ST JOHN’S, ANTIGUA, Mar. 8, CMC – Regional carrier, LIAT Air has launched a new “Early Bird” advanced purchase promotion, aimed at making regional destinations more accessible to price-conscious Caribbean travelers. Speaking recently  with Observer AM , Tito Thomas, the Sales and Marketing Supervisor, detailed the airline’s strategy to reward passengers who book their flights at […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 8, CMC – Minister of Tourism and International Transport Ian Gooding-Edghill says the partial closure of the country’s airspace on Saturday,  was caused by a shortage of staff within the Air Navigation Services department. In a statement, Gooding-Edghill said this had an impact on inbound and outbound flights for approximately seven and a […]

KOLKATA, India, Mar 8, CMC – Players and staff of the West Indies senior men’s team will have to wait just a few more days before they can return home from India. The regional team, which has been stranded on the subcontinent since March 1 due to the crisis in West Asia, have been informed […]

GEORGETOWN , Guyana, Mar. 7, CMC President Mohamed Irfaan Ali says the security climate in the Caribbean and Latin America has improved in recent weeks following major political developments in neighbouring Venezuela. Ali made the remarks during an interview with Fox News on Saturday while attending the Shield of the Americas Summit in Doral, Florida […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar. 7, CMC -Trinidad and Tobago has joined a newly formed military alliance known as the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition. The agreement was formalized after United States President Donald Trump signed the Doral Charter during the Shield of the Americas summit in the city of Doral in Florida  Addressing invited leaders at […]

THE VALLEY, Anguilla, Mar 6, CMC – Anguilla’s Premier Cora Richardson Hodge, has underscored the critical role of The University of the West Indies (UWI) in shaping national and regional development . “The decisions taken in this forum affect national capacity, regional competitiveness and the future,” she told the UWI’s biennial Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 7, CMC – Barbadian jockey Jalon Samuels produced a sensational performance aboard Public Sector to win the 43rd running of the Sandy Lane Gold Cup in record fashion here on Saturday. Running from Gate 8, Samuels timed his sprint down the stretch to perfection to pip Smokin T with Antonio Bishop in […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 7, CMC – Former head coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s men’s national football team, Dwight Yorke has been given a lacklustre rating by president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Kieron Edwards during his two years at the helm. Yorke was appointed head coach back in November 2024 […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mar. 7, CMC The opposition People’s National Party’s (PNP)  spokesman  on Health Dr. Alfred Dawes says the ending of government’s arrangement with Cuba concerning the deployment of medical professionals, will have negative impacts for Jamaicans. Dr Alfred Dawes Dawes, in an interview on Irie FM pointed to  the significant work which has been carried out by […]

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islanss, Mar. 7, CMC – Governor Daniel Pruce says several initiatives discussed at a summit held last  September are already underway or progressing, including improvements to police communications, border surveillance and funding for law enforcement agencies. Governor Daniel Pruce Speaking during a recent press conference, he pointed to a series of tangible developments […]