NEW YORK - India is providing a $150 million line of credit to finance renewable energy and climate change-related projects in the Caribbean community (CARICOM), according to a statement issued by the St. Kitts and Nevis government.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago celebrated its 57th anniversary of political Independence from Britain on Aug. 31.

More than 50 years ago the hit television series “Have Gun Will Travel” tracked the life of a “gentleman gunfighter” in the American West. Last month, an in-depth investigative report by the New York Times showed that title has taken on a far more ominous meaning today, with deadly effects for one Caribbean nation.

Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I., — Caribbean Airlines continued its partnership with Guyana’s First Lady, Her Excellency, Mrs. Sandra Granger, to transport ‘Shoe that Grows’, in support of the First Lady’s Kind Soles project.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has defended the TT$32 million (one TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) spent on restoring the Office of the Prime Minister, which he is scheduled to occupy starting this month.

NEW YORK – A Haitian-born Democratic district leader has officially declared his candidacy for the New York State Senate in the 21st  District, joining a growing list of Haitian-born or Haitian Americans who hold, or are seeking, elective office in New York.

Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. – Caribbean Airlines has collaborated with The Foundation for the Enhancement and Enrichment of Life (FEEL) to support humanitarian relief efforts for The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has called on the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) to develop research and programs that will help the oil rich twin-island republic deal with “current challenges” in an evolving and changing global environment.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s legislators have rejected an Opposition-inspired motion aimed at impeaching President Jovenel Moise, whom they had accused of high treason and leading the country to “the edge of the social explosion.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Dr. Patrick I Gomes, secretary general of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, says it will be in the Caribbean community (CARICOM) countries favor to quickly negotiate new trade agreements with the United Kingdom as it moves to leave the European Union.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The 14th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) ended here late last month with the country’s culture minister saying there had been significant achievements during the 11-day event.