12 April 2022
US equips youth with IT equipment to enable innovation and entrepreneurship in climate and disaster resilience

US equips youth with IT equipment to enable innovation and entrepreneurship in climate and disaster resilience


April 12, 2022 (Bridgetown, Barbados) – Eight young innovators from across the Eastern Caribbean received information technology (IT) equipment from...
CDC upgrades Travel Health Notice for SVG to Level 1

CDC upgrades Travel Health Notice for SVG to Level 1


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States on Monday, April 11 upgraded the Travel Health Notice for Saint Vincent and ...
11 April 2022
Changes made to risk level of unvaccinated arrivals to SVG

Changes made to risk level of unvaccinated arrivals to SVG


The most recent protocol for unvaccinated travelers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) indicates that there are now only two risk levels based on ...
10 April 2022
CARILEC to train 163 regional lineworkers in post-disaster restoration services

CARILEC to train 163 regional lineworkers in post-disaster restoration services


Castries, Saint Lucia, April 05, 2022 - CARILEC has secured grant funding to deliver training for a ‘reserve corps’ of lineworkers to supplement t...
Regional employers and labour bodies collaborate to address violence against women and girls at the workplace

Regional employers and labour bodies collaborate to address violence against women and girls at the workplace


Port of Spain, Trinidad – The Caribbean region’s leading employers’ organization: the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and labour or...
09 April 2022
CARICOM nationals may soon travel to the US Virgin Islands visa-free

CARICOM nationals may soon travel to the US Virgin Islands visa-free


The House Judiciary Committee of the United States Congress has approved an Act which would allow the US Department of Homeland Security to consider a...
Recovery efforts continue to be crucial one year after the La Soufrière eruption

Recovery efforts continue to be crucial one year after the La Soufrière eruption


Kingston, Jamaica, April 7, 2022 – On April 9, 2021, the explosive eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in ...
CARPHA Receives High Praises from Member States for its Pandemic Response

CARPHA Receives High Praises from Member States for its Pandemic Response


Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 08 April, 2022: Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) from across the Caribbean were high in praises for the Caribbean Pu...
08 April 2022
First Black woman confirmed as Judge of the US Supreme Court

First Black woman confirmed as Judge of the US Supreme Court


THE UNITED STATES Senate voted yesterday to confirm Judge, Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, felling one of the most significant remaining ...
NYC artist/producer is coming for his due this carnival season

NYC artist/producer is coming for his due this carnival season


A BROOKLYN-based Vincentian producer aims to get the respect he believes he deserves through his artistry. Shem ‘Stamina Smurf’ Thomas told SE...