NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas says it hopes to develop a strategic plan to deal with violence against women by June and reiterated its condemnation of violence in any form against women in the country. “Hundreds of women in The Bahamas face situations that cause serious distress, pa...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas says it has entered into an agreement on the Exchange of Information on Tax Matters (TIEA) with the Czech Republic, the second such accord to be signed with an Eastern European nation. “The Bahamas welcomes the conclusion of this agreement with Czech Re...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Spain is seeking the assistance of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries for a seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2015-2016 period. Spain's Ambassador Manuel Quesada met with Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and delivered a letter from Spa...

GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC – The International police organization (INTERPOL) has signed an agreement with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling in the Caribbean and other places. Signed on Wednesday by INTERPOL Secretary General Ro...

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 06, 2014 (SKNIS): As part of their History Heritage Day, the History Department of the Verchilds High School recently held a concert which transported the students through time. The journey to the past started off with a song entitled Stand Up, Defend Your Rights, a son...

KINGSTON, Jamaican, Observer - IN the context of the just concluded Black History Month, world heritage consultant Dr Janice Lindsay is calling on Caribbean States, to step up efforts to safeguard their music from economic exploitation, and do more to turn it into an economic powerhouse for local co...

KINGSTON, Jamaican, Observer - AS the country observes March as Endometriosis Month, co-founder of the Better Awareness and Support for Endometriosis (BASE) Foundation, Shauna Fuller-Clarke, is urging employees and school administrators to become more sensitive to and supportive of the approximately...

BEIJING, (Reuters) – At least 28 people were killed in a “violent terrorist attack” at a train station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming by a group of unidentified people brandishing knives, five of whom were shot dead, state media said on Sunday. Another 162 people were ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle - FOREIGN MINISTER, Carolyn Rodriques-Birkett was evidently quite pleased in announcing last Thursday that Guyana has become ‘the first’ country of the 15-member Caribbean Community to successfully enact legislation that guarantees free intra-regional moveme...

KIEV/BALACLAVA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine mobilised for war yesterday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour in Moscow’s biggest confrontation with the West since the Cold War. “Th...