CASTRIES, St Lucia — The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s (ECSC) objective for creating and implementing an e-Litigation portal is to provide an efficient, cost-effective, transparent and reliable platform for submitting and processing court documents electronically. Our stakeholders needed a convenient way to interact with the courts without always having to come to the clerk’s counter, […]

South Florida, USA — A Key Biscayne, Florida, resident and the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of a now-bankrupt multinational pharmaceutical company was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a $100 million scheme to defraud Westernbank, Puerto Rico. The losses triggered a […]

GENEVA, Switzerland – Top earners around the world have seen their share of national income rise in the last decade and a half, while everyone else has seen their pay packets shrink by comparison, UN economists reported on Thursday; while simultaneously stronger trade expertise and the creation of a harmonised trade information and facilitation platform in the […]

GENEVA, Switzerland – An increase in heat stress at work linked to climate change is set to have a massive impact on global productivity and economic losses, notably in agriculture and construction, UN labour experts said on Monday. Highlighting that the world’s poorest countries will be worst affected, particularly in West Africa and South-East Asia, […]

CASTRIES, St Lucia — To counter global challenges that are a particular threat to vulnerable island nations like those in the Caribbean, it’s vital to “face the headwinds together”, especially in the face of the destruction being wrought by climate change, the UN chief told the annual Caribbean Community (CARICOM) conference in Saint Lucia on […]

By Nickieta Sterling KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The St James Municipal Corporation has doubled its support to small entrepreneurs in the parish under the Local Economic Development (LED) Programme. Chief executive officer (CEO) at the Corporation, Gerald Lee, said that $10 million is being spent this fiscal year to assist some 400 persons in push-starting […]

CASTRIES, St Lucia — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Direct Relief have partnered to provide emergency medication supplies to OECS member States in the event of natural disasters. Ahead of the hurricane season, the agreement signed between the organisations is critical to enhance post-disaster response. Director General of the OECS, Dr Didacus […]

By Caribbean News Now contributor CASTRIES, St Lucia — On June 28, Caribbean News Now published President of Taiwan Her Excellency Tsai Ing-wen will make an inaugural visit to Nevis on July 14, 2019, integral to the commencement of Pinney’s recreational park project at the cost of US$3 million, funded by Taiwan in collaboration with the Nevis […]

By Caribbean News Now contributor MÉRIDA, Mexico – In search of solutions to the crucial need for thousands waiting in Mexico as their US asylum cases are decided, president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday, Mexico is finalizing a deal to provide 40,000 factory jobs to migrants in northern states, an agreement with factories to […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Five CARICOM States make-up a select list from the World Food Programme (WFP) to serve as a model for the Caribbean in disaster response coordination includes Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Jamaica. The announcement was made by Regis Chapman, Head of the WFP’s Barbados-based Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme Office […]