The US’s first $500 million sale of Venezuelan crude marks a strategic reset in hemispheric energy relations as Latin America and the Caribbean enter a critical investment moment.PARAMARIBO, Suriname – When the United States completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, the $500 million transaction re
‘Gun Amnesty’ portrays “more fear than incentive to surrender illegal firearms and to renew expired licences.”The process for renewing a firearms licence is straightforward and prescribed by law. You don’t need a gun amnesty to do that! It projects incompetence!“Why would an unlicensed firearm holde
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (DPI) – Guyana has taken an important step to improve its healthcare by launching a national Electronic Health Records (EHR) system and holding a Health Fair on Saturday at Festival City Polyclinic. The EHR system is designed to significantly reduce waiting times and eliminate p
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called for a new national mindset centred on financial literacy, savings discipline and inclusive wealth-building, declaring that wealth management must not be viewed as a service reserved only for a privileged few. Speaking at the launch of the
WASHINGTON / GUYANA – IDB Invest will provide a loan of $5 million to the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) to expand access to finance for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Guyana.The operation will help IPED diversify its funding sources and expand access to finance with a foc
The IMF executive board approved Jamaica’s request for emergency financial assistance of about US$415 million to help meet the urgent balance-of-payments needs stemming from the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa.The Jamaican authorities continue to work on the recovery of essential services in
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Financial Intelligence Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (FIUTT) and the Inland Revenue Division (IRD) have formalised their commitment to enhanced collaboration in combatting money laundering, terrorism financing, proliferation financing, tax avoidance and other crimes throu
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Justice Winston Anderson, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and Gabrielle Figaro-Jones, registrar and chief Marshal, are visiting the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member state of Barbados.During the visit (15-20 January 2026), president Anderson will delive
WAHHINGTON, USA, (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission for Measles, Rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (RVC) has invited the United States and Mexico to meet virtually on April 13, 2026, to review their measles elimination statu
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), officially launched the country’s first ever Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) – a landmark tool that
Gun Amnesty January 19 to January 23, and January 26 to January 28, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m,.Gun amnesty is not a “cash for gun” programme; surrender of firearms is public safety, not a financial incentive.Surrendered firearms are subject to forensic examination, and those firearms surrendered will
TORTOLA, BVI – The ministry of finance announced that S&P Global Ratings (S&P) has affirmed the British Virgin Islands’ ‘BBB’ long-term and ‘A-2’ short-term sovereign credit ratings.This affirmation, accompanied by a stable outlook, serves as a powerful endorsement of our territory’s resilient insti
By Chris PattersonKINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – The Jamaican economy grew by 5.1 percent from July – September of 2025, compared with the corresponding period in 2024.Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Leesha Delatie-Budair, said the overall performance in the third quarter la
By Caribbean News Global CASTRIES, St Lucia – The Millennium Heights Medical Complex (MHMC) advises the public that the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at Owen King EU Hospital (OKEUH) has experienced a sustained increase in patients seeking care over recent weeks. “This has been exacerbate
