Demerara Bank opens branch in St Lucia
The chairman of the DDL Group of Companies, Komal Samaroo, says Demerara Bank, has opened a subsidiary in St Lucia taking advantage of legislation in that Caribbean country allowing financial institutions to focus on investment banking.
CARICOM Member States Discuss New High Seas Treaty On Biodiversity Beyond...
CARICOM Member States are encouraged to exchange experiences in the signature and ratification process of the new global treaty on the management of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions (BBNJ).
BVI: Illegal migration costing millions of dollars
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has put the cost of housing and repatriating illegal migrants in the millions of dollars, adding that the issue will continue to be a challenge for the BVI.
Jamaica: Interim injunction blocks gov’t from removing Haitian asylum seekers
An interim injunction is now in effect, preventing the Government of Jamaica from removing the Haitians at Robin's Bay, St. Mary who are seeking asylum in Jamaica.
Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns as new government takes shape
Haiti’s prime minister Ariel Henry officially resigned Thursday as a transitional government is sworn in and a new leader, Michael Patrick Boisvert, will become the country’s interim president.
An early start: 2024’s first tropical disturbance forms … in April
A tropical disturbance has emerged in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Verde.
St Vincent Soccer Star Zenroy ‘Chunky’ Lee Fatally Shot and Killed
Zenroy 'Chunky' Lee, a national soccer player, was shot and killed on Wednesday evening in Murray’s Village around 5:30 p.m.
St Vincent: Flea infestation affects two schools
Stray dogs are being blamed for a flea infestation which has forced face to face instructions to be halted at the Thomas Saunders Secondary School and St Vincent Girls’ High School located at the decommissioned Et Joshua Airport Tarmac in Arnos Vale, St Vincent.
Antigua PM willing to negotiate directly with former LIAT workers
Prime Minister Gaston Browne says his administration is prepared to negotiate directly with the former employees of the regional airline, LIAT (1974) Limited that went bankrupt earlier this year.
SVG: Body found on beach in Bequia
Police in St Vincent and the Grenadines are investigating the discovery of a body at a beach in La Pompe on the island of Bequia this morning.