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How Eastern Caribbean became the world's first digital currency union

DCash is believed to be the world's first digital currency launched by a currency union, making it easier for those without bank accounts to make quick transactions.

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Destinations

Which destinations are safest for booking a holiday this year?

Here’s what you should be looking out for when looking to book a holiday during the pandemic.

17/02/2021

Travel News

Guaranteed no-quarantine trips to the Caribbean have been launched

`The ultimate game of travel roulette has just dropped with this new holiday package, which also guarantees you won't have to quarantine when you return to the UK.

19/11/2020

Cuba

Havana, Cuba marks 500th anniversary with fireworks

Havana celebrated its 500th anniversary with a colourful and impressive fireworks display — and a historic state visit by Spain's King Felipe.

16/11/2019

World News

One in five Latin American people victim of 'sextortion': survey

One in five people in Latin America and the Caribbean, mostly women, has either direct or indirect experience of officials using their positions of power to demand sexual favours, a new survey has found.

27/09/2019

Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian: Before-and-after images show flooding of Bahamas

These are the satellite images that show how flooding from Hurricane Dorian has ravaged the Bahamas.

03/09/2019

Haiti

Euroviews. The UK has abandoned Haiti. The push for a “Global Britain” is an opportunity to make amends ǀ View

2020 will mark a decade since the earthquake that devastated the country’s infrastructure and set Haiti back a generation. Lest we forget, this earthquake was catastrophic. More people died in five minutes than during five years of conflict in Syria.

31/07/2019

World News

New James Bond movie will see 007 start his latest adventure in Jamaica

Daniel Craig plays 007 in his fifth and final James Bond movie, with the world's most famous secret agent starting his latest adventure in the Caribbean

27/06/2019

PuertoRico

Search for missing cruise ship entertainer is suspended

Arron Hough, 20, went overboard 267 miles off the coast of Puerto Rico on Christmas Day.

28/12/2018

France

Authorities seize 285kg of cocaine near French Caribbean island

The cocaine bust is the second bigegst of the year on Saint Martin.

06/12/2018

Travel News

Half a day in Turks & Caicos

29/12/2017

World News

Dam failure sparks Puerto Rico flash flood emergency

In the wake of deadly Hurricane Maria, a mass evacuation is underway, with tens of thousands at risk

23/09/2017

World News

Caribbean islands assess damage from Hurricane Maria

21/09/2017

PuertoRico

Power cut in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Maria roars through the Caribbean

Electricity cut to the whole island after 225 km/h winds.

21/09/2017

World News

Hurricane Maria heads for Virgin Islands

Hurricane Maria's category five winds and torrential rain have wrecked Dominica. Now they are bearing down on the Virgin Islands.

20/09/2017

Dominica

Hurricane Maria brings 'widespread devastation' to Dominica

Hurricane Maria intensifies to a category 5 storm heading towards Caribbean islands still recovering from Irma

19/09/2017

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Devastated French Caribbean islands await Macron visit

French islands devastated by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean await the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron.

12/09/2017

USA

A record 6.3 million people evacuated as Florida awaits Hurricane Irma

09/09/2017

World News

Irma lashes Caribbean as it heads for US mainland

Residents of the US state of Florida are making last minute preparations for Hurricane Irma. The superstorm is predicted to hit the US mainland as early as Saturday.

08/09/2017

World News

Live updates: Hurricane Irma heading for Florida after tearing through Caribbean

The category five storm is expected to affect as many as 26 million people before blowing itself out.

08/09/2017