St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves welcomed the decision to rename the Point Salines International Airport in Grenada after the slain former Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop.
Despite recent criticisms of its policy regarding illegal migration, regional statistics have shown that Barbados currently leads the way in legal movement of CARICOM nationals.
Three members of the Guyana Integrity Commission are to be sworn in today by President Bharrat Jagdeo, pending consultation with the leader of the opposition on the appointment of a chairman.
The Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, said some public sector workers may have to forego an increase in their salaries this year as the government battles an economic downturn.
Cuba has announced that it will introduce an austerity programme next month to try to offset the impact of the international financial crisis and reduce energy use.
Trade unions in St. Lucia have advised public sector workers to remain off the job today and tomorrow until the Government improves its four per cent wage increase offer.
The Opposition Leader, Lester Bird has attacked the immigration policy of the ruling Baldwin Spencer administration over its treatment of some CARICOM nationals, in particular Guyanese and Jamaicans.
A major religious organization in the United States has launched a campaign urging President Barack Obama to grant refugee status to thousands of undocumented Haitians.
The president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Compton Bourne has questioned the need for yet another task force to guide regional response to the global economic crisis.
Hundreds of public sector workers in St. Lucia took to the streets today to stage a peaceful protest aimed at forcing the government to honour a 7.5 wage increase.
Grenada’s main opposition, the New National Party (NNP) is decrying a new baggage policy announced by regional carrier Air Jamaica for its flights between New York and Grenada.
The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, said the global economic crisis has negatively impacted the attempt by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to forge an economic union.
