BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC - A conference examining the impact of ozone depleting substances (ODS) on the environment began here Monday with Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas urging regional countries to adequately educate their populations on the issue. “The challenges are endless, but there...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - A Caribbean law expert Monday categorised many of the region’s laws dealing with children as being outdated and not adequate in dealing with a range of social issues confronting that vulnerable segment of the population. Head of the Caribbean Law Institute, Profess...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Education Minister, Reverend Ronald Thwaites has warned that the educational achievement of students is being severely compromised by poor values and attitudes, with focus being placed on material possessions and popular culture rather than learning. “We idolise bling,...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - On March 13, Chargé d’Affaires at the United States Embassy Thomas Smitham and Junior Achievement of T&T’s Chief Executive Officer, J Errol Lewis, signed a US$55,000 grant to pave the way for a project to provide business development training; mentors...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prospects for expanding economic partnerships between T&T and India will be the focus of the 2013 India Business Seminar which takes place tomorrow at the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce (TTCIC) Building, Westmoorings, from 8 am. The half-day seminar, which has...

NEW YORK, CMC – The St. George’s University in Grenada, regarded as one of the largest medical schools in the world, is up for sale, according to international media reports. The university, which came to prominence in 1983 when U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent in troops to evacuate Ame...

The island Haiti’s tourism leaders describe as the Caribbean’s ‘last true treasure island’ will be put under the development knife, as it undergoes an eco-makeover to become the region’s next biggest tourism hot spot. The region’s Ministry of Tourism has proposed ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Jamaica has received US$2.4 billion in funding support from Venezuela under the PetroCaribe agreement, since the facility was established in 2005. Chief Executive Officer of the PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF), Dr. Wesley Hughes, says the funds, allocated between July 20...

CARACAS Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate on Monday vowed to end the OPEC nation's shipments of subsidized oil to communist-run Cuba, slamming acting President as a puppet of Havana. Capriles has berated Maduro as a weak imitation of the late Hugo Chavez, whose death two weeks ago co...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – One of the Caribbean’s longest serving head of government says he is ready to work with whichever leader the electorates in Grenada and Barbados select in general elections on Tuesday and Thursday respectively. “First of all, I make no comment about an...