Montserrat Receives Critical Personal Protective Equipment for Frontline Workers

(CARPHA Press Release) The Government of Montserrat has received a shipment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support its national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Bunny Wailer dies

Kingston, 2 March 2021 – The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Honourable Olivia Grange, has released the...

EU, PAHO and UWI Launch CARIFORUM Climate Change and Health Public Perceptions Survey

Bridgetown, Barbados, 26 February, 2021 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the University of the West Indies (UWI)...

Sargassum Products for Climate Resilience to mitigate harsh impacts on Caribbean States

(CRFM Press Release)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and Plant & Food Research, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, will...

Rodney Taylor Appointed CTU Secretary-General

(Caribbean Telecommunications Union Press Release) The CTU welcomes Mr. Rodney Taylor as its Secretary General from 1st March 2021, after a...

UN climate report a ‘red alert’ for the planet: Guterres

(United Nations News) Nations are “nowhere close” to the level of action needed to fight global warming, a UN climate...

Bitt breaks new ground with digital currency transaction

(Barbados Today) International financial technology firm Bitt has executed its first successful retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) consumer-to-merchant transaction...

Cayman Islands mulls capping post-COVID cruise numbers – CARICOM Business

The Cayman Islands is mulling the capping of the number of cruise tourists allowed on their shores when their borders...

I moved from Hong Kong to Barbados during the pandemic

(CNN) — Just over a month ago, I packed my life in Hong Kong into two suitcases and moved 16,000 kilometers...