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.
Cuba – best known for tourism and cigars - is reinventing itself by becoming the world’s smallest country to develop multiple coronavirus vaccines.
Jamaican arts icon Bert Rose, 81, has died after a long illness. The dancer, choreographer, teacher, designer, and founding member of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica passed on April 1, at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston.
Guyana’s Health Ministry covid concerns are so bad it has warned the surge in COVID-19 is “deadlier”, spreading faster and striking young people with no existing illnesses, even as the plans are being rolled out to establish 100 vaccination sites countrywide.
Vacations in Barbados are not cheap and could rise as one effect of a proposed national minimum wage which is expected to take effect on Thursday.
Jamaica’s coronavirus measures are not going well which resulted in the National Security Ministry releasing a statement saying the security forces are on high alert to enforce stringent covid measures.
Dominica has joined other Caribbean countries by offering extended stay work-vacations. It officially launched its extended-stay visa program, ‘Work in Nature’ (WIN), an opportunity to work remotely for up to 18 months on the island.
Guyana President Irfaan Ali announced that his government has bought US$4 million worth of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia to roll out a massive inoculation exercise.