Travellers leaving Guyana face new fee
By Tangerine Clarke From Caribbean Life After enjoying the festive season with family and friends in their homeland, thousands of Guyanese passengers were slapped with an increase in Departure Tax, named a Security Departure fee of GYD$1000 (USD$5.00), leaving Cheddi…
CSME sensitization and capacity building for Suriname
A sensitization session on the CSME (CARICOM Single Market and Economy) Regime for Free Movement of People is one of two workshops to be held in Suriname next week. More than 30 participants will attend the one-day sensitization training workshop…
Antigua-Barbuda opposition called on to explain banking scandal
From Caribbean News Now ST JOHN’S, Antigua — The ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has called on the leader of the parliamentary opposition, former prime minister Baldwin Spencer, and the current political leader of the opposition United Progressive…
Former St Kitts-Nevis minister weighs in on Caribbean citizenship programmes
By WINN From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — With claims being made by the Dominica prime minister and various people on social media that Caribbean citizenship by investment programmes (CIPs) are being unfairly targeted by the CBS…
Haitian senator extradited to the US
From Caribbean News Now PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — On Thursday evening, elected Senator Guy Philippe (Grande Anse) was taken to Toussaint Louverture Airport in Haiti where, surrounded by armed agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), he was boarded…
Trump’s big immigration war may focus on visas: Reports say
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life With just a few days before he is sworn in as the next United States president on Jan. 20, Donald Trump’s big immigration war to deport Caribbean and other immigrants may focus on…
Destination of the week
Caribbean destination among Lonely Planet’s seven best to ring in 2017 From Caribbean360 NEW YORK, United States, Friday December 23, 2016 – Travel experts at guidebook publisher Lonely Planet have handpicked seven prime locations to ring in the New Year,…
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UPDATED: Cayman Islands: CIFS fire truck accident on Cayman Brac airport runway
UPDATE: Authorities have said the Charles Kirkconnell International Airport has reopened for the smaller Cayman Airways Limited aircraft Thursday evening, though the jet services has not yet resumed. Original story: Today (Thursday, January 5, 2017) Cayman Brac Firefighters with the…
UPDATE: Southwest to begin service to Grand Cayman in June 2017
See also Update to Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Airport Guide at Friday March 13 2020: at: https://cvg-airport.com/ UPDATED: Southwest to begin service to Grand Cayman in June 2017 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (6 January 2017) Commitment to growing airline capacity…