Eastern Caribbean

Dominica: Various schools on Monday participated in a showcase of cultures to celebrate Commonwealth Day 2012 under the theme ‘Connecting Cultures”, according to a Dominica News Online report. Commonwealth Day…

St. John’s Antigua: Four new subjects are to be placed on the CAPE syllabi which are Entrepreneurship Education, Food Agriculture and the Environment, Performing Arts, and Tourism, according to an…

British Virgin Islands: Mark Vanterpool, Minister for Communications and Works, has announced that his ministry has implemented measures to facilitate the driver’s license renewal process for persons on a work…

Dominica: Allen Stanford, the Texas banker and cricket aficionado, faces decades in prison after being convicted of running a $7bn Ponzi scheme and ordered to forfeit $330m in customer money,…

Belmopan, Belize: Attorney Dean Barrow was sworn in as Prime Minister of this Central American Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country for a second consecutive occasion, less than 24 hours after he led…

St. John’s, Antigua: Opposition leader Lester Bird is calling on Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer to apologise to the people who picketed outside the Chinese Embassy for referring to them as…

Belize: The ruling United Democratic Party (UDP) of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has won the general election by a slim three-seat margin, according to preliminary results, a CMC report said.…

St. Kitts Nevis: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has a new Vice-President (Operations), Dr. Carla Barnett, a national of Belize, according to a report in The St Kitts Nevis Observer.…

Dominica: Dominica is getting ready to fully utilise a just approved rehabilitation loan of US$4.1 million, according to a Dominica News Online report. The loan agreement was signed in Roseau…

St. John’s Antigua: Antigua & Barbuda has wound up in the middle of a row between Government and opposition forces in St Vincent and the Grenadines centred on a likely…