The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says 2014 was marked by progress as well as significant challenges for public health in the Americas, including the Caribbean. In its end-of-year report, PAHO said the region's countries advanced toward goals, including universal health coverage, expa...

This week’s announcement of a change in diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States is a welcome opportunity to increase tourist arrivals to the Caribbean. With the US already being the region’s largest source market, producing nearly half of our tourism business, this new de...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has now begun to implement the use  of its  recently acquired Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a web-based system designed to transform the agency to a paperless operation through the use of electronic documents. The implementation is in its pi...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 31 December, 2014……….International financial guru, Martin Ellis Franklin, has been appointed as a Special Economic Envoy of Antigua and Barbuda by Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne.   Martin Franklin, who is the son of Sir R...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 30th December 2014…….Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne and Premier of Montserrat the Hon. Donaldson Romeo, both months into their first term in office, have pledged to forge closer ties between their governm...

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has received a $40 million policy-based loan from the Caribbean Development Bank to help reinforce “policy changes” in the energy sector, the bank announced. The policy relates to a sustainable energy programme on which Trinidad embark...

Barbados and Cuba are seeking to deepen their collaboration in sports and culture.  The proposed approach was discussed during a courtesy call on Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, by Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernández Peña, at the Ministry of Culture&rsqu...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Monday December 29, 2014, CMC - Health officials are investigating the deaths of two people to determine whether they were as a consequence of the mosquito-borne illness Chikungunya, which causes fever and severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue an...

NEW YORK, Dec. 28, CMC – A United States-based publication has named calypsonian Slinger Francisco, popularly known as The Mighty Sparrow, as its “Person of the Year.”  “Any person, in any part of the world, regardless to sex, age and vocation, can emulate the virtues T...

WASHINGTON, DC, USA  — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to benefit from an extension of interest waiver for low-income countries from the Washington based International Monetary Fund until the end of 2016. The IMF had initially endorsed temporary relief of interest payments on...