Passports for sale: How storm-hit Caribbean islands court Arab investors
By Amandla Thomas-Johnson From Middle Easy Eye Islands devastated by hurricanes are attracting Middle Eastern investors by cutting the cost of citizenship Caribbean states devastated by recent hurricanes are selling citizenship to Middle Eastern investors to raise funds to help…
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Hurricane Maria update (As of Sep 24)
From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) have received the following updates from member countries and hotels regarding the impact of Hurricane Maria British Virgin Islands The…
Eastern Caribbean Chevening Scholarship winners announced
From Antigua News Room British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Janet Douglas has announced the Chevening Scholars for the academic year 2017-18. The awardees are from Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis and St Lucia. There were three…
Report shows amount Caribbean states paid firms to lobby the US
From WIC News The amount governments across the Caribbean have been paying law firms in Washington DC to lobby the the US government on their behalf has been revealed as part of an investigation. St Kitts and Nevis, the Dominican…
Taiwan announces visa-free entry for allies in Caribbean
From Nation News Barbados TAIPEI – The Government of Taiwan on Wednesday announced visa-free entry for nationals of its diplomatic allies in the Caribbean, with immediate effect. According Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is being done to “demonstrate the…
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Arguments for and against investing in LIAT
By Ken Richards From WINN St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has pledged his country’s continued commitment to regional airline LIAT. The Barbadian leader has described LIAT as “vital” to the movement of people across the…
US State Department attack on Nevis ‘unfounded and misleading’
ding’From Caribbean News Now CHARLESTOWN, Nevis — In a press statement on Friday, Heidi-Lynn Sutton, the financial services regulator in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), refuted as “unfounded and misleading” claims made by the US State Department that “financial oversight…
CARPHA: Food borne diseases on the rise in the Caribbean
By Ken Richards From WINN St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): A regional health agency says recent increases in reported incidents of food borne diseases have now made this common health issue a regional priority. CARPHA – the Caribbean Public Health…
US Ambassador offers advice to Caribbean states
Written by Ken Richards From WINN FM St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): St Kitts and Nevis and other Caribbean nations are getting some advice on measures that should be taken in their quest to strengthen their economies. US Ambassador Linda…
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US slams St Kitts-Nevis in money laundering and financial crimes report
By LK Hewlett WINN From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — A US State Department report claims that St Kitts and Nevis “remains susceptible to corruption and money laundering and its deficient vetting of citizenship by investment candidates…
