Basseterre, St. Kitts – July 20, 2026 — Efforts to enhance sanitation and infection control standards at the Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital have been strengthened through a donation of hygiene equipment from CleanRite, a private cleaning company based in St. Kitts. The contribution was presented on Thursday, July 16, 2026, to the Institution […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul  20, CMC – Guyanese government as well  as search and rescue officials remain confident that more persons would be found alive even as the bodies of 27 people have so far been recovered after the MV Barima with more than 179 people on board capsized last Saturday night. The ferry was on […]

By Dr. Kevin Greenidge BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  Jul  20, CMC – On June 12, 2026 the Central Bank switched off the payment system this country had run on for a generation, and switched on another. That was a deliberate choice, and it is worth explaining why we made it. What We Turned Off What BiMPay replaced […]

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, Jul 20, CMC – Team SVG sent a thunderous message to the region’s squash elite at the 2026 Caribbean Junior Squash Championships (Junior CASA), storming to a historic first-ever team title and cementing their status as the undisputed kings of the court. The Vincy contingent’s fairy-tale campaign in Tortola ignited with a […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Jul 20, CMC – Barbados Under-19s continued their dominant march through the CWI Rising Stars Men’s 50-over Championship on Monday, securing their fifth consecutive victory with a commanding seven-wicket thrashing of Jamaica. At Bethesda Sports Ground: The Young Bajans have now stamped their authority on the tournament in emphatic fashion, booking their place in […]

Premier of Nevis Mark Brantley has announced plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art dialysis centre at Alexandra Hospital, a project expected to transform healthcare on theisland by allowing patients to receive life-saving treatment without travelling to St. Kitts several times each week. Speaking on his weekly radio programmeOn the Mark, Brantley described the project […]

The economy of the Western Cape’s regions depends on functional infrastructure. The Meringspoort and Swartberg Passes connect the Klein and Groot Karoo regions, driving interconnected business growth from George, De Rust and Oudtshoorn, right through to Laingsburg and Prince Albert. Premier Winde spent two days, 16-17 July 2026, visiting these vital pieces of infrastructure which […]

The Future of Investment and Trade (FIT) Partnership has grown from 16 to 19 members, with Korea, Peru and Thailand formally joining at this week’s Ministerial meeting in Auckland, hosted by Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay, with other countries considering membership in the near future. “The FIT Partnership has grown to 19 members less […]

The Department of War announced a July 7, 2026, investment of $7.1 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III funds to Martin Materials Solutions LLC (Martin Materials Solutions). The investment will establish and scale domestic supply of space solar cell coverglass manufacturing in Twinsburg, Ohio. Used on every satellite, solar cell coverglass protects sensitive […]

The Department of Justice announced today the successful seizure of more than 1,000 domains that were engaged in the unauthorized streaming of matches in the FIFA World Cup Finals in violation of U.S. copyright law. These seizures occurred over three separate actions during the World Cup, which include the nearly 400 sites seized by the end of last […]