Opinion: How the IMF can help the Caribbean when disaster strikes

*This opinion article was submitted to the CMC by the IMF’s Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang. (CMC) – We are...

OPINION: Going with the Wind: Transition to Clean Energy in Latin America & the Caribbean

(Inter Press Service) – The UN Climate Action Summit 2019, which took place in the days leading up to the...

Port-of-Spain designated UNESCO City of Music

(CMC) – The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has designated the city of Port-of-Spain as a City...

CARICOM Secretariat and CDB seeking to strengthen co-operation

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr Warren Smith on Wednesday signed an MOU...

Scientists discover first new HIV strain in nearly two decades

(CNN)For the first time in 19 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV. The strain...

Why tiny Belize is a world leader in protecting the ocean

Fish stocks are stable and reef health improving, in part thanks to Belize’s substantial ‘no-take’ zones. Now greater legislation is...

Antigua reminds Harvard that slave labour paid for its law school. It wants reparations

(Miami Herald) The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, annoyed that Harvard University has ignored repeated requests from his government...

Environment Is Our Most Important Asset – UNEP Regional Director

(Barbados Government Information Service) – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Director, Leo Heileman, stressed that “the environment is the...

Scotiabank scraps sale of Antigua, Guyana banks amid regulatory, political pushback

(Financial Post) The Bank of Nova Scotia has scrapped the sale of its holdings in two Caribbean countries and will...