After three days of heavy rainfall in Trinidad and Tobago the Rivers finally burst there banks and causes widespread flooding. Several areas were affected including the Sangre Grande Police station, Caroni police station among other places. The floods left many people marooned and also with severe property loss and damage.

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 was felt in sections of the twin-island republic this afternoon. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus, reported that the tremor was felt at 12:35 p.m. (local time) 78 kilometres northeast of Scarborough, 161 km

Sections of Jamaica was rattled by what is believed to be an earthquake a short while ago. The Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona has not yet confirmed the occurrence. However, persons in the Corporate Area and Portland reported feeling the tremor about 4:50 p.m., which

Barbados is set to receive a payout of US$5.8 million on its Excess Rainfall policy due to heavy rainfall, under the country's CCRIF catastrophe insurance policy. This is in the wake of heavy rainfall, which occurred during the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk earlier this month. CCRIF SPC said

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Earthquakes and tsunamis are an ever-present threat to Jamaica. The country's location on multiple geological faults subjects it to up to an average of 200 earthquakes per year. This natural disposition, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Director General, Major Clive Davis, told JIS News,

As firms' expectations for economic growth waned and their willingness to invest in new plant and equipment dipped — primarily because of the depreciation of the Jamaican dollar against the United States currency — co-chair of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee Keith Duncan, is adamant that Jamaica must get comfortable

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere has marked down its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean to 1.2 per cent in 2018 and 2.2 per cent in 2019, from the May 2018 forecasts of

Jamaica slid one spot in the ranking on the Global Competitiveness Index to 79 among 140 nations, despite an improvement in its score. The United States topped the list for the first time in years, followed by Singapore, Germany, Switzerland and Japan, according to the competitiveness report published by the

The CAA is happy to inform you that two of our members have been recognised for outstanding service to the Society of Actuaries at their recently concluded Annual Meeting in Nashville. Cathy Lyn, FIA, FSA, our Past President and Past Chair of the International Association of Consulting Actuaries, received the