The Cuban government overhauled its currency on New Year’s Day to try to improve its economic performance amid the pandemic and the tightening of US sanctions against the island.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government has imposed a travel ban on anyone travelling from the United Kingdom to the territory. The travel ban on the UK is due to a new strain of COVID-19 there. Grenada and Jamaica have also imposed a travel ban on the UK.
St Vincent’s La Soufrière volcano is on the verge of explosive eruption and is being closely monitored. At press time the residents in the north of the island have been placed on evacuation alert and public visits to the volcano are no longer allowed.
St Kitts and Nevis boasted the lowest number of coronavirus cases amongst the Caribbean islands when statistics were collated before Christmas.
President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali has welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which stated that it has jurisdiction to hear a dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the demarcation of their land border, which may ultimately determine which has rights to offshore oil....
Barbados played host to a special guest – Captain Tom Moore, the 100-year-old veteran soldier who raised millions in England for Britain’s National Health Service.
Jamaica will soon copy other Caribbean countries by introducing one-year temporary residency to foreign nationals. A submission is soon to be presented to Cabinet for the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA).
Trinidad and Tobago will impose stiffer penalties on those trafficking migrants from neighbouring Venezuela, after a Venezuelan boat headed to the Caribbean twin-island nation sank, killing at least 28 people last month.
St Lucia has once again been named the "World's Leading Honeymoon Destination" by the World Travel Awards for the third consecutive year and for the twelfth time in total.
The Dominica government has announced a EC$120 million (KY$37m) road rehabilitation programme along the east coast of the island. This ties in nicely with plans to build an international airport as the increased tourism will necessitate an upgrade of its road infrastructure.