TRINIDAD-CCJ-Trinidad government urges opposition support for Caribbean Court of Justice PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Patrick Manning Friday urged opposition legislators to lend support to the government in making the...
GUYANA-CULTURE-Guyana moving to revive steel pan industry GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana is spending an estimated US$20,000 to acquire 32 steel pans from Trinidad and Tobago in a bid to resuscitate the...
SURINAME-FISHERIES-Soaring fuel prices threaten fisheries industry PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President of the Suriname Seafood Association (SSA) Prahlad Sewdien Friday warned that the local fisheries industry could...
DOMINICA-POLICE-Dominica may not send police officers to Haiti ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - Dominica may not accede to a request to send police officers to Haiti, National Security Minister Rayburn Blackmore has said.
CARIBBEAN-TRADE-CARICOM top official worried about EPA’s impact on relations with Africa ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Edwin Carrington says the recently negotiated Economic Partnership...
GRENADA-POLITICS-Commissioner submits report into allegations of wrongdoing against PM ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Seven months after a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell ended, the...
ST LUCIA-POLITICS-Opposition calls for probe into diplomatic switch to Taiwan CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - The main opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) has called for an immediate investigation into events surrounding the...
CUBA-HEALTH-Cuba to immunize 500,000 children HAVANA, Cuba, CMC - Cuba says it will immunize nearly half a million children during the national anti-polio myelitis vaccination campaign.
CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-Foreign direct investment in the region reaches record high in 2007 SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the region received a record US$106...
ST LUCIA-POLICE-PM given ultimatum to dismiss Police Commissioner CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC - The St. Lucia Police Welfare Association (PWA) has given Prime Minister Stephenson King seven days to dismiss Acting Police...
ST VINCENT-POLICE-Commissioner criticises two regional police welfare organisations KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC - Police Commissioner Keith Miller has criticised the decision by two unnamed regional police welfare associations that...
CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-OAS official wants more action from CARICOM ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been told they need to step up their involvement in the development of the...
CARIBBEAN-ICT-Officials to discuss two-year Information Communication Technology plan GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - A two-year action plan to guide the development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) information society strategy will be...
ST LUCIA-ENTERTAINMENT-Final weekend for Jazz festival CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – Regional airline LIAT has had to increase flights and hoteliers were reporting full bookings as St. Lucians and visitors...
HAITI-AID-US gives Haiti's textile industry much-needed boost WASHINGTON, CMC - Haiti's ailing textile industry received a much-needed boost Thursday after United States negotiators agreed to allow Port au...