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...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT would be foolhardy to think that Jamaica's image would not be harmed by the doping scandal involving several of our athletes, including the much loved Mr Asafa Powell, and just before that, the iconic Mrs Veronica Campbell Brown. Yet, we must admit to being greatly surpris...