BELIZE-AVIATION-Regional aviation authorities meet in Belize

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - Civil aviation authorities from Belize, the Bahamas and Jamaica will meet in Belize this week to discuss guidelines for...

GUYANA-FESTIVAL-Guyana expecting record participation for CARIFESTA

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The 10th staging of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) is set to attract record participation from Caribbean...

JAMAICA-DIPLOMACY-PM calls for end to Cuba embargo

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called for the lifting of the United States-imposed economic embargo on Cuba,...

ANTIGUA-MEETING-High cost of living dominates COTED meeting

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - The increasing cost of living dominated discussions by regional trade and finance ministers as they gathered for the...

GRENADA-FINANCES-Security review brings new changes in public assistance payments

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - Theft at two of Grenada’s District Revenue Offices, which triggered authorities to launch an across-the-board security...

ANTIGUA-MEETING-CCJ not needed in Jamaica-Guyana dispute yet

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has...

ST. LUCIA-CARICOM-Attorney General gives support to CARICOM draft Corruption Bill

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - St. Lucia’s Attorney General Dr. Nicholas Frederick has thrown his support behind a draft Corruption Bill to be adopted by...

CARIBBEAN-DIPLOMACY-Barbados PM responds to call for CARICOM common foreign policy

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - Barbados' Prime Minister David Thompson says more financial assistance for regional development is needed if the hope of...

BARBADOS-MARITIME-Barbados makes historic case for more maritime space

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados has become the first small island developing state to take a case to the United Nations for access to more...

HAITI-POLITICS-Improvement in Haiti will take time, says PM nominee

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - Haiti’s Prime Minister nominee Ericq Pierre has cautioned that there is no quick fix to dealing with poverty and the...

CARICOM-Foreign ministers end meeting in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign affairs ministers ended their two-day meeting here on Friday, issuing a communiqué on...

CARICOM-MEETING-Foreign ministers want CARICOM to be “attractive partner"

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign affairs ministers concluded their two-day Council for Foreign and Community Relations...

DOMINICA-LABOUR-Trade Unions welcome minimum wage increase

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - Two of the island’s largest trade unions have welcomed a decision by government to increase the island’s minimum wage, more...

BERMUDA-CRIME-Violent crime hits eight-year high

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Violent crime in Bermuda is at its highest point for at least eight years following a surge in gang-related robberies,...

CARICOM-ALBA-Foreign ministers undecided on ALBA

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers emerged from two-day talks here without a formal position on the...

JAMAICA-HEALTH-More Cuban healthcare professionals to help ease shortage
ST LUCIA-POLICE-Police Commissioner recommends retired officers serve in Haiti
JAMAICA-TRADE-Jamaica seeks to boost trade with US city
ST KITTS-TOURISM-Animal rights group intensifies lobby for boycott of St Kitts and Nevis
ST LUCIA-POLITICS-Taiwanese Embassy says no basis for probe into relations with Castries
JAMAICA-TRADE-Jamaica-Guyana holding talks on rice
CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Trade and Economic ministers to meet in Antigua
TRINIDAD-CCJ-Trinidad government urges opposition support for Caribbean Court of Justice
GUYANA-CULTURE-Guyana moving to revive steel pan industry
SURINAME-FISHERIES-Soaring fuel prices threaten fisheries industry