PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI) will be celebrating its formal launch today from 5 pm–8 pm at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad. The CCGI is a non-profit membership- based organisation dedicated to strengthening principles of good corporate governance acr...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC -- A LIAT DASH-8 aircraft was Wednesday afternoon forced to return to Barbados about midway into a flight to Guyana due to a problem with an "avionics fan". The aircraft landed without incident around 3:12 p.m.(local time) and a fire tender was on standby on the apron. Th...

JOHN’S, Antigua- There is no cause for panic in Antigua & Barbuda following reports that Barbados has confirmed one death as a result of the H1N1 flu (swine flu) while St Vincent has recorded several cases. Medical Officer of Health, Dr Oritta Zachariah yesterday said since H1N1 was disco...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), John W. Ashe is urging the international community to find common ground in crafting a new global development agenda integrating economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Ashe, the Antigua and...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - When the Caribbean Court of Justice hands down its decision in the case Shanique Myrie vs Barbados on Friday it will of critical regional importance. It has implications at the political level and more important, for the CCJ itself. If the case goes against Miss Myrie, we hav...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The Haitian government is recalling its ambassador in the Dominican capital in response to a court ruling from the neighboring Dominican Republic that strips citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants . The decision comes almost a week after a ruling by the Domi...

GENEVA.- The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the Dominican Constitutional Court ruling which refuses nationality to offspring born in the country of undocumented parents, which mostly affects descendants of Haitians. "This decision deprives tens of thousands...

Santo Domingo.- While a Dominican Republic high court ruling which jeopardizes mostly people of Haitian descent and prompted Port-au-Prince to recall its ambassador in Santo Domingo, an agreement on aviation has uplifted relations among the Hispaniola neighbors. The Dominican Civil Aviation Institu...

GEORGETOWN,  Guyana - After a 10-year hiatus, the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), which was launched back in 1999, will be hosted by Guyana October 4-12. The steering committee for the event is drawn from the Agriculture Ministry, the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the Food and Agriculture...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Agricultural production is up and an additional 4000 acres will be put into cultivation next year, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj has announced. Speaking at the second ceremonial harvest launch of the Caroni Green Initiative at Orange Valley, Couva, Maharaj said th...