Eastern Caribbean

Great Bay, St. Maarten: The Guyana Government via its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has distanced itself from a recent media report in which resident Guyanese, Diane Douglas, is sited as…

Dominica: Minister for Tourism in Dominica, Ian Douglas, has sought to clear the air on the Government’s stance on gay tourists coming to Dominica saying cruise passengers of any religious or…

Antigua: Allen Stanford, the one-time Caribbean banking tycoon found guilty of leading a $7 billion investment fraud through his Antiguan bank, asked a US judge for a new trial, claiming…

St. John’s Antigua: Senate watchers yesterday witnessed what started out as a repeat of January 2011 when Opposition Member Paul “Chet” Greene was suspended for comments he made outside the…

British Virgin Islands: Taxi drivers in the BVI are now allowed to have a second license plate, the BVInews.com reported. This was one of the concerns expressed by taxi drivers…

Dominica: Dominica’s Low-Carbon Climate-Resilient Development Strategy will promote low carbon growth, sustainable development, tackle poverty, and facilitate a range of other activities, according to Consultant George Romelli who helped develop…

St John’s, Antigua: There’s no secret that Government has been slow to pay tax refunds, and yesterday it received a multimillion-dollar reprimand from the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal over…

British Virgin Islands: With the implementation of the BVI Ports Authority Port ID card frequent users of the ports will now be able to clear security more efficiently, according to…

Dominica: A leading public servant says the Dominica Government’s efforts to implement poverty reduction measures over the last few years, has better positioned the Roosevelt Skerrit administration to deal with…

Dominica: At a presentation at the Jamaican Canadian Centre (JCA) in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday, hosted by the organisers of the Peaceful Caribbean Conference, due to be held in Barbados…