KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - JAMAICA continues to agonise over the cost of electricity and the capacity to pay for its oil imports. This agony started with the first oil price shock in 1973 and the degree of agony has varied with the ebb and flow of oil prices. The country is in the throes of tryin...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - The Portia Simpson Miller Cabinet has approved legislative changes that could remove one of the most controversial provisions of the Child Care and Protection Act which allows a judge to incarcerate a child who is deemed to be "beyond control". "This will result in judge...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - WE hope that the Green Paper on the draft Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) and Entrepreneurial Policy, which was tabled in Parliament in May, has not been left to gather cobwebs like other documents now before the legislature. Even if he does not show it, we kno...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - FOLLOWING THE establishment of an embassy in Brazil last year, the Jamaican Government is indicating that it is moving post-haste to ensure that the country is able to capitalise on tourism and investment opportunities served up by the South American nation. Alison Stone...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – President Ma Ying jeou arrived in Haiti Tuesday at the start of a visit to several Caribbean countries. He was met on arrival by President Michel Martelly and will later participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Supreme Court building to replace the one...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados faced with a decline in revenue Tuesday announced new measures to revive an ailing economy with Finance Minister Chris Sinckler announcing new tax measures while acknowledging that the government's macro–economic programme is off track and must be...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Monday said that overall performance at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) has reached the 90 per cent mark for the first time in six years. It said this year, 90.15 per cent of the Unit en...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Monday said it is “deeply saddened” by the recent loss of lives and injury to several people as a result of domestic violence and urged the perpetrators to seek help through the various systems set up by the government and non-governm...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– the regional airline, LIAT, Monday warned passengers to brace for more travelling woes this week after one of its new aircraft was grounded “as a result of a technical issue”. In a statement, the airline told passengers that “its operations cont...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A prominent Dominican businessman Monday said the regional airline, LIAT, is contributing to the damage of fragile economies in the Caribbean through its poor service, especially over the past few weeks. In an open letter to the board of directors of the cash-strapped a...