ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Eastern Caribbean countries were Tuesday urged to work towards making their societies more inclusive for children with all types of disabilities. UNICEF Representative for the Eastern Caribbean Area Khin-Sandi Lwin issued the challenge to countries to intensify eff...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE Ministry of the Environment remains committed to Barbados’ goal of becoming the greenest economy in the Caribbean and Latin America. Minister Dr Denis Lowe made the pledge yesterday at The Crane Residential Resort, St Philip, where he toured a showcase under the them...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Wednesday announced that it had granted the Jamaica-based airline, Fly Jamaica Airways, the green light to operate two routes out of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Government spokesman Dr Roger Luncheon told a news conference that Cabine...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - In recent weeks, sharply contrasting views on how the United States should respond to the madness in Syria have emerged from two of America's most prominent voices. Republican Senator John McCain is convinced that US intervention is the only solution to the deadly conflict, w...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - he Caribbean has earned an unenviable reputation as one of the most natural disaster-prone and high debt regions in the world, Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran said when he addressed the International Conference for Science and Technology for Economic Diversification a...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation begins a series of consultations on Wednesday examining the 2014-19 Strategic Plan for CARICOM. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris, said the island is one of the pilot countries for the consultation proces...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CLR James once described Caribbean peoples as being amongst the most modern, they having been at the centre of the 19th century industrial revolution in Britain. Over the last week, the Caribbean was again centre stage to an evolving international environment as the super p...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -TODAY I wish to reflect on two aspects of our post-independence political culture that need to be systematically purged across our Caribbean Community in favour of cultivating attitudes and improving decision-making for more civilised, healthy, productive norms in nation-bui...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have until November to meet the stipulations outlined by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). The CFATF met in Nicaragua last week and according to Dominica’s Attorney General Levi Peters the island has...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The 57th Meeting of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority concluded yesterday with sub-regional heads of governments promising to put economic growth and development high on the agenda going forward. Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, recentl...