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BRUSSELS, Belgium, CMC – The United Nations-backed Global Fund says it needs an estimated US$87 billion to bring under control the threat posed by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, during the 2

WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says low-income countries (LICs), including the Caribbean, have “bounced back” in the past two decades.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Apr 12, CMC – Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) countries have been urged to take advantage of the standby facility for capacity building under the Economic Partnership Agreement

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea appeared to ease its stance on North Korea on Thursday by calling for dialogue to help defuse tensions, as its president moved to calm foreign investors whose con

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - Tensions in the Korean Peninsula must be of concern to all of us even though it is on the other side of the world.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – South Korea said yesterday there was a “very high” probability that North Korea, after weeks of threats of war, would test-launch a medium-range missile at any time

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - The sudden death of a few fish and 150 or so corbeaux may not seem to be particularly alarming—especially the latter, as they are considered by many

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - IN a press briefing yesterday, Governor Brian Wynter expanded on Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) statement released that morning on the foreign exchange market.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Holness has warned Jamaicans to be cautiously optimistic as news emerges that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nears.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - THE GOVERNMENT is beginning to get its critical economic pieces in their place.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - Some $15 million has been set aside in the 2013-14 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to improve the competitiveness of small and medi

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - The Business Processing Industry Association of Jamaica (BPIAJ) is among several interest groups scheduled to meet with tax administrators at the Ministry of Finance

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Dr. Olive Lewin the well known Jamaican musicologist, folklorist and founder of the Jamaican Folk Singers is dead.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - The late Margaret Thatcher was impossible to ignore and was one of a handful of leaders who lent her name to an era.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - Government is being told to “come clean” with the people since the Central Bank’s call for an about turn in economic strategy reflects what the Opposition was

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - THE Keith Mitchell-led New National Party (NNP) will soon be presenting a Budget in Parliament for the benefit of the people of Grenada, and though it has been de

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has made it clear that his country is not pumping any funds into LIAT until the regional airline gets “its act toget

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - There is no need for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) ‘rescue mission’ for Barbados. This was the assertion coming from Central Bank Governor, Dr.

ROSEAU, Dominica, Apr 10, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has stoutly defended the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) and PetroCaribe saying they underscored a determination of a

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- The three week old strike by Civil Servants has cost the country well over EC$3 million, according to Cabinet Secretary Darryl Montrope.