CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC-A planned protest march by Civil Servants failed to materialise on Thursday, as organisers were not granted Police permission to take to the streets. Acting Police Commissioner Errol Alexander said in planning their march the Civil Service Association did not conform with t...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Fewer, but more severe hurricanes, are predicted in the first major forecasts for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season. ImpactWeather has predicted this year could see fewer storms developing into hurricane strength, but more hurricanes intensifying to category 3 or h...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 4, CMC - Former Education Minister Rev.Dale Bisnauth died on Wednesday following a heart attack. Bisnauth, 76, who was appointed Education Minister in 1992 also served as Minister of Labour, Human Services and Social Security. Up until the time his passing he was the Chai...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cabinet has decided to accord former member of parliament and attorney Vere Bird Jr an official funeral. The information regarding the decision was conveyed to the media via press statement last evening. Bird Jr, son of the nation’s founding father Sir Vere C...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - When we consider the state of many of the economics in the Eurozone and especially the recent near meltdown in Cyprus at the end of last month, many do contend that politicians are not at all economic managers. Some would insist that politicians - in Europe, the Caribbean and par...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Uncle Sam is still silent. Attorney General Anand Ramlogan admitted yesterday that the United States Government had not yet responded to this Government’s request for information on reports of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe in which Daryan Warner, son o...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A release from the White House in Washington and the US Department of State to the Government of T&T recognising the valuable assistance of the Government and the Attorney General in effecting the extradition of Doreen Alexander has laid to rest speculation there is som...

KINGSTON, Jamaica- IN 1978 Mr Lee Iacocca joined Chrysler as president and chief operating officer for the princely salary of US$1 a year. At the time, Mr Iacocca was by no means a poor man, having done well for himself at Ford Motor Company from which he was fired by Mr Henry Ford II. But Mr Iacoc...

In the Dominican Republic, discounts on Venezuelan oil imports keep the lights on. In Jamaica, they are helping a limping economy stay afloat, and in Haiti, a young and inexperienced leadership is using them to achieve quick results. But despite financial benefits of the late Venezuelan President H...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 5, CMC – Trinidadian author and educator, Dr Kris Rampersad is one of six international experts who will serve on the consultative body of the international Intern Governmental Committee on safeguarding intangible cultural heritage of the United Nations Education, ...