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EU-CELAC Relaunches Regular Dialogue Through a…

OECS Media Release There were tangible efforts made last week by both the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to re-energise the relationship between…

Cricket : CWI Pays Tribute to Raphick Jumadeen,…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today paid tribute to Raphick Jumadeen, the former West Indies spin bowler who passed away in his homeland Trinidad on Tuesday. He was 75. As a left-arm…

Cricket : Barbados Under 19’s Defeat Leewards

In the regional under 19’s cricket tournament, hosted by the WICB, the Barbados team, after fighting themselves back into the game, with solid batting in their second innings, shocked the Leewards…

Jamaica Cause Backs Government in US Gay Row

Source: Caribbean Life Whether Jamaican authorities deny it or not, large sections of Jamaican society appear to have cottoned on to current media reports that the island and the US have major…

UNESCO Calls for Global Ban on Smartphones in…

Source: Loop Caribbean The United Nation’s education, science and culture agency, UNESCO, is urging Caribbean countries to be part of a global ban on the use of mobile phones in schools. A New UN…

CXC® to Host Information Session on Modified…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As a result of the discovery of a breach of the 2023 May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) Mathematics Paper 02, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®)…

OECS Concludes Successful 10th Council of…

OECS Media Release The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) concluded its 10th annual meeting of the Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability (COM: ES) on July 13 in Anguilla…

Tribute to Her Ladyship, the Hon. Dame Monica…

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (“ECSC”) mourns the passing of Her Ladyship, the Hon. Dame Monica Joseph, CBE, DBE, Retired High Court Judge, who died on Thursday, 6th July 2023. Born in the Spice…

Wind Power Reaches Antigua and Barbuda

Source: TeleSur This ambitious project is the result of collaboration between the Department of the Environment and the West Indies Oil Company, with financing of US$15 million from the Abu Dhabi…

RECYCLE OECS Model Demonstration Launched in…

OECS Media Release On Wednesday, July 19, the Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation (DSWMC) launched its Recycle OECS Model Demonstration with a strong showing of high-level government support.…

Batsmen shine in Rising Stars three-day Champs

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Two destructive spells and three half-centuries were the headline acts in the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Men’s Under-19 three-day championship on Thursday in St…

UK suspension of visa-free access…

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has told the Commonwealth of Dominica in a national address that the decision of the British Government to suspend VISA-free access for Dominica is unfortunate and…

Council Member for Saint Vincent and the…

, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis - Chairmanship of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be transferred to the Honorable Minister of Finance and…