BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A report coming out of the recently concluded CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad & Tobago has indicated that regional leaders will be looking to expand the bloc to embrace more territories in the area. The impetus behind this suggestion is to seek ways to stre...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME CRITICS of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) may wonder why it is that the Dominican Republic’s repeated request to access membership of our regional economic integration movement is yet to get a positive response. A quick, short answer could perhap be in one word ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer, believes a call for reparations is an integral element of the community's development strategy. Spencer noted during discussions by CARICOM heads of government last week that the legacy of slavery and colonialism in the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Long-time reparation activist and parliamentarian Mike Henry is applauding the move of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to pursue reparations for native genocide and slavery. On Saturday, wrapping up the four-day 34th Heads of Government Conference held in...

Castries, St Lucia, CMC – The Government of St. Lucia will be closing the George F. Charles Airport as of midnight on Monday due the impending passage of Tropical Storm Chantal. As a result the regional carrier, LIAT has been forced to cancel several flights in and out of the island on Tuesday...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- The Government has ordered the closure of all schools by noon and throughout Tuesday as the country prepares for the passage of Tropical Storm Chantal. According to a government statement, the schools will remain closed until Wednesday morning, unless advised otherwise. Pri...

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC –The Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) says it will launch a seminal on-line support tool in St. Lucia on Friday in keeping with the thrust to promote a culture of risk management across the region. St. Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr. Kenny A...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - It is always useful to get our professionals in the Caribbean to share their ideas about matters that affect our lives. Recently, Sir Dwight Venner, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), made a call for regional leaders to find a transformational industry...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - It is not only the election of Doran Dixon to a second stint as president of the teachers' union. Other evidence abounds of how we have this education thing upside down; that there is a premium on form over outcomes. This past Sunday, for instance, this newspaper highlighted...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says there has been a significant decrease in the number of displaced families in Haiti since a massive earthquake struck the country three and a half years ago. In its latest quarterly Displacement Tracking Matrix...