By The UWIKINGSTON, Jamaica – Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles described the 2024/2025 academic year as a turning point, marking a bold era of strategic consolidation and transformation that will propel The University of the West Indies (The UWI) into its next wave of growth.Presenting
By Vanessa JamesKINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says the Ministry is taking a multifaceted approach to provide support to farmers amid rising fertiliser prices brought on by the conflict in the Middle East.Responding to questions at a Post Sectoral Eng
WASHINGTON, USA – The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday issued its Economic Well-Being of US Households in 2025 report, which examines the financial circumstances of US adults and their families. Overall, the report shows that financial well-being was consistent with recent years.Survey results ind
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean countries are now better equipped to access millions in climate grant financing to help strengthen national resilience and drive locally-led responses to economic and non-economic losses and damages from climate-induced extreme and slow-onset events. This follows a r
BRIDGETOWN, Bridgetown – The United Nations has launched its 2025 Annual Results Report for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, highlighting how coordinated UN action is delivering tangible results for people across the sub‑region delivering USD 73.7 million in support of governments’ development pr
IMF staff and the Barbadian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on a 36-month precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The agreement—which is subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board—will enable Barbados to access SDR 189 million (about US$ 260 million). The IMF Executive Board i
By Garfield L. AngusKINGSTON, Jamaica, (JIS) – The ministry of health and wellness is developing a national menopause and andropause policy to address the impacts of the age-related changes, which affect approximately 400,000 Jamaicans.Minister of health and wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, said tha
WASHINGTON, USA – The United States continues to seek meaningful reforms to Cuba’s communist system, which has only served to enrich the elites and condemn the Cuban people to poverty, says the US Department of State in a press release, May 13.As US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, the Unite
WASHINGTON, USA – The Organization of American States (OAS) hosted, on May 12–13, a meeting of the Convening Committee for the Implementation Meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP), an instrument that establishes global standards for independent, impart
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) is scaling up Suriname’s resilience to climate hazards through a new USD 698,700 grant, financed by the European Union (EU), that will expand flood early warning systems in high-risk areas across the country.The investment will d
CAF – AM promotes the integration of ESG criteria as a structural part of the design of infrastructure investments, improving risk management, project resilience and access to long-term financing in the region.CAF – In recent years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria have gone from
US authorities announced plans to process the transported uranium to fuel the Trump administration’s “nuclear renaissance” plans.CARACAS, (venezuelanalysis.com) – The US and Venezuelan governments, in coordination with the United Kingdom and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), completed t
WASHINGTON, USA – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today announced a historic agreement with CSL Seqirus aimed at securing a reserved share of pandemic influenza vaccines production for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the case of a future influenza pandemic.The agreement e
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Project 500 announces the sale of homes within the first phase of its flagship housing development in Dunfermline, marking a major milestone in Grenada’s effort to deliver affordable, climate-smart and resilient housing solutions for Grenadian families.Project Sponsor, Randal
