Top European officials are keeping a worried eye on the United States (US) government shutdown, saying it could pose a risk for the continent's fledgling recovery. The US has the world's largest economy and close business ties with Europe. So the shutdown, which has seen some 800,000 federa...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police are investigating the murder of two men, including a close relative of a candidate contesting the October 21 Local Government election on a ticket of the coalition People’s Partnership administration. Police Public Information Officer, Acting Inspec...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just released its latest report on global warming. The report, the fifth in the last 23 years, contains findings which are no surprise but which confirm an indisputable trend -- scientists are 95 per cent certain th...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI) will be celebrating its formal launch today from 5 pm–8 pm at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad. The CCGI is a non-profit membership- based organisation dedicated to strengthening principles of good corporate governance acr...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC -- A LIAT DASH-8 aircraft was Wednesday afternoon forced to return to Barbados about midway into a flight to Guyana due to a problem with an "avionics fan". The aircraft landed without incident around 3:12 p.m.(local time) and a fire tender was on standby on the apron. Th...

JOHN’S, Antigua- There is no cause for panic in Antigua & Barbuda following reports that Barbados has confirmed one death as a result of the H1N1 flu (swine flu) while St Vincent has recorded several cases. Medical Officer of Health, Dr Oritta Zachariah yesterday said since H1N1 was disco...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), John W. Ashe is urging the international community to find common ground in crafting a new global development agenda integrating economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. Ashe, the Antigua and...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - When the Caribbean Court of Justice hands down its decision in the case Shanique Myrie vs Barbados on Friday it will of critical regional importance. It has implications at the political level and more important, for the CCJ itself. If the case goes against Miss Myrie, we hav...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The Haitian government is recalling its ambassador in the Dominican capital in response to a court ruling from the neighboring Dominican Republic that strips citizenship from the children of Haitian migrants . The decision comes almost a week after a ruling by the Domi...

GENEVA.- The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the Dominican Constitutional Court ruling which refuses nationality to offspring born in the country of undocumented parents, which mostly affects descendants of Haitians. "This decision deprives tens of thousands...