UN News - The World Health Organization (WHO) deployed experts to Equatorial Guinea this week following confirmation of the first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the country. The rare yet severe viral haemorrhagic fever is similar to Ebola and has a fatality rate of up to 88 per
Barbados signed an education memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Cuba. The MOU provides two scholarships per year for five years to Cuban nationals — providing training in English as a foreign language for Cuban experts. The signing of the MOU also provides Barbadians with
