PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - UP to yesterday afternoon, no additional medical leave from Parliament had been requested by San Fernando East Member of Parliament Patrick Manning, according to a source close to House Speaker Wade Mark. Yesterday was the end of the six-week extension granted to Manning, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cuba is to host the International Forum and Caribbean Film Market next month. The June 13-15 event is being organised by the Travelling Caribbean Film Festival and provides a greater visibility to the films produced by Caribbean film makers. The forum, which is a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The pan presented to United States Vice-President Joe Biden by Prime Min­ister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the end of his visit to Trinidad this week was purchased at Gill’s Pan Shop in Curepe. Gill manufactures pans using barrels that are custom-made for them, usi...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A new report coming out of world football’s governing body FIFA could present another obstacle to Jack Warner’s political campaign. Head of FIFA’s Audit and Compliance Committee Domenico Scala was yesterday quoted by Reuters as saying that both Warner, for...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will soon implement a cyber emergency response team (CERT) to assist in the protection of the island’s internet infrastructure by coordinating defences against and responses to cyber attacks and threats. Minister of State in the Mi...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – The Montserrat government Wednesday said it was soliciting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for its proposed submarine fibre optic cable project. Director of the Department for Information Technology and eGovernment Services (DITES), Denzil West, said the government is c...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean region is likely to experience major storms and hurricanes this year during what is expected to be a busy hurricane season. This is according to the recently appointed Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ronald Jackso...

CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC - The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is urging regional countries to review and strengthen their institutions and instruments in order to maximize the contribution of natural resources to regional development, particularly in th...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - French Ambassador Jacques Sturm said yesterday that there was no “blacklist”. “What you have heard about is a list that comes from the France Development Bank (AFD). It is working list for banking procedures. It is not an official list of the French govern...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - There is no basis for the “blacklisting” of Trinidad and Tobago by France, Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Dookeran and Minister of Finance Larry Howai said yesterday. In a statement Howai said: “I question the legitimacy of this categorisation of Trin...