BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Prime Minister Dean Barrow says there will be no referendum in Belize and Guatemala on October 6 as the two countries seek to end a long standing border dispute between them. Barrow told reporters that confirmation that the referendum would not be held on October 6 as p...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica has secured 1.6 million air seats into the island this summer, with the bulk coming from the United States — the island's major market — even as the country continues to woo visitors from the non-traditional areas of Eastern Europe and Latin America. This...

The Bahamas continues to attract the most American luxury travelers, according to a new study released by Resonance Consultancy in collaboration with the Luxury Institute. The report also shows that the island destination more affluent Americans want to visit than any other is the Turks and Caicos. ...

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Australia will use its expertise in guiding the Caribbean adapt to climate change and manage its coral reefs. Coral reefs provide benefits to the Caribbean valued at over four billion annually. The reefs of the Caribbean are of great importance in providing shoreline p...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Concerns are being raised in Guyana about the claims that five Guyanese women were victims of human trafficking here. According to Press reports, relatives of two of the women questioned what was said to be their version of the goings-on in Barbados. However, police here and...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Any legal measure implemented by local and foreign law enforcement agencies to combat the drug trade is welcomed by this newspaper. For we are resolute in our belief that the trafficking of narcotics is a most abominable crime for which those found guilty must feel the full weig...

today KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will make her contribution to the 2013/2014 Budget Debate today. Simpson Miller will make her presentation in Gordon House, on the heels of the Opposition Monday saying that Jamaicans can expect the speech to be filled with “fluff...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony will deliver the national budget on Tuesday, May 14. The budget presentation follows the completion of the debate on the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure over the last weekend. The debate on the budget presentation will be May16-...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, , CMC – Norway is reported to have expressed “serious concerns” about the status of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), following the decision by the National Assembly to approve a drastic reduction in the national budget as proposed by opposition legisl...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – A senior member of the St. Kitts-Nevis government has brushed aside opposition calls for a government of national unity. "We don't want any unity government in St Kits and Nevis. We want to remain a stable country. I don’t' have to tell you what is h...