Caribbean

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is raising concerns over reports that a shipment of radioactive waste will be passing through the Caribbean Sea on its way to Japan from the United Kingdom.

In Antigua, the Observer Group of Companies said it has terminated the services of seven employees at one of its radio stations because it is moving to fully automate its operations.

Miners in Guyana have taken protest action to voice their objection against the government\'s plans to strengthen its forest monitoring capability.

Haiti\'s prime minister has criticised 10 US missionaries who were arrested as they tried to take 33 Haitian children out of the earthquake-hit country.

HAITI (AP):The United States military has resumed urgent medical evacuation flights for Haitian quake victims, an official announced yesterday and life for survivors took a step towards normality as many schools reopened for the first time since an...

ST LUCIA (CMC):Agriculture officials have confirmed that black sigatoka, a dangerous fungal disease, has been discovered in St Lucia and threatens the struggling banana industry.Agriculture Minister Ezekiel Joseph said the dreaded disease was discovered...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC):The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is on a drive to identify and register thousands of children orphaned by the devastating January 12 earthquake in Haiti.Since last week, the agency and its...

Economic Affairs Minister in Barbados Dr David Estwick said he will be asking the Prime Minister to outline his position on a wage freeze in the context of the country’s economic situation.

The governments of Britain and St Lucia say they plan to intensify attempts to go after the profits made by drug traffickers.

The government in Guyana is working to quell growing concerns over a six-month overhaul exercise of mining operations in the south-western gold mining town of Bartica.

Opposition member and former finance minister Anthony Boatswain is warning that the country and other developing nations will suffer if they accept the policies and recommendations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

A United States federal judge has ruled that a major insurance company in Britain must pay lawyers to defend disgraced Texas billionaire, Sir Allen Stanford.