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Bajans head to the polls today

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) Monday said that just over 266,000 people are eligible to cast ballots in today’s general election that Prime Minister Mia…

Geothermal Energy: Providing Opportunities Beyond…

Media Release Monday, January 17, 2022 — Use of geothermal energy – that is the heat that comes from the sub-surface of the earth – in OECS Territories has been an ongoing subject of research and…

OECS leaders to consider recommendations on…

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): Leaders from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are to consider several recommendations aimed at helping the subregion deal with the impact of the Omicron…

Antigua and Barbuda gets hooked on aquaponics

January 12, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – The quiet residential area of Upper Renfrew in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, is home to Indies Greens, the island’s only aquaponics farm and training…

SVG granted permission to export medical cannabis

KINGSTOWN (CMC): St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is now the first member state of the subregional grouping – the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) – to be granted permission for the…

Antigua & Barbuda | Hoteliers losing millions…

ST JOHN’S (CMC): The Antigua and Barbuda Hotels and Tourism Association (ABHTA) says many resorts are reporting a significant decline in occupancy rates and that the trend is likely to continue unless…

Woman appears in court on missile-throwing charge

KINGSTOWN (CMC): A 56-year-old woman, who had been charged with wounding Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves during an anti-mandatory vaccination protest last August, appeared in court Tuesday on a…

Guyana records highest number of new covid…

Smith-Thomas January 4, 2022 The number of Covid -19 infections in Guyana has hit a record high for one day with 485 new cases recorded in a day, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, M.P., revealed on…

Local vegetables flood SVG markets!

Media Release Courtesy St. Vincent Times Tuesday, January 4, 2022 — Consumers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are celebrating some of the best prices for vegetables in decades. In a period marked by…

Political leaders in Barbados confident of victory

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Leaders of the two main political parties in Barbados remained confident of victory in the January 19 general elections, as candidates were nominated on Monday to contest…

Sustaining the Tuna Value Chain in Grenada

January 3, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – Tuna and tuna-like fishes, most notably the yellowfin and Atlantic sailfish make up about 70 percent of the reported catches in Grenada. With an estimated 2…

Legal to vaccinate 2 Caribbean jurists make case…

Source: Daily Express Trinidad ANNA RAMDASS A case for mandatory vaccination has been legally made by two Caribbean jurists. Sir Dennis Byron and Prof Rosemarie Antoine submitted the view to the heads…

Outgoing Caricom chair says 2021 a ‘very…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Monday described 2021 as a “very challenging year” for the 15-member regional…

U.S. Donates over 70,000 COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccines…

The United States congratulates St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the successful delivery of 70,200 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to fight COVID-19. These Pfizer vaccine shipments are part of the United…