Tanzania set to resume flights to Europe after meeting EU safety standards

Arusha. Airlines registered in Tanzania are expected to soon resume flights to European destinations following significant steps taken by local aviation authorities to align with European Union (EU) standards and regulations. The state-owned Air...

Wickham believes vaccine mandate won’t affect SVG election results

Barbadian pollster and political scientist Peter Wickham says he believes that Vincentians have moved beyond the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, under which hundreds of public sector workers lost their jobs in 2021. However, Wickham’s comments on WE FM...

CARICOM and Colombia negotiate to expand South-South Co-operation

The negotiations in progress to deepen the bilateral trade relationship with CARICOM’s third largest trading partner in Central and South America. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA--CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations...

Tourism Director General Regards Routes Americas 2025 Conference Delegates Key To The Future Of Air Travel In The Americas

- Advertisement - Atlantis, Paradise Island, The Bahamas – Director General of Tourism Latia Duncombe said The Bahamas remains committed as a leader in visitor experience, as more than 1,000 participants were welcomed to Routes Americas 2025 at...

State Department Issues Travel Warning for Popular Caribbean Country

Level 3: Reconsider Travel. The U.S. State Department is warning American citizens against travel to Colombia, suggesting that they defer plans to visit the country. On April 17, the State Department increased the travel advisory level for...

Travel agent arrested in Haryana for facilitating undocumented travel to US

Cracking down on the human trafficking networks behind rampant illegal immigration, Haryana Police has arrested a travel agent for allegedly sending a person to America illegally. Gurjant Singh, a travel agent based in Ambala, Haryana, was...

Tourism Director General regards Routes Americas 2025 conference delegates, key to the future of air travel in the Americas

Director General of Tourism Latia Duncombe said The Bahamas remains committed as a leader in visitor experience, as more than 1,000 participants were welcomed to Routes Americas 2025 at Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. It is said to be the...

Fly All Ways seeks approval for new route connecting Suriname, Aruba, and Colombia

0 Surinamese airline Fly All Ways has formally submitted a request to aviation authorities to launch a new weekly flight route connecting Paramaribo, Oranjestad, and Bucaramanga—three key destinations in the region. The proposal was recently...

CARICOM, Colombia to expand South-South Co-operation

CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations to update the CARICOM-Colombia Trade and Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (TECA), in Bogota, Colombia on 10 September 2025. The negotiations, which took...

"He can beat Eersel" - Liam Nolan backs fellow Brit George Jarvis to unseat Suriname icon from lightweight Muay Thai throne

Lightweight Muay Thai contender Liam Nolan is convinced that his British compatriot George Jarvis has the tools to beat the reigning undisputed ONE lightweight Muay Thai world champion Regian Eersel. Nolan shared this thought during his recent...

They Traveled to 193 Countries. Why Did They Do It? And How?

I am determined to visit every country in the world before I die. In the next couple of weeks, I’m going to check four more off the list, with my reluctant and semiretired husband in tow: the Philippines, Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia. That will...

Caribbean tourism stakeholders want US to consider alternatives to tariff and port fees

MIAMI, CMC – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), has called on the United States to consider alternative measures to imposing tariffs and port fees on Caribbean destinations, noting the “considerable mutual benefits that tourism...

82% of Indian Visa applications in 2025 were e-visas, Atlys Report

Electronic visa (e-visas) accounted for 82 per cent of all visa applications in India in 2025, up from 79 per cent in 2024, according to a report on Wednesday.Atlys, a visa processing platform, has published its annual report highlighting the...

Would New U.S. Port Fees Impact Caribbean Travel? 

As the Caribbean continues its post-pandemic tourism resurgence, the region’s top private-sector tourism body is raising the alarm over proposed U.S. port fees that could hit Caribbean economies — and Florida — hard. The Caribbean Hotel and...

Saint Kitts and Nevis Champions Community-Centered Heritage Tourism at OAS Tourism Congress

Washington, D.C – The Organization of American States (OAS) recently hosted the Twenty-Sixth Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High Authorities of Tourism, a two-day conference, at its Washington D.C. Headquarters under the theme,...

Cuban Teen Gets Eight Years for Carrying “El Quimico”

Justice or Punishment? Photo: Bohemia By Raul Medina Orama (El Toque) HAVANA TIMES – Everyone has seen it on social media: people convulsing or staggering down some random street in Cuba, arching their bodies into shapes that seem impossible for a...

U.S. Travel Warning for Jamaica Under Review

The U.S. will review its travel advisory for Jamaica to take into account an improving public safety picture in the Caribbean country, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a visit there. The U.S. State Department's travel advisory for...

Rubio vows to revisit US travel warning for Jamaica

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the State Department will re-evaluate its travel warnings for Jamaica and other countries to ensure they reflect real conditions on the ground.As part of a tour of the Caribbean, Rubio heard...

Rubio to re-evaluate US travel advisory for Jamaica

While lauding Jamaica for making “impressive” strides in its crime-reduction efforts, United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to re-evaluate the US travel advisory for Jamaica to reflect the current reality regarding crime....

CARICOM, Colombia advance trade talks in Bogotá

Trade negotiators from CARICOM and Colombia have concluded the second round of talks to update the CARICOM-Colombia Trade and Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (TECA). The negotiations, held September 9–10, 2025, focused on expanding...