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CASTRIES, St Lucia, Tuesday July 9, 2013 - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, has issued the “all clear” for the reopening of the George F.L. Charles Airport and Hewannorra International Airport, as…

CASTRIES, St Lucia, Tuesday July 9, 2013 – The Government of St. Lucia closed the George F. Charles Airport midnight on Monday due the impending passage of Tropical Storm Chantal. As a result the…

By Cathy Lashley PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (BGIS) -- Efforts are under way to encourage other nations in the region to join the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and, thereby, strengthen it. This was…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- A team from the World Bank will be in Grenada from July 8 to 9, 2013, to conduct its first round of consultation towards the development of an OECS regional partnership…

By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- A strong tropical wave located about 1,150 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands is moving westward at 25 mph. Shower and thunderstorm activity…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (GINA) -- The opening ceremony for the 34th meeting of the conference of heads of governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held on Wednesday evening in Port of…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (GINA) -- While the global environment may have changed from when the Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was signed on July 4, 1973, CARICOM…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- LIAT has implemented a security surcharge on tickets in response to rising security demands and spiraling security costs. The new security surcharge of US$1.25 per one way trip…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Wednesday travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to attend the 34th regular meeting of…

NASSAU, Bahamas (World Bank) -- The Caribbean needs to improve skills training, revitalize investments and increase connectivity (both physical and virtual), if it’s to kick start growth. That was the…

ROSEAU, Dominica (GIS) -- The Agence Francaise De Developpement is prepared to finance the construction of a 15 megawatt geothermal plant in Dominica. This was confirmed by Prime Minister Roosevelt…

By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is an associate member, has sent a…

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- The effects of the current economic climate on member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the framework within which the Community can achieve growth and…

Lloyd Nicholas NEW YORK, United States, Monday July 1, 2013 – Some relationships just don’t last too long; some don’t even get started if the other is broke. This is exactly what happened some 10…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has appointed Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, a national of Jamaica, as the resident coordinator of the United Nations System’s operational…