KINGSTON, Jamaica - Federation had a swift demise. With hindsight we now know it could not work for us. CARICOM was a "feel-good" project of limited scope; the CSME is a reprise of a federal vision couched as a single economy. Over decades, powerful men invested their reputations but did no due dili...

WASHINGTON, CMC – The leaders of seven multilateral organizations have appealed for global support of a report issued by a high-level United Nations panel calling for ending extreme poverty and promoting sustainable development in the Caribbean and other countries. The Inter-American Bank (IDB...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Twenty four countries from across the region have confirmed their participation in the Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA), scheduled to be held in Suriname, August 16- 25. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Host Country Management Committee (HCM...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - The United Nations says its emergency relief fund will allocate an additional US$1.5 million to the cholera response in Haiti at a time when cases are set to rise due to the rainy season. “Cholera has claimed over 8,100 lives and infected over 660,000 people since the ou...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Four consecutive quarters—one year—of economic growth for Trinidad and Tobago. This was disclosed by Finance Minister Larry Howai at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news briefing at the Prime Minister’s St Clair office. He also said Trinidad and Tobago had ...

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The yachting sector has provided a significant boost to the economy, based on the results of a survey conducted between May 2012 and April 2013 . The survey revealed that the sector’s net contribution to Grenada was EC$130 million with repairs and mainte...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Government is describing as a “travesty against the people of Guyana” a decision by opposition legislators not to support measures aimed at raising the guarantee limit of loans for the development of hydro-electricity in the country. Finance Minister Dr. A...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Attorney General Levi Peter is urging Dominicans to stay away from the illegal drugs trade after a number of people appeared in court on Thursday following police seizure of drugs estimated at more than a million dollars (One EC dollar = US0.37 cents). “Human nat...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon took in front yesterday and removed himself from any e-mail probe. The Attorney General and the Prime Minister’s attorney, however, want him to resign. Period. Gordon had recused himself from the e-mail investigation at the ver...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Government has asked former cabinet minister Jack Warner to return his diplomatic passport. The Express was told by a high-ranking Government official that the United States authorities have been pressuring the Government to withdraw Warner’s diplomatic passport which...