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Trinidad minister wants greater regional unity in selling Caribbean
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is calling for a united approach towards developing the region’s tourism industry as it prepares to host the 14th Sustainable Tourism Conference
Earthquake victims in Haiti’s homeless camps continue decline
Three years after Haiti’s devastating Jan.
Mixed reactions to Bunting’s ‘divine intervention’ statement
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Several stakeholder groups agreed yesterday that National Security Minister Peter Bunting sent the wrong signal about his commitment to tackling Jamaica's crime problem in sta
Opposition “alarmed” at statement by National Security Minister on crime
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is alarmed at a statement by National Security Minister, Peter Bunting acknowledging that the fight against crime s
Good going, CCJ
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The cross-Caribbean hearings of the Shanique Myrie case have given the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) much-needed and well-deserved prominence as a forum where the ave
Help small and vulnerable economies
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday used an international forum to issue a call for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to increase thei
Remarks by Ms. Desiree Field-Ridley, Officer-in-Charge, Trade and Economic Integration, Caribbean…
On behalf of the Secretary-General of Caribbean Community, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Forty-First Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development on Energy b
Europe’s Bitter Medicine
For more than two years, European leaders have pushed a cocktail of fiscal austerity and structural reforms on troubled countries like Portugal, Spain and Italy, promising that it will be the ton
Lessons for Jamaica from the Thatcher legacy
legacy KINGSTON, Jamaica - In death, as in life, Margaret Thatcher remains a hugely divisive political figure: The tributes from admirers read more like hagiography writings on the lives of saint
Thatcher and the Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica - For days to come, we can expect virtual saturated international media coverage of Britain's only and longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, Baroness Margaret That
BRICS WITHOUT MORTAR
Last month, China’s new president, Xi Jinping, chose Moscow for his first foreign visit.
OFFSHORE FINDINGS SPARK FUROR
MOSCOW — A leak of details about offshore bank accounts belonging to Russian businesspeople and the wife of First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov threatens to embarrass President Vladimir Put
Raid at Guantánamo detention center
WASHINGTON, CMC – United States military officials on Saturday announced that US forces raided the detention center in Guantánamo, Cuba, systematically emptying communal cellblocks in an effort t
US Coast Guard rescues six men adrift near
Haiti MIAMI, CMC - The United States Coast Guard says it has rescued six men rescued off the coast of Haiti.
EDITORIAL: Bracing for hurricane season
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE START of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season is less than two months away, but with the predictions from the various forecasters of a very active season, we need to s
T&T to open embassy in China
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Within a month T&T will open its embassy in Bejing, China, more than 30 years after China established its embassy here in T&T.
PM speaks at UN today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is to deliver remarks today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Rick, Ronnie, Romeo- Suriname’s Presi after Desi?
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Florida-born rap artist Rick Ross packed maybe 10,000 fans into the Andre Kamperveen stadium in Paramaribo last Saturday.
Henrique Capriles demands recount as Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuelan presidential election
election CARACAS -- Hugo Chávez proved his power from beyond the grave Sunday, as his handpicked successor narrowly won office in a contested vote that many saw as a tribute to the fallen sociali

