PM holds talks with Trinidad-based CAL

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has held informal talks with the chairman of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Rabindra Moonan on the role the airline could play on deepening relations between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) coun...
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Former prime minister remains at helm of opposition party

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Less than a month after he was voted out of office, former prime minister Tillman Thomas remains at the helm of the now opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Party officials who met recently to discuss the outcome of the February 19 general election...
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Government to tackle deficit in Maths at schools

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is moving to deal with the deficit in mathematics at the primary and secondary levels and Education Minister Rev. Ronald Thwaites says there will be an increase in allocation towards ensuring that sufficient mathematics specialists are placed in ...
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Has Rio+20 made a difference?

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner would say yes. In a recent presentation he made in Basel, Switzerland, on the impact of the summit on international cooperation on the environment and sustainable development, Steiner map...
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EDITORIAL - Jamaica must stand for democracy, free speech

KINGSTON, Jamaica -There was a fair bit of chest-thumping by the Government recently over Reporters without Borders' ranking of Jamaica as the leading country for press freedom in the Western Hemisphere and 13th globally. The Simpson Miller administration interpreted the rating as a vindication...
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Not ‘sweet’ WICB cricket

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is currently immersed in arrangements for its annual general meeting on March 27 at a time when the governing body of this region’s most popular game continues to reveal serious leadership weaknesses, and an alarming consistency fo...
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EDITORIAL: Fanning the flames of war in Syria

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The major issue preoccuping those interested in the Middle East is what to do about Syria, and whether the United States and Europe should provide military assistance to the opposition groups fighting to topple the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. It is topical given the c...
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Nation prepares for CARICOM Development Fund

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Despite Antigua & Barbuda still owing 63 per cent of its contribution to the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF), the funding agency is still in the process of developing a programme for the nation. “Antigua & Barbuda is not yet in receipt of any country as...
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Region pays homage to President Chavez

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Caribbean Community leaders were Wednesday paying tribute to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez who died Tuesday after a prolonged battle with cancer. St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony said that the significance of Chavez's death "looms very large...
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Caribbean pays tribute to President Chavez

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, who for more than 14 years, used his influence, oil and cash to fashion closer relationship among countries in the Caribbean died Wednesday, less than a month after he returned to Caracas from Cuba where he had been receiving treatment for cancer....
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