GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Edna Moyle, a founding member of the main opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) died Tuesday, less than 24 hours before voters in this British Overseas Territory go to the polls to elect a new government. Relatives said that the former Speaker...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, (IPS) - As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region’s stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable. For the past six years, the University of Central Flori...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - CITIZENS OF our Caribbean Community who keep hope alive, against the odds, for this region’s economic progress and social stability would undoubtedly find encouragement in a just-released World Bank Global Development Report. According to this report, the World Bank projects t...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Last weekend's meeting of Caribbean political and business leaders in the British Virgin Islands was not the type that would normally attract much attention. However, the issues discussed were most important to the survival of this region. Hosted by Sir Richard Branson, the Briti...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - What would happen if the over 7,500 Antigua & Barbuda pensioners and others were deprived of the food and utility subsidy currently funded through the PetroCaribe arrangement which the country has with Venezuela? What would happen to our local airline, LIAT, if the Trinidad & T...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has expressed hope that he can meet with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar within the next week over the contentious fuel subsidy to State-owned carrier Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) on competing routes w...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Caribbean debt crisis will be among matters discussed here this week as the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) holds its annual meeting in St. Lucia. Vice President of Corporate Services Yvette Lemonias-Sea said the bank, the region’s premier lending agenc...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brazil Monday at the start of a week-long visit aimed at deepening ties with Brazil. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said the the visit is also aimed at encouraging private sector investment in Haiti. It said t...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC -- Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has held talks with a delegation from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) bank and says the country could receive financial assistance for projects in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Gonsalves said he had hel...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, is to pay a three-day State visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the Office of the Prime Minister has announced. It said the Chinese leader, who will be accompanied by his wife, Peng Liyuan, will arrive here on May 31. ...