NewsRegional CARICOM optimistic of peaceful solution to Venezuelan crisis by Barbados Today 28/01/2019 written by Barbados Today 3 min read NEW YORK, CMC โ 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 … Continue Reading 28/01/2019 1 comment FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
NewsVenezuela Venezuela -Military diplomat defects from Maduro by Barbados Today 27/01/2019 by Barbados Today 27/01/2019 Venezuela’s top military representative to the US has defected from Nicolรกs Maduro’s government. Col Josรฉ Luis Silva says he now recognises opposition leader Juan Guaidรณ as president instead. Mr Guaidรณ … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CARICOMNewsRegional Trinidad PM to join CARICOM delegation for talks with UN Secretary General by Barbados Today 27/01/2019 by Barbados Today 27/01/2019 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. 27, CMC โPrime Ministerย Dr Keith Rowley will join a delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in New York on Sunday ahead of a meetingย scheduled for … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
EnvironmentNewsRegional CARIBBEAN – CRFM to initiate study on Sargassum seaweed by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
NewsRegional CARPHA advises region to be proactive in reducing flu risk by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 by Barbados Today 26/01/2019 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC โ 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
NewsVenezuela BBC – Venezuelans protest by Barbados Today 23/01/2019 by Barbados Today 23/01/2019 Tens of thousands are gathering across Venezuela to march in protest against President Nicolรกs Maduro. Four people are said to have died in clashes before the protests, as riot police … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaHealthRegional GUYANA – Probe launched into death of cancer patients by Barbados Today 21/01/2019 by Barbados Today 21/01/2019 CMC โ The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is urging the public to โto resist the urge to speculateโ as it announced an investigation into the adverse reaction a particular … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalTrinidad & Tobago TRINIDAD – Gov’t prepares legislation to treat with asylum seekers by Barbados Today 19/01/2019 by Barbados Today 19/01/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaPoliticsRegional GUYANA – Legislator who brought down gov’t may have committed treason by Barbados Today 13/01/2019 by Barbados Today 13/01/2019 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GuyanaRegional GUYANA – Gov’t maintains position regarding incident involving Venezuelan navy by Barbados Today 12/01/2019 by Barbados Today 12/01/2019 CMC – Guyana has reiterated its position that the Norwegian ship hired by ExxonMobil was โinterceptedโ by a Venezuelan naval vessel and brushed aside a claim by Caracas that the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
