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GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC– Immigration authorities here say they are investigating the escape of at least a dozen Cubans, who mysteriously arrived in Miami in what is believed to

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell says the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) had detained 17 Cubans at Cay Lobos on Sunday and that the Perry Christie administration is

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Ministry of Foreign affairs and Foreign Trade is reporting that 271 Jamaicans were deported from CARICOM states in 2012.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Chairman of the Digicel Group Denis O'Brien says recent uncertainties around taxation have impacted the level of foreign direct investment in Jamaica and will drive away inves

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Today is to be the second and final day of a special session of the Cabinet to deal with what the Government has dubbed its growth agenda.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is unlikely to approve an extended fund facility for Jamaica by the end of March based on the sc

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it has agreed on the upcoming national budget in keeping with a programme being worked out with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Claiming to be bemused by the 2013 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, economist Ryan Straughn says the Government is not willing to take advice and has failed to take th

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - In a bid to strengthen bilateral relations with Suriname the Government of Haiti will be opening a consulate here.

WASHINGTON, United States—The United States says despite recent improvements as a “significant” offshore centre, Antigua and Barbuda “remains susceptible” to money laundering.

Caribbean trade bloc governments have been so worried about the stark increase in chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension among citizens that they have twice organized special summits to

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The fight against dengue, which is spread by the Aedes Egypti mosquito, costs the Caribbean a whopping US$321 million per annum.

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched another call for proposals from civil society organizations that carry out activities focused on poverty reduction and soc

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IF ever there is a puzzle between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, it has to do with the exceptionally long delay for the two countries to conclude a fishing agreement.

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands—The United States Virgin Islands have now turned to moral suasion in an attempt to get fellow rum producing nations in the Caribbean Forum nation to back down

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Haiti President Michel Martelly has urged the United Nations to divert some of the billions of dollars it spends yearly on peacekeeping efforts to infrastructure projects, j

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean.   In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have tu

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Below is an edited version of a public lecture by Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, assistant secretary general of the OAS, at the UWI, Mona, on March 19.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) wrapped up the Barbados leg of the Shanique Myrie case here during the past week and in the process completed a major demonstration of

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The announcement of a changing of the guard in Havana – albeit not for another five years – has been somewhat overshadowed by all the fuss over the death of President Hugo Ch