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Athletes Out of World Under 20 Championships
(Observer media) Four of the five young track and field athletes who qualified for this year’s World Athletics Under-20 Championships slated for August 27-31 in Lima, Peru will not be able to attend…
Tracking Tropical Storm Ernesto
The US National Hurricane Center says the government of Antigua and Barbuda has discontinued the Tropical Storm Warning for Montserrat. The NHC in its 5 pm update said Ernesto is heading toward the…
Tropical Storm Ernesto is Headed for Puerto Rico.…
CNN: Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing toward the Caribbean and Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive hurricane…
Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in the Atlantic
Source: Loop Caribbean The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season heats up again as Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed and is expected to bring tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rains to portions of the…
Tropical Cyclone Alert issued for Leeward Islands…
Source: Loop News The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services has issued a tropical cyclone alert for the Leeward Islands and British Virgin Islands as a developing weather system, designated…
Tropical Depression Likely to Form Near Lesser…
Source: Loop A tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean has a high likelihood of developing into a tropical depression, potentially impacting the Caribbean islands in the coming days. The National…
Guyana Seeking to Recoup Millions Owed By CLICO
Source: Loop Guyana has started legal proceedings in a bid to recover more than 34 million dollars from the Trinidad-based CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) Limited, which has been in compulsory…
PM Skerrit Wants Easing of Restrictions on…
Source: Loop The inaugural Organisation of Eastern Caribbean (OECS) Youth in Agriculture (YIA) symposium began in Dominica on Wednesday with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit questioning the commitment…
Former British Virgin Islands Premier Jailed for…
Source: LOOP The former premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Andrew Alturo Fahie, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in jail after he was convicted of cocaine trafficking and money…
Communiqué of the 75th Meeting of the OECS…
OECS Media Release The Seventy-Fifth Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority was held virtually on August 2, 2024, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Philip J. Pierre,…
Health Care System Improved as OECS Regional…
OECS MEDIA RELEASE After five years, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has completed the World Bank-funded OECS Regional Health Project. The culmination of the project was…
St. Lucia Makes Plans to Declare Holiday After…
Source: Caribbean Life Basking in the glory associated with its first Olympic gold medal, St. Lucia’s government has plans to soon declare a national holiday in honour of Julien Alfred, 23, who…
Dominica Secures First Olympic Medal
Source: Loop Thea Lafond has etched her name in history by winning Dominica's first-ever Olympic medal. Lafond's exceptional performance in the triple jump not only secured this historic achievement…
Julien Alfred Secures St Lucia’s First Ever…
Source: Loop Saint Lucia erupted in celebration as Julien Alfred etched her name in history, securing the country's first-ever Olympic medal, gold in the Women’s 100m race at the Paris 2024 Olympics.…
Sir Ronald Sanders | Age, Race, and Fear – the US…
The outcome of the US Presidential elections will reverberate globally, impacting many nations. Every government, including those in the Caribbean, has begun to weigh which candidate’s victory might…