Antigua and Barbuda’s former Prime Minister Sir Lester Bird died at 6 am on Monday morning, August 9, aged 83. The reason for his death was not released.
Almost 100 Olympians from the Caribbean islands where Sandals Resorts International operates have been gifted complimentary vacation stays by the company's executive chairman Adam Stewart in recognition of their performances at the Tokyo Olympics.
Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was struck by a rock thrown on his head and with blood flowing from the wound and he was hospitalised.
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Sunday - African Emancipation Day - pledged the country’s commitment to work with the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to continue pressing for compensation and other forms of justice for African enslavement
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, said he expects the island to make a full recovery from the impact of COVID-19 by 2023. Favourites like Dunn’s River Fall, Ocho Rios, Negril and Montego Bay will be thriving again, he feels.
Barbados is set to become a Parliamentary Republic in November, breaking away from the Queen as its head of state.
The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, was in Mexico over the weekend to promote investment in tourism and trade for his country.
Grenada is restricting access to the island to only those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The news is bound to affect travellers eying a tropical Caribbean getaway and those planning to take a cruise.
In a first indication of where his policies on Cuba might be heading, President Joe Biden has slapped sanctions on senior Cuban government and police officials in response to the government's crackdown on recent protests.
Montserrat’s former chief minister David Brandt has been imprisoned for 15 years after being found guilty on six counts of sexual exploitation on teenage girls and one count of perverting the course of justice.