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Antigua and Barbuda boasts lowest US visa denial…
Source: Loop Caribbean The rate of rejection for United States non-immigrant visa applications by Antigua and Barbuda was one of the lowest in the Caribbean region for the year 2022. A report on the…
GSI Boosts the Renewable Energy Capacity of…
By: Green Solutions International SKN Incorporated (GSI) Under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) 10th Project Cycle, the BNTF in collaboration with the…
Caribbean Perfectly Placed to Pioneer Innovative…
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia: The Caribbean is uniquely placed to bridge solutions between international communities and chart a pathway forward in pioneering innovative finance approaches on climate change,…
Tropical Storm Bret Swirls Near St. Vincent As It…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret swirled close to St. Vincent late Thursday as it began pushing into the eastern Caribbean, where islands were shut down to brace for torrential…
Barbados Demands to Transform the Global Financial…
"Change is needed. That is why I am in Paris for the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact,” PM Mottley said. On Thursday, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called for a transformation of the…
OECS and GIWEH to Collaborate on Water and…
OECS Media Release The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and The Geneva Institute for Water, Environment and Health (GIWEH) have announced plans to collaborate on a number of initiatives…
Canada’s Minister of International Development…
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia : Canada’s Minister of International Development, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan is the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Minister…
CCJ Denies Special Leave to Man Serving Two Life…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On Wednesday, 21 June 2023, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), sitting in Guyana, delivered its judgment for the special leave application, AB v The Director of…
St. Kitts and Nevis biodiversity credentials…
Progress in promoting biodiversity agricultural efforts in St. Kitts and Nevis’ St. Mary’s Man & Biosphere Reserve, was highlighted this week at the UNESCO 35th Session of the International…
Tropical Storm Bret no longer forecast to become a…
CNN — Tropical Storm Bret could reach the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea by late Thursday. But the storm is not expected to become a rare June hurricane as had been previously thought,…
OECS Media Release On Thursday, June 8, 2023, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean (OECS) held a soft launch of their newest tourism project, Soulful Caribbean Escapes, at the Caribbean Tourism…
CXC Statement on Passage of Tropical Storm Bret
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) is currently monitoring Tropical Storm Bret as it approaches the region. During and after the passage of this weather system, the…
CDB to Build Internal Resilience Capacity in…
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia: The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr. Hyginus Leon has reaffirmed the Bank’s commitment to placing member countries on a higher and more sustainable welfare…
Residents in Lesser Antilles urged to monitor…
MIAMI, CMC – The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre Monday said it could begin issuing advisories on a tropical depression later today as the system had become better organised overnight. It said…
OECS Observes World Sickle Day
OECS Media Release Monday, June 19, 2023 — Today on June 19th the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission joins the global community in observing World Sickle Cell Day, under the…