UPDATE-JAMAICA-ILLNESS-Finance Minister released from hospital

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Finance Minister Audley Shaw has been released from hospital here after doctors detained him for three days for a series of...

TRINIDAD-ECONOMY-Manufacturers worried over decline in oil prices

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association (TTMA) Friday said it was concerned that the government’s...

UPDATE-TOBAGO-CRIME-Police arrest suspect in murder of Swedish couple

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago authorities on Friday appealed for public support in solving the brutal murder of a Swedish couple,...

GUYANA-CRIME-Treason accused granted bail

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – After spending 10 months in jail awaiting trial for an alleged act of treason, the former Guyana Defence Force lieutenant...

GRENADA-HEALTH-Grenada steps up monitoring of Chinese milk imports

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Authorities in Grenada have stopped short of imposing a ban on dairy products from China, in the wake of a tainted milk...

JAMAICA-ECONOMY-Financial experts to monitor crisis

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government has assembled a high-powered team of the country’s top financial experts to monitor the global...

JAMAICA-ILLNESS-Finance minister ordered on leave

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Bruce Golding has ordered his Finance Minister on leave after 56-year-old Audley Shaw fell ill here earlier...

WORLD BANK-HEALTH-New report says increasing prices fuelling malnutrition crisis

NEW YORK, CMC – The World Bank has warned of a significant increase of malnourished people across the globe due to the combined impact of the food...

GRENADA-POLITICS-Health Minister denies walking out of Cabinet

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Health Minister Karl Hood has denied reports that he is frustrated with the three-month-old Tillman Thomas administration...

DOMINICA-EPA-Skerrit sympathises with Jagdeo

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says while he sympathises with the position taken by Guyana on the controversial Economic...

ST VINCENT-TEACHERS threaten strike action

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Teachers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines say they are prepared to go ahead with planned strike action on Monday,...

SURINAME-HEALTH-Surinamese authorities seize tainted milk powder

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - Authorities here have condemned a quantity of milk powder recently imported from China, after it was proven to contain...

HAITI-AID-IDB to fund poverty alleviation project

ASUNCION, Paraguay, CMC - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it will finance five projects, including one from Haiti, aimed at improving...

BERMUDA-ECONOMY-Finance Minister pledges help in “perfect storm”

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Finance Minister Paula Cox has said government is looking at ways to help Bermudians protect their income during the current...

ST KITTS-DIPLOMACY-St Kitts rescinds appointment of honorary consul

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St. Kitts and Nevis government Friday said it had rescinded the appointment of its Honorary Consul in Costa Rica,...

TOBAGO-CRIME-Trinidad’s sister isle grapples with murder of Swedish couple
BARBADOS-ENERGY-PM announces reduction in energy prices
BARBADOS-FLOODING-Heavy showers drench Barbados
JAMAICA-ILLNESS-Finance minister remains in ICU
CARIBBEAN-CRIME-UN official says this hemisphere faces world’s biggest drug problem
HAITI-AID-World Bank donates US$25 million to Haiti
BERMUDA-TRANSPORT-Acting Tourism Minister chides union in outsourcing row
JAMAICA-HEALTH-Ministry reports outbreak of “pink eye” infection
JAMAICA-DISMISSAL-Opposition criticises sacking of information head
CARICOM-ECONOMY-Jagdeo wants special summit on global financial crisis