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TEHRAN — A powerful earthquake that struck southeastern Iran was felt in several countries in Asia on Tuesday, rocking buildings in the Indian capital of New Delhi, sending panicked resident of K

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Dr Herminio Blanco has been chosen to contend in the next round of the selection process for Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Britain will this week bury Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister who transformed her country, for better or worse.

BOSTON — The day after two powerful bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, a mile-square area of downtown Boston remained cordoned off as a crime scene, and officials still h

CARACAS, Venezuela — It hardly seemed like a victory celebration.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - A regional cricket historian has cautioned concerned groups in Antigua & Barbuda to revamp the cricket museum or risk having important artifacts wither away.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – China has agreed to provide nearly four million EC dollars (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) to finance the final phase of a 350 housing programme across the island.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says it is providing US$100,000 to Jamaica to support the island’s post-disaster recovery and restoration initia

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Court of Appeal yesterday granted a stay stopping the decision of a High Court judgment which ordered that almost 250 Clico policyholders be repaid their full invest

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government will present the estimates of revenue and expenditure to Parliament next week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is to outline a solution that it hopes will facilitate the re-opening of the Russian owned ALPART and Kirkvine bauxite plants here.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government Monday said it would continue discussions with the European Union and other stakeholders amid reports that a French company Electricite de France (

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Particular attention must be given to Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs), with regards to how Information and Communication Technologies or ICTs, may be applied to improve

KINGSTON, Jamaica - There were heightened discussions in government circles yesterday that a Cabinet reshuffle could coincide with the upcoming Budget Debate.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Government is correctly preoccupied with what it calls "the growth agenda", and has been telling the country that there will be growth in the immediate future.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - gainst the backdrop of less than favourable reports coming out of the Central Bank of Barbados last week on the performance of Barbados’ economy and with the ensuing commen

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Government is threatening to withdraw the Air Jamaica brand from the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) following reports that the carrier would be reducing t

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - FRESH FROM his electoral victory in Grenada’s February 19 parliamentary election, in which his People’s National Party captured all 15 seats, Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitche

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will not be filing for bankruptcy and is not another BWIA in the making, Finance Minister Larry Howai assured yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior international tourism official has warned that increased taxes on air transportation and tourism will damage economies and reduce travel to destinations such