CASTRIES, St Lucia, Wednesday May 6, 2015 – Concerned about the recent attack on the official website of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government, the administration of Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony is taking steps to strengthen its own cyber security. In a statement issued yester...

Adequate financing is critical to our region’s sustainable development. Hence, we look forward to the July 2015 third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa to deliver actionable commitments and a robust framework on development financing and means of implementati...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Over 100 children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS will benefit from psychological, educational and social support under a J$8 million (US$70,000) grant assistance programme. The grant is being provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAI...

GUYANA’S livestock sector last Wednesday received a further boost of US$40,000 from the Agricultural Policy Programme (APP) with the signing of an agreement between the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Guyana Livestock Development Authori...

Sacha Cosmetics, a well-known beauty brand founded in 1979 in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has been named the Caribbean Exporter of the Year at the recently held inaugural Caribbean Exporter of the Year Awards. The family-owned business claimed the top accolade from a field nine ...

The CARICOM Standard flutters prominently during the Opening Ceremony for Exposition Milano 2015, in Milan, Italy on Friday 1 May. The CARICOM Secretariat, as well as individual CARICOM Member states – Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenad...

THE quest to make the CARCOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) become something that the region’s people recognize as a “living, breathing thing” and not just a theory, was the crux of a major two-day workshop held in Trinidad last week. The workshop was hosted by the CARICOM Secre...

AS the Caribbiance (CMFA) prepares to make its presence felt on a regional basis, it is working to promote "responsible lending" according to chairman of the CMFA, Ramesh Persaud. The CMFA is an advocate for effective microfinance services in the Caribbean, and wants to make "the entire lending pro...

MUCH of the Caribbean is now struggling economically and so the region must create a vision for where it wants to be by the year 2050, advised University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine principal, Prof Clem Sankat. He was speaking on “The Role of Higher Education” at the media la...

JAMAICA added three more medals, including two gold on last night's second and final day of the 2nd IAAF World Relay Championships at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in the Bahamas and went a far way to redemption after just two silvers on Saturday's opening session. The men's 4x200m team...