BASSETERRE, St Kitts — An energy-efficient street lighting project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is projected to save St Kitts and Nevis over US$2.2 million a year. Under the street and flood light retrofitting project, which was launched last Wednesday in St Kitts, 10,650 street lights throughout both St Kitts and Nevis will […]

Acres Agri executives attends the historic sitting of St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament on Monday December 10, 2018 By Robertson S. Henry KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament met in session on Monday, with top of the order paper for debate, being The Medicinal Cannabis Industry Bill 2018, and […]

Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort. Photo: YouTube By Youri Kemp Caribbean News Now associate editor [email protected] NASSAU, Bahamas — Multiple sexual assault allegations reported in US media are rocking Sandals Resorts International (SRI) – facetiously being re-branded by some observers as “Scandals” Resorts. The new allegations come on the heels of Sandals’ mishandling and attempted cover-up […]

Dr Dillon Alleyne PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) sub-regional headquarters for the Caribbean has taken steps recently to advance its debt for climate adaptation swap initiative. A mission led by deputy director, Dr Dillon Alleyne, met with senior government officials and policy makers in Antigua […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — At the request of the government of Barbados, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Bert van Selm visited Bridgetown from December 4-7, to discuss implementation of Barbados’ Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan, supported by the IMF under the extended fund facility (EFF). At the end of the visit, van […]

By Ray Chickrie Caribbean News Now contributor GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Copa Airlines, which commenced twice weekly service to Guyana in 2015, and expanded that to four flights a week a year ago, on Thursday announced an additional flight to Guyana on Fridays, bringing the total number of flights to five per week. Also on Thursday, […]

Adrian Loveridge has spent 46 years in the tourism industry across 67 countries, as a travel agent, tour director, tour operator and for the last 24 years as a small hotel owner on Barbados. He served as a director of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association, and as chairman of the Marketing Committee. He also […]

By Caribbean News Now contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) and the CARICOM Competition Commission have both issued statements regarding the recently announced intention of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) to purchase the banking assets of Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia in nine English- and Dutch-speaking countries in the Caribbean, namely, […]