WASHINGTON, USA — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Arizona State University presented a study showing that treating violence as an epidemic and intervening to prevent its transmission can be an effective tool to reduce violent crime. The study, Evaluating Cure Violence, presented at the IDB’s headquarters in Washington, DC, evaluated the results of […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana continues to grow as a destination of choice for travellers. As of December 31, 2018, Guyana recorded a total number of visitor arrivals of 286,732 passengers; a 15.93 percent increase from the 247,330 visitors Guyana welcomed in 2017. Over the past years, the Guyana Tourism Authority has worked on raising the […]

Venezuelan refugees and migrants sleep in front of the bus terminal in Maicao, Colombia. The conditions are highly insecure and have led to theft, assault and rape of the migrants. September 2018. Photo: UNHCR/Stephen Ferry NEW YORK, USA — The crisis in Venezuela will not be solved by sanctions that “can lead to starvation”, a […]

Travel broadens the mind, or so they say, but all too often it can lighten your pocket too! From overpaying on your hotel through to finding extra charges on your rental car bill, it’s amazing how quickly the cost of your trip can rack up. Our guide to saving money while you travel will help […]

(L-R) Jeremy Savory, Managing Partner, Savory & Partners, Wilkin-Armbrister, Acting Consul General, Consulate General of St Kitts & Nevis, Dubai, UAE, Mark Brantley Minister of Foreign Affairs. (PRNewsFoto/Savory and Partners) By Caribbean News Now contributor DUBAI, UAE — At a meeting in Dubai on Monday with citizenship agents, St Kitts and Nevis foreign minister and […]

By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor [email protected] PORT AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The upheaval in Haiti never fully subsided after the protests of 2018 created by the government’s failed attempt to remove a fuel price subsidy as recommended by the International Monetary-Fund (IMF), which was extended and subsequently made worse by the loss of […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Union (EU) has signed two agreements with the World Bank’s (WB) Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) to provide funding totaling €30.7 million that will strengthen disaster risk management (DRM) in the Caribbean. The programs will support Caribbean countries to plan for long-term resilience and climate-smart growth strategies, […]

Leader of the Opposition Philip J Pierre (L) and Prime Minister Allen Chastanet By Melanius Alphonse Caribbean News Now associate editor [email protected] CASTRIES, St Lucia — A motion of no confidence in Saint Lucia’s prime minister and minister of finance, Allen Chastanet, brought by leader of the parliamentary opposition and leader of the Saint Lucia […]