HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Starting on Thursday, December 6, the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) will provide Internet connection service through mobile data to all customers who request it. Tania Velázquez Rodríguez, vice president of business strategy and technology of ETECSA, explained that the service will begin at 8 am, for which it is necessary to […]

LONDON, England (CNS) — The first day of the two-day meeting between the British Overseas Territories (BOT) Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) and the UK government in London was overshadowed on Tuesday by the UK’s exit from Europe. Not only was Brexit at the top of the agenda at the BOT meeting but it also kept […]

Chinese President Xi-Jinping (L) with his Panamanian counterpart Juan Carlos Varela. Photo: MFA China By Youri KempCaribbean News Now associate [email protected] PANAMA CITY, Panama — Chinese President Xi-Jinping arrived in Panama this weekend to pursue further talks of mutual cooperation between Panama and China. However, tensions over China’s control and influence over the region have […]

Heads of government and other heads of delegation at the CARICOM Special Meeting on the CSME By Caribbean News Now contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — A special two-day meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government in Port of Spain, Trinidad, addressing the rate of implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) […]

Attorney General Vincent Byron BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Ten months after taking leader of the opposition, Dr Denzil Douglas, to court challenging his constitutional right to sit in parliament while holding a diplomatic passport issued by Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis’ attorney general, Vincent Byron, has asked for another adjournment of the matter. Byron filed […]

Barbados Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Trevor Prescod, addressing regional climate change negotiators and other participants recently in Bridgetown, Barbados, at the CARICOM meeting ahead of the 24th Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 24), ongoing in Katowice, Poland BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The […]

RABAT, Morocco — Diplomats from OECS member states recently completed a two-week training programme in international diplomacy and foreign policy in the Moroccan capital of Rabat. The main objective of the programme was the strengthening of capacity within the foreign ministries of member states, and participants were exposed to a range of issues in the […]