PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express - Forty years later, T&T is again privileged to welcome Caribbean leaders to commemorate the historic signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Notably, this time, the presence of three extra-Caricom leaders—from Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Equatoria...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - ONE OF the encouraging aspects of the just concluded 34th CARICOM Summit was the structured high-level consultations with special guests, among them heads of government and top officials of international and hemispheric organizations such as the United Nations and the Organ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express - Trinidad and Tobago has been ranked 81 out of 142 countries in the 2013 Global Innovation Index for the second consecutive year, a statement on the Index’s official website has said.  The country trailed 34 spots behind regional leader Barbados, ranked...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- A Bermuda Regiment soldier absent without leave for seven years has been heavily fined after being caught on his return home from overseas, authorities said. The unnamed soldier -- one of around 100 men who have dodged their regiment duty -- was detained at the L.F. Wade ...

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, says that the drug problem affects the “pillars of development” in Latin America and Caribbean. In presenting a report here on the drug problem in the region, to the E...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A court in the French island of Martinique has convicted four St. Lucian nationals who were on a wanted list for a series of criminal activities including the alleged murder of a French doctor. Fabian Cherubin, Roger Hilaire, Danny Francis and Roger Avril were accu...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Judicial Review Court has reserved judgement in an application seeking to quash an order of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) preventing an attorney from prosecuting her former employer, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL). The three-member Review Court...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, which is in the process of acquiring a fleet of new aircraft, Wednesday said it was increasing the cost of its tickets to include a security surcharge. A statement from the Antigua-based airline said that the surcharge on tickets i...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The United States Wednesday confirmed it is investigating a visa racket involving an official at its embassy in Guyana. In a brief statement, the State Department said it “is aware of allegations of improprieties relating to a Consular Officer formerly assigne...

LYON, France, CMC – The world’s largest international police organization, known as INTERPOL, says nearly 30 tonnes of cocaine, heroin and marijuana with an estimated value of US$ 822 million have been seized in an operation targeting the maritime trafficking of drugs and illicit firearm...