VENEZUELA – Blackout again Barbados Today25/03/20190309 views CARACAS, Venezuela — A widespread new power outage spread across Venezuela on Monday, knocking offline much of the country’s communications and stirring fears of a repeat of the chaos almost… Read more
Caribbean foreign ministers hold talks with Venezuelan Opposition leader Barbados Today24/03/201913506 views CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers on Saturday met with Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself the interim president of the South American country. The meeting… Read more
GUYANA – Parliament to meet following Court of Appeal ruling Barbados Today23/03/20192206 views CMC – The Guyana government says Parliament will soon meet to conduct the affairs of the country even as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said the main opposition People’s Progressive Party… Read more
JAMAICA – PM pleased with two-hour talks with Trump Barbados Today23/03/201912701 views CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the message coming out of the discussions the United States President Donald Trump had with a select group of Caribbean leaders is… Read more
TRINIDAD – Fear at school as child dies from meningitis Barbados Today18/03/20190432 views PORT OF SPAIN – Public health officials are expected to visit the Fifth Company Baptist Primary School today, following the death of a child from a suspected case of meningitis. The… Read more
JAMAICA – Fake recruitment ad causes thousands to descend on JDF headquarters Barbados Today18/03/20190321 views KINGSTON – The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is reporting that it is probing the origin of false social media postings about a recruitment exercise by the army which caused thousands of… Read more
VENEZUELA – Five-day blackout Barbados Today12/03/20190338 views CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans on Monday converged on a polluted river in Caracas to fill water bottles and held scattered protests in several cities as a growing sense of chaos… Read more
Students urged to participate in COTA essay competition Barbados Today09/03/20190339 views The Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) launched its Sixth Essay Competition for secondary school students on February 18. The Competition topic is ‘Digitalization – Moving Today’s Tax Administration Beyond… Read more
St Vincent hosting ‘prime ministerial meeting’ on LIAT Barbados Today09/03/20198461 views CMC – Heads of government from Barbados and four other Caribbean countries are expected to attend a meeting on the regional airline, LIAT, to be held in St Vincent and… Read more
Trouble spots Barbados Today26/02/20192351 views Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders open a two-day inter-sessional summit here on Tuesday, overshadowed by the unfolding economic and political events in Venezuela, Guyana, Haiti as well as security issues and… Read more