Local manufacturers in St. Lucia are calling for national consultation in order to develop appropriate strategies to deal with the crisis brought about by the global increase in fuel prices.
PORT-AU-PRINCE:Press freedom organisation, Reporters Without Borders, yesterday called on Haiti President-elect Michel Martelly to stamp out threats to media freedom in the country....
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Veteran journalist Jones P. Madeira on Wednesday said that the leader of the radical Jamaat Al Muslimeen group, Yasin Abu Bakr, was in total control...
WASHINGTON (CMC):United States officials say a veteran diplomat heading the United States Embassy in Venezuela has been picked to head the American diplomatic mission in Cuba.Officials said John Caulfield will replace Jonathan Farrar, who has been named...
On the heels of a swine flu alert by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) yesterday assured that there was no outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu...
The National Union of Public Workers in Barbados has demanded a full discussion with the government over plans to install surveillance cameras at all ports of entry.
The health ministry in St. Maarten is now investigating claims that a gynaecologist assaulted the head nurse in his department at the country’s medical center.
Roseau (CMC):A former regional trade unionist is against plans to have Sundays designated as a normal working day in Dominica.Kertist Augustus, the secretary treasurer of the Waterfront and Allied...
NASSAU (CMC): The ruling Free National Movement has accused the main opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) of encouraging unrest in The Bahamas as the fallout continues...
Haiti's President-Elect Michel 'Sweet Mickey' Martelly has called on his compatriots in South Florida and in the diaspora to help him rebuild the earthquake-ravaged, French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
Trinidad and Tobago yesterday unveiled a plaque for the construction of an embassy in Brazil as part of the initiatives to strengthen trading and diplomatic relations with the country and Latin America.
The governing Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has filed an application for leave to appeal a High Court ruling to remove the main opposition United Workers Party’s nominee to the Integrity Commission (IPC
The St. Lucia government has reportedly changed its strategy to get the national carrier CARICOM Airlines flying after being stone-walled by the Eastern Caribbean Civil aviation Authority (ECCAA).
Haitian electoral officials say disputed ballot papers have forced them to postpone the results of the disrupted March 20 presidential and legislative elections for the second time in one week.
Trinidad’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she intends to highlight allegations of corruption at the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security, IMPACS.
The St. Lucia-based Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat says it will hold a two-day meeting next week to discuss experiences learnt from a new measure used to assess damage fol
President of the St. Kitts-Nevis Bar Association, Charles Wilkin is advocating for a limit of four terms for elected representatives in the National Assembly.
ST VINCENT (CMC):Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves yesterday said that his government would need "tens of millions of dollars" to repair the damage caused by heavy rains over the past 24 hours.
(CMC):A leading British statistician has supported his prime minister in a row with one of the world's leading universities over black Caribbean students.Prime Minister...
BELIZE (CMC):The main opposition People's United Party (PUP) has strongly condemned a proposal put forward by the Dean Barrow administration to deal with the escalating crime in Belize.Prime Minister Barrow announced earlier this month that he would...
Journalists at the state-owned media house, Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG), have expressed deep concern about what appears to be increasing political interference at the station, the Trinidad Expres
