President names his 67th minister since taking office in 2021 Latest cabinet overhauls come as Castillo faces investigations By Maria Cervantes Bloomberg Peru President Pedro Castillo appointed three new cabinet members Wednesday amid an increasingly turbulent year of political crisis that’s seen on average a new minister being named every six days. Castillo swore in […]

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By Santana Salmon The first ever AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) opened on Thursday with host Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley saying the two regions “have business to do” and asserting that it was only political will keeping the two regions from establishing direct air links. Giving the keynote address at the start of […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, September 2, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Russia says it will stop selling oil to countries that set price caps, Britain’s new prime minister is facing an 80s playlist, and all eyes are on U.S. jobs growth Today’s biggest stories President Joe Biden delivers […]

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COP-27 in Egypt should not be yet another hand-wringing exercise, followed by long and lofty declarations and worn-out promises, with no binding commitment to severely cut emissions and to provide the necessary funding to developing countries.

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By Santana Salmon CNW- The first set of vaccines to treat monkeypox is expected to arrive in Jamaica this month, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton has disclosed. “We have a priority group that will be targeted, similarly to what we [did] with the COVID-19 [vaccine distribution], and once they arrive, we will […]

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By Micaiah Morgan The Barbados government has been ordered to pay a man acquitted of murder an additional BDS$60,000 (US$30,000) for breaching his constitutional rights. The payout ordered by Justice Cecil McCarthy on Wednesday, came just over a month after Justice Shona Griffith awarded Pedro Deroy Ellis BDS$75,000 (US$37, 500) for the 18 days he […]

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Two Caribbean products have been handpicked by a top professional chef to feature in cooking demonstrations at the upcoming Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2022. The Lime & Mango Dip produced by Trinidad and Tobago’s CariBelle Foods will be used in a live cooking session entitled ‘Ethical Eating – guilt-free and delicious’ taking place on […]

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By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy picked up more than expected in the second quarter, as a boost in consumer spending offered a tailwind for President Jair Bolsonaro’s re-election campaign. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.2% in the three months to June, official statistics agency IBGE said, above the […]

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QUITO, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ecuador on Thursday began a year-long regularization process for thousands of Venezuelan migrants who are undocumented or lack visas or a legal right to stay in the country. Thousands of Venezuelans have entered Ecuador in recent years, fleeing the economic crisis in their country. Many of them use the Andean […]

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By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – There will likely be normal levels of tropical storm activity over the next two weeks as the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season hits its peak, forecasters at Colorado State University said on Thursday. An upper-level trough in the atmosphere is expected to continue bringing near-normal to above-normal wind […]

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