George Maxwell Richards

George Maxwell Richards, who was sworn in as President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on March 17, 2008 for a second term, was born in 1931...

CMCfeature-POLITICS-New realities for CARICOM...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Thirty five years after 15 Caribbean countries committed themselves to a regional integration process, their leaders...

HORSE RACING – SPORTSFEATURE – Emotional Kentucky Derby for Husbands (REPEAT)

Barbadian riding ace Patrick Husbands, his country’s most celebrated jockey, was in tears moments...

CMCfeature-GUYANA-Sitting on a powder keg

By Peter Richards GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - It takes at least half an hour from the capital to...

CMCfeature-WORLD-Getting it right for Cricket World Cup 2007

by Desmond Brown BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – It's something never attempted before. Nine countries...

UNITED NATIONS-Caribbean pleads case for better deal in stalled trade talks

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations in the past two weeks took their case for a much better deal...

SPORTSFEATURE - Etan Thomas - NBA star, Grenadian relief worker

NBA star, Grenadian relief worker ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC, Sep 10 - Two years after Hurricane...

CMCfeature- AGRICULTURE- Seeking funds to revitalise Caribbean agriculture

by Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Exactly one year after Caribbean leaders met in Trinidad with the regional and international donor community, stakeholders will...

CMCfeature-ECONOMY-Global imbalances and Caribbean development

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - As a former finance minister, and now head of Caribbean operations at a United States-based financial institution, Trinidadian Wendell Mottley is...

CMCfeature-RIGHTS-US paints bleak picture of human rights violations in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of State has painted a bleak picture of human rights violations in the Caribbean.

CMCfeature-CARIBBEAN-Crime, a monster challenge for Caribbean countries

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - Of the 15 countries with the highest murder rate in the world, 11 of them are from the Latin American region with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...

CMCfeature-POLITICS-Is Dominica's membership in ALBA a storm in a tea cup?

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Ever since Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit affixed his signature to the agreement for the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) in January,...

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