During the Caribbean Week of Agriculture, currently underway in Guyana, an agreement to benefit agricultural trade and production was signed by 15 nations in the region. Georgetown, Guyana, 10 October, 2013 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Euro...

The European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have signed an agreement which will see the regional bloc providing some 11.7 million euros to boost Caribbean food access to the EU markets. The agreement was signed Wednesday night as the Caribbean Week...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS are occurring in the Middle East that could see a thawing of relations with Iran and Syria and ultimately a realignment of United States strategic interests in that region. However, Israel seems perplexed by this change as its arch-rivals are men...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines has reiterated its support for Taiwan to be recognised by various international agencies saying the Asian country has done much to improve the socio-economic well being of people in developing countries. Foreign Affairs Minister Cam...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President Desi Bouterse Wednesday fired his Finance Minister, Adelien Wijnerman, according to an official statement issued here. “This is part of the Reconstruction of Financial Management … and the seriousness with which Government intends to bring improvem...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Former Prime Minister of Jamaica P. J. Patterson is urging CARICOM members to fully support the initiatives afforded by the agreement. Speaking during his delivery of 18th edition of the Frank Worrell Memorial Lecture on Tuesday night at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Im...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - ON October 4, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) handed down its ruling in the case of Ms Shanique Myrie against the Government of Barbados for being denied entry, being physically abused, and deported to Jamaica in March 2011. Ms Myrie sued the Government of Barbados and was ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Many years from now, Caribbean people will recall where they were, on Friday, October 4, 2013, when the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that Jamaican national Shannique Myrie should be compensated for the embarrassment, pain and hardship she suffered at the hands of Barb...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - “…[T] he full extent of the right is that both entry and stay of a Community national must not only be “definite”, but also “hassle free” or without harassment or the imposition of impediments. These are essential elements of that right&hel...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyanese in particular, we suspect, will be strongly appreciative of the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) concerning the Shanique Myrie case on freedom of movement in the Caricom area, pursuant to Article 207 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. For long before ...