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A Barbadian attorney who has secured a historic seat on the Commonwealth legislative drafters’ body is already targeting the country’s shortage of legislative drafters. Shaquille Newton was elected earlier this …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The Guyana government on Sunday appointed a group of international experts to investigate the recent sinking of a state ferry that killed dozens of passengers in …

Palestinian Ambassador to Barbados Linda Sobeh Ali has appealed to Caribbean nations to leverage their collective diplomatic weight at the United Nations to demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire and push …

Cuba’s Ambassador to Barbados, Yanet Stable Cárdenas, recently paid a courtesy call on Minister of Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice, Michael Lashley, to discuss Barbados and Cuba’s collaboration on crime …

Sunrise Airways officially launched its new direct service between Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados on Wednesday, with tourism and aviation officials hailing the route as another step towards improving regional …

Key figures in the fisheries industry in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are pushing for an urgent settlement to the long-mooted fishing agreement between the two countries, Barbados TODAY can …

The Caribbean must strengthen its emergency shelter systems with trained personnel, tighter coordination and more resilient facilities as disasters grow more frequent and severe, officials said on Monday. That message …

An inter-Caribbean passenger ferry service will need strict regional safety standards and coordinated emergency systems to work, an experienced mariner and fisherman has warned, citing Saturday’s Guyana river ferry disaster …

A deadly maritime disaster in Guyana has exposed “gross negligence” rather than any inherent flaw in CARICOM’s proposed ferry service, economist Jeremy Stephen has said, renewing urgent calls for stricter …