ST LUCIA-POLITICS-Politicians trade jabs over Piton development

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC - The controversy over what is being described as an illegal development taking place within the country’s lone World...

ANTIGUA-POLITICS-Opposition pickets PM’s office

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - The main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) on Thursday picketed the office of Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as they...

JAMAICA-WEATHER-Gustav pounds island with heavy rains, winds

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Tropical Storm Gustav is pounding Jamaica with heavy rains and strong winds as it moves slowly across the island, and...

GRENADA-EDUCATION-Concern about high failure rate

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s Education Minister Senator Franka Bernadine has expressed concern about the number of students who did not...

CARIBBEAN-CULTURE-US President lauds West Indian-American Carnival

WASHINGTON, CMC – As four days of events leading up to the massive West Indian American Carnival Parade on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway began Thursday,...

GUYANA-CRIME-Police kill most wanted man

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s most wanted criminal, Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins, and one his accomplices were killed Thursday in a shootout with...

CARIBBEAN-RELATIONS-Barbados PM meets Cuban president

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, who is attending the 29th Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), on...

CARIBBEAN-WEATHER-US issues Caribbean travel warning

WASHINGTON, CMC - As Tropical Storm Gustav continues to lash the northern Caribbean, and an eighth tropical storm formed in the Caribbean Sea...

CAYMAN-WEATHER-Disaster management officials prepare as Gustav nears

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, CMC – As a strengthening Tropical Storm Gustav approached the Cayman Islands local disaster management officials said they...

ST KITTS-CRIME-Canadian police to help fight crime

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts and Nevis government has enlisted the services of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to assist in...

JAMAICA-WEATHER-Gustav closing in on Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Tropical Storm Gustav was on Thursday morning closing in on Jamaica, with forecasters saying that it could pass either very...

CUBA-WEATHER-Cuba readies for Gustav

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Officials in Cuba have evacuated about 5,000 people from vulnerable areas as the country prepares for the arrival of Tropical...

TRINIDAD-POLITICS-Manning pleased with visits to Caribbean states

by Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Prime Minister Patrick Manning Wednesday said he was pleased with the outcome of his whirlwind...

TRINIDAD-TRADE-Trinidad recommits to EPA

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Prime Minister Patrick Manning Wednesday recommitted Trinidad and Tobago to signing the Economic Partnership Agreement...

SURINAME-POLITICS-Government not ready for political union

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Suriname government said Wednesday it would study the proposal for a political union among Caribbean Community...

JAMAICA-WEATHER-Jamaicans brace for Tropical Storm Gustav
JAMAICA-TRADE-Government sticking with EPA
ST LUCIA-EDUCATION-Teachers plan industrial action
TRINIDAD-HEALTH-Two dengue deaths, but authorities say no outbreak
GUYANA-LABOUR-Minister steps in sugar workers dispute
SURINAME-ECONOMY-IMF says inflation a growing challenge
ST LUCIA-TRADE-Opposition Leader says EPA confusion bad for integration
CARIBBEAN-TRADE-Church group wants united position on EPA
CUBA-TRADE-Barbados PM calls for decisive action on EPA
HAITI-WEATHER-Gustav weakens, but leaves at least two dead