Contract for Guyana/Berbice River Bridge likely to be awarded this week
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill said construction of the Corentyne River Bridge from Guyana to Suriname will commence soon, as representatives from...
T&T accelerating bid rounds; inks agreement for oil exploration in shared border with Venezuela
Desperate to arrest the decline of its domestic gas supplies, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley has announced that he will...
(TRINIDAD) Dad kills 8-year-old daughter, hangs himself
(DAILY EXPRESS) - A man who allegedly beat his autistic daughter to death, killed himself on Sunday.
Michael Maynard, 37, was found hanging from a...
DDL receives official World Trade Center License
The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) today announced its official receipt of a licence from the New York-headquartered World Trade Center Association (WTCA) to open...
CARICOM prioritised in US Vaccine Sharing Strategy
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is among priority regions to which the United States will provide vaccines through the COVAX Facility, the White House announced...
Improvement in 55 per cent cancer survival rate among children, adolescents needed in Latin...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for improvements in survival rates of children and adolescents with cancer, currently at 55% in Latin...
CARICOM wants elimination of roaming rates; technical committee to conduct negotiations with telecom. companies
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have agreed to have a Technical Committee conduct negotiations with regional telecommunication service providers to eliminate roaming rates.
This...
Op-Ed: The Caribbean’s role in the transformation of agri-food systems
By Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean
The global food security crisis has revealed an increase in undernourishment,...
Failing to act on Jagdeo’s advice; CARICOM’s food import bill balloons by US$3.2B
Seventeen years ago, then President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo warned CARICOM leaders about the importance of removing key trade barriers.
In fact, the economist had...
Measurable strategy developed for CARICOM’s 25 by 2025 food import initiative
President, Dr Irfaan Ali recently revealed that “tremendous progress” has been made to date in achieving CARICOM’s goal to reduce its food import bill...
