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

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Health Minister Ruddy Spencer has announced that the current shortage of trained workers plaguing the healthcare sector...

ST LUCIA-POLICE-Police Commissioner recommends retired officers serve in Haiti

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- St. Lucia should send recently retired police officers to serve alongside the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti...

JAMAICA-TRADE-Jamaica seeks to boost trade with US city

Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA, CMC - Jamaica’s Ambassador to the Unites States Anthony Johnson has announced that his government is looking at ways of...

ST KITTS-TOURISM-Animal rights group intensifies lobby for boycott of St Kitts and Nevis

Norfolk, VIRGINIA, CMC – An international animal rights group has launched a global campaign aimed at getting travel agencies to boycott St. Kitts...

ST LUCIA-POLITICS-Taiwanese Embassy says no basis for probe into relations with Castries

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - The Taiwanese Embassy here has responded to opposition calls for an immediate investigation into circumstances surrounding...

JAMAICA-TRADE-Jamaica-Guyana holding talks on rice

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Industry and Commerce Minister Karl Samuda has left here for Guyana for talks with the Bharrat Jagdeo government over plans...

CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Trade and Economic ministers to meet in Antigua

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Trade and economics ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet here on Saturday to discuss a number of trade...

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
CARIBBEAN-TRADE-CARICOM top official worried about EPA’s impact on relations with Africa
GRENADA-POLITICS-Commissioner submits report into allegations of wrongdoing against PM
ST LUCIA-POLITICS-Opposition calls for probe into diplomatic switch to Taiwan
CUBA-HEALTH-Cuba to immunize 500,000 children
CARIBBEAN-ECONOMY-Foreign direct investment in the region reaches record high in 2007
ST LUCIA-POLICE-PM given ultimatum to dismiss Police Commissioner
ST VINCENT-POLICE-Commissioner criticises two regional police welfare organisations
CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-OAS official wants more action from CARICOM
CARIBBEAN-ICT-Officials to discuss two-year Information Communication Technology plan