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Montserrat Joins the Global Call to “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters”
The Disaster Management Coordination Agency (DMCA) will join the global community in observing the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2025 on Monday, October 13, under the timely theme of “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.” To...

History Repeats Itself: Romeo Says Ongoing Medical Evacuation Crises Show Montserrat Still Left Behind
The recent plight of Montserrat’s Landis “Shorty” Baker and Cherry Brown, both struggling to access urgent overseas medical care, has again exposed what Opposition MLA and former Premier Donaldson Romeo calls “a systemic and deadly double...

Caribbean Fisheries Mechanism pens agreement with OECS, UWI
H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General of the OECS (left), with Dr. Marc Williams, Executive Director of the CRFM Secretariat, at the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding during CWA 2025 (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...

UWI Five Islands Graduates 200 Students; Valedictorian Urges Class to Embrace Technology Without Losing Caribbean Identity
By Briana Anthony | Antigua.news Correspondent The University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus was awash with pride and celebration on Saturday as nearly 200 students crossed the stage to mark the end of one journey and the beginning...

OECS Council of Ministers of Trade to Meet in Montserrat
Montserrat will host the Seventh Ordinary Council of Ministers of Trade from October 15 to 18, 2025. According to a release from the Business Trade and Investment Unit in the Office of the Premier, this high-level regional event will convene...
UWI Five Islands Campus Celebrates Largest Graduating Class
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus marked a historic milestone on Saturday, hosting its largest graduation ceremony to date and conferring an honorary doctorate on renowned Caribbean scholar Dr. Padgett Henry. Held at the...

These are the Caribbean’s most amazing hotels, according to our experts
The good news is that all 30 island states and territories scattered across this balmy region have superb hotels aplenty. It doesn’t matter whether you’re seeking beach bliss, family fun, rainforest adventures or sublime slumber in a four-poster...

The pride of a British-born captain of a Caribbean national team: 'We're changing how people look at us'
This article is part of The Athletic’s series marking UK Black History Month. To view the whole collection, click here. When Brandon Comley was thousands of feet in the sky, he tried his best to laugh so that the possibility of death would not...

Dr. Padgett Henry Awarded Honorary Doctorate by UWI Five Islands
Caribbean philosopher and sociologist Dr. Padgett Henry was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of the West Indies (UWI) during its 2025 graduation ceremony at the House of Restoration Ministries in Antigua on...

Talking the Tropics w/Mike: Jerry near the Caribbean islands... Karen forms NE Atlantic
Jacksonville, Fl. — THE TROPICS: ***** ALWAYS CHECK & RE-CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST & UPDATES! **** Tropics threats/impacts for Jacksonville/NE Florida/SE Georgia: Non-tropical or subtropical low pressure will develop east of Florida Friday then...
Caricom fees top $3.7m over two decades
David Burt, back row, fourth left, at the 49th Caricom Heads of Government meeting in Jamaica on July 8 (Photograph supplied) Bermuda has paid more than $3.7 million in membership fees to Caricom since 2002, newly released records reveal. The...
Caricom discussion paper in final stages
The Caricom Secretariat headquarters in Guyana (File photograph) It has been almost two years since the Government announced in the Throne Speech that it would pursue full membership of Caricom — but the details of what that might mean for Bermuda...

Dr Sheron Burns is New Head of UWI Global Campus Montserrat
(Press Release) The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Global Campus is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Sheron Burns as Head of its Global Campus Site, Montserrat, with effect from September 1, 2025. Dr Burns is an experienced...

Tropical Storm Jerry spins toward Caribbean islands
Tropical Storm Jerry continues to spin in the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said on the morning of Oct. 8. The system is still far from land, nearly 900 miles from the northern Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. Although Jerry will...

Flash flooding threat as Tropical Storm Jerry makes its way across the Leeward Islands
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The centre of Tropical Storm Jerry is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands Friday morning and then move away from the islands later in the day, with residents in those islands being warned to be prepared for...
CRFM inks new accords with Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and the University of the West Indies
Belize City, Belize, 9 October 2025 (CRFM)— The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) sealed its first bilateral accord with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The signing was executed...

Montserrat Placed Under Tropical Storm Watch as Jerry Approaches
The Antigua & Barbuda Meteorological Service has issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Montserrat as Tropical Storm Jerry continues moving quickly west-northwestward across the Atlantic. Residents are urged to begin implementing their hurricane...

Tropical Storm Jerry Prompts Warnings for Northern Leeward Islands
BASSETERRE – The governments of Antigua and Barbuda, France, and Sint Maarten have issued Tropical Storm Warnings for Anguilla, St. Barthelemy, St. Martin, and Sint Maarten as Tropical Storm Jerry approaches the northern Leeward Islands. These...

Tropical Storm Jerry strengthens as it approaches the Leeward Islands
In the latest update at 11 a.m. local time from the Miami based National Hurricane Center, the centre of Tropical Storm Jerry was located near latitude 15.9 North, longitude 59.1 West. Jerry is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph and a...

Montserrat runs solar-plus-storage tender
The government of Montserrat is searching for an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a solar-plus-battery storage project. The deadline for applications is October 23. October 8, 2025 Patrick Jowett Little Bay, Montserrat...