BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The head of one of the United Nations agencies is concerned about the length of time it takes for cases of gender-based violence, including sexual assault of children, to be heard in the court system. Christine Arab, who recently took up the post as Representative of UN Women ...

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, CMC - The annual exercises between law enforcement in the Caribbean and US military ended here on the week end with a stern warning to drug traffickers from St.Lucia's Police Commissioner, Vernon Francois. "St.Lucia is no safe haven for your drug activities," Francois said wh...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Jamaica’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, has said the relationship between Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) and the carrier it acquired in 2011, Air Jamaica, is a “great cause of concern for the Jamaican people”. Simpson-Miller made the comment while s...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The president of the Antigua & Barbuda Bar Association (ABBA) has rejected the notion by former Prime Minister Lester Bird that Caribbean courts appear to be leaning towards political leaders. Speaking on OBSERVER media’s Big Issues programme on Sunday, Art...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Newly installed Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, yesterday, welcomed efforts to boost economic growth through private sector development across the region. Speaking at the opening of the 57th M...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LAST week was a significant development in the relations between the United States and the small island nations of the Caribbean Community. Trinidad and Tobago hosted an official visit to the region by United States Vice President Joe Biden. Caribbean leaders, including our ow...

(Miami Herald) A career diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago with extensive experience on Haiti issues will soon head the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Caribbean nation.. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced that Sandra Honoré will serve as his next special repres...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday that she will visit the People’s Republic of China in November on an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping. She will also establish a diplomatic mission in Beijing at that time. Speaking at the Diplomati...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a higher level of bilateral-friendly co-operation between his country and Antigua & Barbuda. He made the appeal over the weekend, while meeting with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. A report on Chinese news site Xinhuane...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Should there have been need of further evidence that the Caribbean is important to China's global political and economic strategy, we need look no further than Trinidad & Tobago this weekend. Xi Jinping, China's new president, in one of only a handful of trips abroad ...