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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - It’s a new day in the politics of the country.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – There has been a “significant” increase intra regional trade in 2011, according to the Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Intra-regional trade in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been positive with signif

VIENNA, CMC – The Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) Monday appealed to Caribbean governments to follow through on commitments to repel archaic criminal defamation laws int heir res

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Two United Nations specialist agencies, the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), may this year separately agree a b

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Today is decision day for the people of Chaguanas West.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC -The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTC) has dismissed suggestions by the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) that it is planning “massive” layo

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - In this country’s efforts to grapple with its challenging economic circumstances as well as build a platform on which to record growth and boost job opportunities for its p

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will soon table legislation to protect children from people who use the Internet to molest them.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The food and beverage sector can be used to diversify T&T’s economy, according to Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Vasant Bharath.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Health Minister Dr.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE news that 14 countries making up CARICOM are about to launch a formal, concerted effort to lay out claims of reparations for slavery from Britain, France and the Netherlan

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Second Meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) for the Unitisation of Cross Border Hydrocarbon Reservoirs between T&T and Venezuela was held at the offices

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - His home in flames last Monday night, top priority for 74-year-old Lucien Janise was to snatch up his passport.

Cholera is likely to be a public health problem in Haiti for many years to come. Cholera spreads via contaminated food, water and fecal matter.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The latest data from the Central Statistical Office indicates that headline inflation in Trinidad and Tobago accelerated in June even though core inflation remained low a

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Public servants in Barbados can breathe a bit easier. For now.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it is confident the island will start to see economic growth as it implements the multi-million Economic Reform Programme (ERP) with assistance from the Inte

WASHINGTON, CMC – Permanent representatives from the region at the Organization of American States (OAS) have joined the hemispheric body in paying tribute to Simon Bolivar’s legacy while commemo