CRICKET-West Indies won toss, bowling vs England – 2nd Test Barbados Today31/01/20191113 views NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl in the second Test against England at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here Thursday. The hosts… Read more
CARICOM optimistic of peaceful solution to Venezuelan crisis Barbados Today28/01/20191157 views NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have ended a meeting here with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, expressing optimism that the UN will assist in establishing the… Read more
Venezuela -Military diplomat defects from Maduro Barbados Today27/01/20192101 views Venezuela’s top military representative to the US has defected from Nicolás Maduro’s government. Col José Luis Silva says he now recognises opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president instead. Mr Guaidó… Read more
Trinidad PM to join CARICOM delegation for talks with UN Secretary General Barbados Today27/01/20192173 views PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. 27, CMC –Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will join a delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in New York on Sunday ahead of a meeting scheduled for… Read more
CARIBBEAN – CRFM to initiate study on Sargassum seaweed Barbados Today26/01/20193313 views The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has initiated a regional fact-finding study to document the record-breaking influx of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean Sea in 2018, and the impacts this… Read more
CARPHA advises region to be proactive in reducing flu risk Barbados Today26/01/2019086 views PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging people to practice good personal hygiene in order to reduce the risk of transmission of… Read more
BBC – Venezuelans protest Barbados Today23/01/20191114 views Tens of thousands are gathering across Venezuela to march in protest against President Nicolás Maduro. Four people are said to have died in clashes before the protests, as riot police… Read more
GUYANA – Probe launched into death of cancer patients Barbados Today21/01/20192109 views CMC – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is urging the public to “to resist the urge to speculate” as it announced an investigation into the adverse reaction a particular… Read more
TRINIDAD – Gov’t prepares legislation to treat with asylum seekers Barbados Today19/01/20192186 views CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says legislation which seeks to treat with asylum requests from foreign nationals has been prepared even as Venezuelan nationals staged a protest here… Read more
GUYANA – Legislator who brought down gov’t may have committed treason Barbados Today13/01/20197685 views A Brooklyn, New York group is claiming that the Member of Parliament (MP) who brought down the coalition government in Guyana many have committed treason. The Caribbean Guyana Institute for… Read more