The Bahamas slowly reopens to tourists

The Bahamian tourism industry’s post-COVID re-opening began on July 1 with New Providence hotels reporting minimal guest arrivals. Muna Issa,...

Barbados COVID-19 Screening Enhanced With Full-Body Scanners

Barbados’ COVID-19 surveillance has been further strengthened with the donation of three full-body thermal imaging scanners to Government, by Sagicor...

CARICOM Heads Meet Friday – Handover of Chairmanship to feature

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will hold a special conference on Friday, July 3, which will see Barbados Prime...

Caribbean Public Health Day: In a Time of COVID-19

(Caribbean Public Health Agency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  2 July 2020)  Over the years, the Caribbean region has...

CCJ to Rule on Guyana Opposition Appeal Next Week

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will rule on July 8 whether or not...

Coronavirus Will Cost Global Tourism at Least $1.2 trillion

UNCTAD estimates that for every $1 million lost in international tourism revenue, a country’s national income could drop by up...

Prime Minister Mottley Salutes Sir Everton Weekes

(Barbados Government Information Service) Today, I join Barbadians, West Indians and the rest of the cricketing world in saying farewell...

Phased reopening of Guyana airports pushed back to August

With the recent spike in coronavirus cases locally, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has delayed the phased reopening of the...

Sir Everton Weekes, West Indies Cricket Pioneer and one of the 3W’S, dies at age 95

CWI, St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has paid tribute to Sir Everton Weekes, the legendary...