Call for urgent action to close Caribbean water security gap

Alva Browne, Permanent Secretary within Grenada’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Public Utilities, Civil Aviation and Transportation, has called for urgent action to close the water security gap across the Caribbean, highlighting the real-time...

Work Online Caribbean launches in Grenada with new cohort

IsraAID Dominica and Eastern Caribbean, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Barbados and Eastern Caribbean, is proud to announce the launch of a new Work Online Caribbean cohort in Grenada, opening doors for...

Bermuda golfers win trophies at Caribbean Championships

Created: Oct 13, 2025 01:05 PM (Updated: Oct 13, 2025 01:06 PM) Quinton Sherlock Sr, left, and Hav Trott captured the legends title in Jamaica (Photograph supplied) Bermuda’s golfers did the island proud after winning trophies at the Four-Ball...

Four CARICOM Countries Implement Free Traveling

Flag of CARICOM. Photo: National Today October 13, 2025 Hour: 2:18 pm The measure was agreed upon by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of State during their 49th Ordinary Meeting on July 6, and responds to the need to advance regional...

12 000 jobs under Compete Caribbean

Compete Caribbean, a private sector development programme based in Barbados, has assisted 2 000 businesses and helped to create more than 12 000 new jobs in the region. The programme’s former executive director Dr Sylvia Dohnert reported this...

Chris Dehring sees hope for West Indies cricket through sports tourism

Though West Indies cricket has seen some difficult days recently, the business mind in charge of the Caribbean’s cricketing future sees a light at the end of the tunnel through a sports tourism-driven path. Cricket West Indies CEO Chris Dehring...

Ten reasons to visit islands of the Bahamas, Caribbean this fall, winter

OCTOBER 22-26 The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, headlined by rocker Lenny Kravitz and showcasing interactive chef demos, intimate and unique master classes, live performances and the third annual FUZE Art Expo. Baha Mar, 1 Baha Mar Blvd.,...

Barbados dominate CAC body and fitness Champs

Barbados and El Salvador dominated the medal table at the 52nd Central American and Caribbean (CCAC) Championships, which took place in St Lucia recently at the Pavilion on the Ramp, in Rodney Bay. Having had neither a junior nor senior national...

Lloyd B Smith: When Montego Bay turned on the ‘Governor’

The Desmond Allen Interviews – part two Veteran journalist Lloyd B Smith is celebrating twin milestones — 50 years in journalism and 45 years as founder of the Western Mirror newspaper. Following is the final instalment of a compelling two-part...

This tiny Caribbean island is the next big thing in wellness

Mustique is the super-exclusive Caribbean hideaway that’s famous for being the place that one per-centers let their hair down. Princess Margaret scandalised high society in the Seventies by frolicking here with her toy boy Roddy Llewellyn. A...

Odisha Speaker Surama Padhy Calls for United Action on Climate Change at Barbados Summit

In a compelling address at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference in Bridgetown, Barbados, Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy called for unified global efforts to safeguard the environment amid escalating climate challenges....

ANSA McAL Barbados backs UWI Global Campus Endowment Fund

34 ANSA McAL Barbados has shown its support for the University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus Endowment Fund, which supports academically outstanding students facing severe financial challenges. In 2022, campus officer of Alumni Relations,...

Change of command marks new chapter for Barbados Cadet Corps

253 The Barbados Cadet Corps entered a new chapter in its history on Saturday with a Change of Command and Sunset Ceremony at the Barbados Defence Force Headquarters, St Ann’s Fort, The Garrison, St Michael. The event marked the official handover...

Admiral Holsey to visit Grenada for key leader engagements   

US Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, Commander of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), will visit Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada on 14–15 October to meet with leaders in both nations, including Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne and Prime...

OPINION: A possible change of direction

By: Joseph “Reds” Perriera I write as Cricket West Indies (CWI) is facing the worst financial crisis ever while the West Indies is showing glimpses of fight in India. I think I am reflecting a majority feeling among Caribbean cricket lovers that...

Maurice Bishop’s grave was sold to developers

by Jonathan Hanna, PhD, RPA In Egmont, million-dollar mansions now stand where Maurice Bishop’s body was last seen — burned in a pit after the 19 October massacre. No one checked the ground before building. No one asked if evidence remained. No...

Liberty Business talks innovation with government

15 With digital transformation squarely at the centre of national development, Liberty Business, the business-to-business arm of telecommunications provider Flow, hosted senior government officials, technology leaders and industry partners at the...

Barbados charts new path for inclusive sport with Paralympic pilot project

14 The Paralympic Movement in Barbados reached a turning point on Wednesday morning, as stakeholders gathered at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex to unveil the findings of a groundbreaking pilot project aimed at strengthening the National...

Caribbean Court of Justice Commemorates Its Fourth President with Special Sitting

CCJ COMMEMORATES ITS FOURTH PRESIDENT WITH SPECIAL SITTING On Monday, 6 October 2025, Heads of Judiciaries, dignitaries, other regional judicial representatives, and staff of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) convened at the Seat of the Court...

Caribbean urged to accelerate AI training 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – New research has warned that Caribbean employers and workers remain sharply divided on the skills needed for an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven economy across the region. According to the United States-based DeVry...