BRIDGETOWN,  Barbados - CLICO HOLDINGS BARBADOS Limited has been placed in receivership with immediate effect, thereby speeding up the likelihood of repayment for CLICO International Life’s (CIL) 25 000-plus policyholders. Two years after being appointed judicial manager of CIL insurance...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – National Security Minister Charles Savarin has resigned paving the way for his nomination as a government candidate for the post of President of Dominica. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio on Thursday morning, said that Savarin&rsq...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Guyanese-born attorney Kurt De Freitas, who was due to take up the post of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) here next month, is no longer accepting the post, Attorney General Levi Peter announced Wednesday. Peter told a news conference that he had received a letter...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Former prime minister Oliver Serpahin has rubbished reports that he is making a comeback into local politics. “I have been resident abroad for the most part of the past six years and wish to state categorically that I have  at no time expressed a desire or d...

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize National Coast Guard confirmed it had demoted an officer following an embarrassing incident involving Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who was a guest of the government for the country’s independence celebrations last week. Commander ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) says it is pleased with the outcome of a trade mission to the Dominican Republic earlier this month. JAMPRO president, Diane Edwards, said as a result of the September 10-14 trade mission one local company had acquired a tri...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Environmental activist, Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh has been ordered to return to court on Thursday following his arrest on Wednesday. Kublalsingh has been charged with obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest. The drama unfolded on Wednesday morning when Kub...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - St.Lucian Cultural Icon and International Opera singer Blaise Pascal, 38, died in New York on Wednesday after a ten week illness, family sources have confirmed. News of his illness was announced by the Cultural Development Foundation (CDF) last month. Pascal, a well known...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - It seems “open season” has been declared on President Bouterse following the arrest by US authorities of his son Dino. A sharp-penned columnist on Wednesday described attempts at damage control by Bouterse and his aides as “clumsy”. On Thursday an...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN leader Ban Ki-moon yesterday pressed the major powers to overcome differences on the Syria war amid troubled talks on a UN Security Council resolution on Syria's chemical arms. Ban hosted a lunch with the foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, China, Bri...