PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamonthe has sought to clear the air on reports of the forced eviction of Haitians we have been living in tent camps since the earthquake of 2010. According to Lamonthe, the Government of Haiti is committed to protecting the human r...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Noting that the world is vastly changing, Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development, Bhoendradatt Tewarie, has called for greater regional integration. Speaking with reporters after the launch of the National Spatial Development Strategy Workshop on Wednesday at the ...

WASHINGTON, CMC - The World Bank says it is helping to improve the quality of secondary education in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Washington-based financial institution said this is being done through a project that trains more teachers and provides more classrooms. The bank said that, since ...

WASHINGTON, CMC - The World Bank says Grenada has advanced towards fiscal governance and investment promotion and that it is also seeking to modernise several areas of its operations as part of a project to enhance fiscal governance and promote investment. The Washington-based financial institution...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Eleventh Caribbean Fisheries Forum is imperative, timely and the findings discussed and deliberated on will be of great benefit to the region if they are creative, innovative and implemented. This according to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fish...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - According to the Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Milton Haughton, the Fisheries sector is highly important. He highlighted the importance of the sector as a way to improve the health and quality of life of the citizens of the Caribbean....

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana Wednesday made an impassioned plea for business investments from its oil rich Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbour, Trinidad and Tobago, saying it also provides a gateway for investment in South America. Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar addressi...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Wednesday said he remains confident that the twin island federation would record near two per cent economic growth this year. He said the 1.9 per cent growth being predicted is reasonable based on “what we have seen from the perfo...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has blasted the Portia Simpson Miller led administration saying the country is worse off than when it demitted office in 2012. Responding to the J$521 billion (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.01 cents) tax free budget presented by Fi...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica, for all practical purposes, has an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It will be merely formalised by the fund's executive board at their meeting on May 1. So, the fiscal programme being pursued by the Government for the financial year that starte...