NEW YORK, CMC - A major international credit rating agency says three bond restructurings in the Caribbean this year, totaling about US$9.7 billion, have still failed to ignite economic growth and may not help the region avoid more defaults. Moody’s Investors Service said the bond swaps this ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LAST week was a significant development in the relations between the United States and the small island nations of the Caribbean Community. Trinidad and Tobago hosted an official visit to the region by United States Vice President Joe Biden. Caribbean leaders, including our ow...

(Miami Herald) A career diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago with extensive experience on Haiti issues will soon head the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Caribbean nation.. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday announced that Sandra Honoré will serve as his next special repres...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Regional governments are being urged to intensify efforts to fully operationalise the Free Movement of skilled individuals which is an element of Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME). Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer made the call yesterday afternoon during his ina...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ronald Mason is entitled to his personal opinions, but he's not entitled to pick and choose facts to reinforce his ideological views on why Jamaica must leave CARICOM. The capitalist organisation of the global economy is inherently uneven. The European Union (EU) and NAFTA re...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Much media coverage was given to the signing on May 28 in Trinidad of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) by US Vice-President Joseph Biden and current chairman of the 15-nation Caribbean Community, Haiti's President Michel Martelly. But the TIFA must not be mis...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday that she will visit the People’s Republic of China in November on an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping. She will also establish a diplomatic mission in Beijing at that time. Speaking at the Diplomati...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - RECENTLY, United States President Barack Obama visited Mexico and Costa Rica. His last visit to the Caribbean was in April 2009 when he attended the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Hilary Clinton, while she was secretary of state, met the leaders of the Caribbean in Montego B...

Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged in Port of Spain Sunday to work with Suriname and Barbados to expand his country's cooperation with the two Caribbean nations. Xi, in a state visit to Trinidad and Tobago, made the remarks during separate meetings with Surinamese President Desi Boute...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a higher level of bilateral-friendly co-operation between his country and Antigua & Barbuda. He made the appeal over the weekend, while meeting with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. A report on Chinese news site Xinhuane...