ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer- A probe is underway to determine what caused a LIAT plane to fill with smoke while en route to Antigua on Sunday night. Several members of the country’s national swim team were on that flight, which was forced to divert to Guadeloupe. OBSERVER media’...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says it is positioned to benefit from the establishment of a major tourism development project with Qatar. In a statement on Saturday, it was revealed that Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer recently held official talks with the Emir of Qatar, S...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Observer - – A local medical practitioner is making a case for government to relax the rules on the use of marijuana … while at the same time calling for a complete ban on tobacco. Dr Leslie Walwyn acknowledged that ganja has some harmful effects such as induci...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government says it has no intention of changing the present buggery laws even as the advocacy group, Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) said it was seeking talks with the authorities on the matter of equal rights. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said it had ratified the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States, which governs the temporary presence of US military-defence personnel here for mutually agreed activities. The government said the agreeme...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – International Trade Minister Rickey Skerrit is dismissing claims that the regional integration movement, CARICOM, is no longer relevant to the development of the Caribbean. “There is no alternative to CARICOM, until I see what the alternative is I really don&...

There is an urgent need for Caribbean territories to review it educational systems and policies, with greater focus on developing the skills and techniques for creative thinking and adaptation. So says, Trinidad’s Tertiary Education and Training Minister Fazal Karim, who believes that the re...

WASHINGTON, CMC – A major international human rights group says the skyrocketing criminal prosecutions of Caribbean and other migrants for illegally entering or reentering the United States carry huge human and financial costs. In a report released here on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said imprison...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is predicting that the island’s economy could experience as much as one per cent economic growth this fiscal year based on the implementation of several key multi-billion dollar projects. PIOJ Director General, Colin Bullock, said the...

PM PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The ruling coalition People’s Partnership government is observing its third anniversary in office on Friday with an opinion poll showing that the approval rating for Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has fallen compared with previous years. The coalition will ho...