Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy called on Saint Lucians to pursue excellence in all their endeavors as our Nobel laureates have done. Saint Lucia’s Governor General, Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy officially launched Nobel Laureate Week 2015 on Monday. In honor of the achievemen...

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas says it intends to place on the agenda of the next Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government meeting, the attacks by the Boko Haram militant Islamist group on Nigeria. Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie, who is also chairman of the 15-member regi...

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 14TH 2015 (CUOPM) – The Federation’s construction of a second solar farm is not only getting region attention, but is also making international headlines. The Independent Daily European Express says St. Kitts and Nevis’ quest to become the world&rsqu...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- What does the rise of China’s economy and active diplomacy mean for the Caribbean? The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean examines China’s hegemony during its first module for 2015. The week-long intensive course runs from January 19 to 24 at UWI’s St Augustin...

(Reuters) - Developing and bringing to market effective Ebola vaccines requires extreme measures and unprecedented international cooperation, global health experts said on Monday. In an interim report on a roadmap for vaccines against the current and any future outbreaks of the deadly virus, infect...

GENEVA, Switzerland, Tuesday January 13, 2015, CMC – A new study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that Jamaica has the highest proportion of women managers, globally, ahead of countries like the United States and the United Kingdom The study also found that while women...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Monday January 12, 2015, IPS – For decades, the fertile slopes of La Soufriere volcano, which occupies the northern third of this 344-kilometre-square island, has produced illegally grown marijuana that fuels the local underground economy, and the trade in that...

ATLANTA, Jan. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five years after the devastating earthquake in 2010 left millions in need of urgent medical care, Haiti has made significant progress toward rebuilding the national public health system. Working with the Haitian government, U.S. Centers for Dise...

President of Haiti H.E.  Michel Martelly, accompanied by the First Lady Mrs. Sophia Martelly, the Prime Minister Mr. Evans Paul, the First Minister  Ms. Florence Duperval Guillaume, members of the various state institutions, the religious community, civil society, the diplomatic and consul...

St. Vincent and the Grenadines was thrown into a state of mourning Monday after a mini bus with about  16 school children and three other persons overturned between Fancy and Owia, on the island’s north east coast  and plunged into the sea below.  Official reports put the d...