KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 17, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has arrived in the United States on a three day programme of high level engagements that will place Jamaica’s post Hurricane Melissa national recovery agenda squarely before the Caribbean’s most influential diaspora community in the United States. A government statement said that Holness was met […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 17, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Kalifa McCollin is set to turn out for Malaysian club Kedah Sunshine for the 2026 Netball Super League (NSL) season. The former national player, who plays both the goal-attack and goal-shoot positions, was recently named the ‘Most Valuable Player’ of the Courts All Sectors Netball League […]

TRAVEL: by Eric Mackenzie Lamb Although only 26 minutes in flight time from my home island of Nevis, arriving in St. Maarten is like coming to another planet. While Nevis is so quiet at night you can hear the crickets chirping, here you can hear music from parties right through the night. Cars, trucks, and motorcycles are in […]

TRAVEL: by Eric Mackenzie Lamb Although only 26 minutes in flight time from my home island of Nevis, arriving in St. Maarten is like coming to another planet. While Nevis is so quiet at night you can hear the crickets chirping, here you can hear music from parties right through the night. Cars, trucks, and motorcycles are in […]

  By Sir Ronald Sanders As with all my commentaries, this one is strictly in my personal capacity, drawing on more than fifty years of engagement with Caribbean affairs and a lifelong commitment to the cause of regional integration. I do not speak on behalf of any government or institution. Recent developments concerning the future […]

Northern Ireland community and voluntary organisations will be able to bid for an additional £1.5 million in grant funding, as the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) extends its successful Connect Fund programme for a further two years. It comes as the NIO awards £550,000 to 22 organisations,  strengthening East-West relations by bringing together community and voluntary […]

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are set to benefit from a new generation of safe, personalised AI tutoring tools, as the government invites EdTech companies and AI labs to bid to build them. The initiative aims to make high quality, tailored help available to all pupils, with those from disadvantaged households set to benefit the most as this type of support is too […]

World leaders will come together this afternoon to establish an international mission to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will arrive in Paris later this morning (Friday 17 April) to co-host a virtual meeting of the Strait of Hormuz Maritime Freedom of Navigation Initiative. Around 40 countries are expected to join the summit. The leaders will […]

Nashville, Tennessee – Tennessee’s unemployment rate continues to track well below the national average, according to the latest data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD). In February, Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6%, up slightly from the previous month and from one year ago, when the rate was 3.5%. Despite the […]