Category: News

The Antigua and Barbuda government Friday said that the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had decided to reduce the island’s high-risk categorisation regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) … Read More

The Exchange is technically off today, but we’re here anyway because there’s neat stuff in the world of startups and money to talk about. So, let’s yammer this morning about … Read More

The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday said it is awaiting the outcome of a legal challenge on behalf of several Venezuelan nationals including 16 children, not to be deported from … Read More

Hacker houses are making a comeback for entrepreneurs as remote work drags on. While founders are adapting to quarantine in style, a group of college women in their 20s aren’t … Read More

After coming under pressure from the American people, the General Services Administration (GSA) has finally acknowledged Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential elections.  In a letter sent on … Read More

According to a report from the Financial Times, Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra could launch in January. More interestingly, the Libra Association, the consortium created by Facebook, could scale back its ambitions … Read More

West Indies left-handed batsman Darren Bravo said he still had confidence in the West Indies Test bowling attack, though they struggled to get wickets during the side’s opening match on … Read More

Ride-hailing firms such as Ola and Uber can only draw a fee of up to 20% on ride fares in India, New Delhi said in guidelines on Friday, a new … Read More

The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) recently launched a series of activities aimed at keeping the region foremost on the minds of would-be travelers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In … Read More

Human rights NGO, Amnesty International, has written to the EU’s competition regulator calling for Google’s acquisition of wearable maker Fitbit to be blocked — unless meaningful safeguards can be baked … Read More

Shaggy, Jamaica’s Grammy Award-winning artist has released his special Christmas album, titled Christmas in the Islands. Shaggy recently told a virtual press briefing to launch the album the seed for … Read More

We are hearing that a COVID-19 vaccine could be on the way sooner than later, and that means we could be returning to normal life some time in 2021. That’s … Read More

The UK is moving ahead with a plan to regulate big tech, responding to competition concerns over a ‘winner takes all’ dynamic in digital markets. It will set up a … Read More

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week, we’re doing a first-ever for the show and … Read More

U.S. Fertility, one of the largest networks of fertility clinics in the United States, has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack and that data was taken. The company … Read More

There’s no lack of news these days on China’s tech giants teaming up with traditional carmakers. Companies from Alibaba to Huawei are striving to become relevant in the trillion-dollar auto … Read More

Meet Bigblue, a French startup that just raised a $3.6 million seed round (€3 million) to build an end-to-end fulfillment solution in Europe. If you sell products on your own … Read More

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Black Friday approaches! In a year where asking Alexa what day today is feels totally normal, this Black Friday seems like it came out of nowhere. As we say pretty … Read More

Some 110 newly-minted Jamaican citizens yesterday (Nov. 24) received a ceremonial welcome at a Virtual Citizenship Welcome Reception hosted by Consulate General of Jamaica. Consul General R. Oliver Mair as … Read More

Bahamian legislator, Kevin Peter Turnquest has resigned from the Hubert Minnis led administration. Turnquest, in a letter on Wednesday, said that he was stepping down as Deputy Prime Minister and … Read More

AstraZeneca’s CEO told Bloomberg that the pharmaceutical company will likely conduct another global trial of the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine trial, following the disclosure that the more effective dosage … Read More

The first of three national shelters being established by the Jamaican Government for women who are victims of abuse and their children is now operational. The shelters form part of … Read More

Lelas Al Waleed is a famous journalist from Abu Dhabi, who has a firm belief in talent. She believes that skill is more important than beauty because beauty fails one … Read More