BELMOPAN, Belize, Jul  17, CMC – The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) say they have taken an important step toward working more closely together to help protect the Caribbean’s oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities from the growing impacts of climate change. A meeting of  the leadership […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 17, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has described former West Indies cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers as a brilliant and humble man. In a statement issued by CARICOM following Sir Garry’s passing at the age of 89 on Friday in his homeland of Barbados, the regional body said he was a giant […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 17, 2026 — Efforts to establish a regional airline for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) remain under active consideration, as leaders continue discussions on an initiative aimed at improving the movement of people and goods while boosting trade and economic growth across the subregion. An update on the proposal was […]

Sun cream, packed. Passport, packed. Medicines, left on a sunny windowsill or in a warm bag for long periods without a second thought. As temperatures rise and the summer holiday season is well underway, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is urging people to remember that medicines need looking after too. Many medicines are intended to be stored […]

Southern Water has been fined £7.1m after repeated illegal sewage pollution incidents forced the closure of beaches, harmed coastal communities. Serious failures were exposed in the company’s management of wastewater. Sentencing Southern Water at Canterbury crown court today, Mr Justice Johnson KC heard how preventable equipment failures and poor operational oversight led to repeated discharges […]