By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun 5, CMC – The newly elected president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Gregor Nassief, Friday confirmed that he had been denied a renewal of his United States visa, saying the issue may be in keeping with Washington’s implementation of partial travel restrictions for nationals of Antigua […]

Basseterre, St Kitts, June 5, 2026 — St. Kitts and Nevis has moved significantly closer to its target of generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 with the commencement of a consultative workshop aimed at developing a comprehensive Renewable Energy Transition Roadmap for the Federation. Convened at the St. Kitts Marriott […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 5, CMC – Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro says any decision on extending the current State of Emergency (SoE) rests with the Trinidad and Tobago, which on Friday said “lawlessness and disorder must never ever be tolerated”. Guevarro, speaking to reporters in Tobago, said that based on the data collected so […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 5, CMC  -The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is on Friday observing World Environment Day cognisant of the reality that the region is on the frontline of climate change. “There are stronger hurricanes, longer droughts, increasing coastal erosion, coral bleaching, flooding, food insecurity, and mounting economic losses. Climate change threatens our infrastructure, our tourism […]

ROSEAU, Dominica, Jun 5, CMC -The Director of the Barbados Financial Intelligence Unit, Kirk Harrison Taitt, is urging Caribbean countries to be mindful of the possibility of derisking of banks operating in the region. Delivering the the 14th Annual National Distinguished Lecture of the Universoty of the West Indies (UWI) Global  Campus here on Thursday night, […]

ROME, Italy, Jun 5, CMC – Saint Lucia’s sprint sensation Julien Alfred delivered a statement victory at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea Wanda Diamond League on Thursday night, storming past reigning World Champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden in the women’s 200m at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. Saint Lucia’s sprint sensation, Julien Alfred Just one week shy of her 25th […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun 5, CMC – As Shai Hope prepares to step onto the field for his 150th One-Day International at Sabina Park on Saturday, West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has lavished praise on the captain, calling him one of the finest batsmen the region has ever produced in the 50-over format. “He’s been leading […]