NASSAU, Bahamas – Prime Minister Philip Davis says “hundreds of millions of dollars” would be needed to fix the aging systems at the Bahamas Power and Light (BLP) company following a series of blackouts that hit The Bahamas in recent months.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The Secretary to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the July 18 sinking of the MV Barima that left 73 people dead and more than 30 others missing and feared dead, said it is finalising arrangements for the beginning of public hearings in the tragedy.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government on Monday launched a nationwide consultation process aimed at creating a new standard for how villages across the country should look and function, with the long-term goal of improving the quality of life for residents in communities throughout the country.

NEW YORK, New York – The president and chief executive officer of the New York-based Farah Delance Foundation, Farah Delance,  says a  “Caribbean voice” has been brought to the United Nations debate on the global framework for international tax cooperation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, a government minister, a former education minister and several prominent figures from business, media and music are among 140 Jamaicans set to receive National Honours and Awards this year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says developments in Trinidad and Tobago, where government’s suspension of public advertising contracts with news outlets, reflect a broader trend across the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President Jeffrey Bostic says the Chapman Challenge initiative will be officially launched on September 23. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States Friday announced that it had further strengthened its bilateral relations with Trinidad and Tobago on security cooperation following the activation of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's government has said that the search and recovery operations following the MV Barima tragedy, resulting in the deaths of 73 people and more than 30 others missing and presumed dead, have ended.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Government is taking a series of measures to strengthen electricity supply as unusually high temperatures associated with El Niño drive demand to record levels.

BRASILIA, Brazil – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police network, have announced a collaboration through the Alliance for Security, Justice, and Development’s Rapid Response Task Force to deliver specialized support to countries facing security and justice challenges across Latin America and the Caribbean.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Government and the opposition traded blame as to who is responsible for Thursday’s island-wide power outage that the government said was due to a suspected underground cable fault and explosion at the Blue Hill Power Station.