The Caribbean Summit of Political and Business Leaders, May 17-18, will bring together heads of state and corporate executives to launch Phase II of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) to address environmental threats to the Caribbean region. With the goal of protecting 20 percent of the Caribb...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados may have few excuses as to why it is falling behind in implementing certain climate adaptation measures, but money cannot be one of them. Speaking at a seminar last Thursday which examined “Water Management, Health and Climate Change Adaptation”, presenter...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados should be conscious of its food supply, as the ability to withstand external shocks such as a nuclear accident, major terrorist attack, natural disaster or any international event that disrupts the movement of food to Barbados or leads to international food price incr...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony will Tuesday provide details of his administration’s fiscal policy for the next 12 months when he presents the national budget to Parliament. The government is expected to table an EC$1.3 billion (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) fiscal...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Consultations conducted within the Caribbean region have revealed that there are numerous threats to traditional knowledge (TK). Regional Consultant with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Mary Ann Richards says that there is a lack of knowledge about the co...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - T TAKES just one relatively small hurricane this season to throw our International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement off course. There is no provision for that, no special fund where we can access adequate resources to offset the kind of economic dislocation which results from our na...

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Institute of Archaeology has launched an investigation into the destruction of a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize. Pictures broadcast on a local television network over the weekend showed the near total destruction of the Noh Mul site, which means Big Hil...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Last week African business and government leaders met in Cape Town at the World Economic Forum on Africa to assess the impact of its growing wealth on alleviating poverty and to address the issue of transparency. It is well known that Africa’s impressive growth is not sh...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidad and Tobago should not need the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to admonish this country about the dangers to good government and to democracy posed by political funding. Miguel Insulza has been the latest high official to mount a bull...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government is seeking support for the passage of amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Act, warning it is in the country’s interest and should supersede political interest. Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil...