ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, Tuesday denied a regional newspaper that the founder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lost millions of dollars as a result of the operations of the airline during the competition last month. The Barbados Sunday Sun news...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of Social and Political Change at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Brian Me...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President Desi Bouterse Tuesday hinted that the arrest of his 41-year-old son in Panama last week may have been part of a wider plan to disrupt progress within the Union of American States (UNASUR). Dino Bouterse  was held on drugs and gun related charges last Thurs...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will on Thursday launch a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level subject in Digital Media, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Minister Dr. Edmond Mansoor has announced. “Follo...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Prime Minister Freundel Stuart Tuesday held talks with senior public servants amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. At the end of the 90-minute discussion with the head of the...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has confirmed that the Speaker of the Dominica parliament, Alix Boyd-Knights, has been nominated to replace President Eluid Williams when his term expires in October. Williams was elected to the post in September last year with the main...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says the country faces the possibility of being declared a “non-compliant jurisdiction” after it was forced to submit a report to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) without legislative support from the opposition. Atto...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade Tuesday paid tribute to Sir Paul Scoon saying history will remember “this influential and courageous Grenadian” as a person who served his country with distinction. Sir Paul, 78, the first and longest servin...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Tuesday withdrew its call for the resignation of the chairman of the board of Television Jamaica (TVJ) Milton Samuda. Last weekend, Samuda, temporary stepped down from his position pending the outcome of an investigation into allegation...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, has been invested as Knight of Grace of the Order of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. This is the second knighthood for the Governor-General, who received the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Micha...