The Honduran government paid $47 million for seven mobile hospitals to expand its bed space for the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, but only two are in use and two former government officials involved in their purchase are jailed on fraud charges.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to All Souls College at Oxford University, seeking reparations for what now amounts to tens of millions of pounds as a result of the “hard labour” of enslaved people.
St Vincent’s La Soufrière eruption has caused severe water shortages as heavy ash contaminates supplies.
Cuba’s last Castro is set to leave the political stage, as Fidel’s 89-year-old brother Raúl cedes power to a younger generation at this week’s communist party congress which must also tackle a dire economic crisis and growing political dissent.
Jamaica has finalised arrangements with global cruise company Norwegian Cruise Line to homeport one of its vessels in Montego Bay.
St Vincent has been sent reeling by a series of eruptions at its La Soufriere volcano.
The University of the West Indies has secured an international grant of US$25 million, the largest in its history.
The Aruba government has collapsed amidst a corruption scandal and voters will now go to the polls in June, three months ahead of the constitutionally due date in September.
Royal Bank of Canada will no longer have a presence in the Eastern Caribbean after completing the sale of its banking operations in the region last Thursday.
St Kitts and Nevis is embarking on ambitious construction projects in preparation of post-pandemic times.