ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - There is no doubt that the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, left an indelible mark on the world and his very recent death on March 5 gave many people a reason to pause and remember. Chávez was no stranger to controversy. In some cases, he almost s...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - THE revolutionary PetroCaribe initiative that allowed signatory nations to benefit from subisdised Venezuelan fuel and the role its architect, Hugo Chavez, the late President of Venezuela, played as a patron in Latin American and Caribbean integration were among the highlights o...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opposition politicians, trade unionists and non-government organisations have accused the Kamla Persad Bissessar government of seeking to impose an undeclared state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago as it battles to deal with the escalating crime situation in t...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn Tuesday said her office cannot at this time properly initiate criminal prosecution against any member of the Jamaica government over the failure to submit certain information to the Office of the Contractor Gene...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - It is most unfortunate, but a number of Caribbean countries have been stained by corruption that has not gone unchecked in the international community. Drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, police killings, facilitating tax evasion, bribery of politicians, human ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says she has no information that the son of a minister in her Cabinet is allegedly being investigated by United States law enforcement officials. Speaking with reporters as she toured several police stations on Tuesday, Prim...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- Some of the top women in entrepreneurship in Antigua & Barbuda and the rest of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have put forward recommendations on how to address certain issues arising out of the evolution of the roles of men and women in society. ...

(New York Times) Venezuela will create a scientific panel to investigate the illness of Hugo Chávez, after an accusation by the interim president last week that the former president’s cancer was mysteriously caused by his enemies. “We have this intuition that our Commander Ch&aacu...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding father, was named the winner of the country’s presidential election with 50.07 per cent of the vote last Saturday. He has the name, the wealth – and the burden that comes with his heritage. Unlike the late Mzee Jo...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Private Sector Commission (PSC) and Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) Tuesday said they intend lobbying the Guyana government to beef up the necessary institutions to deal with corruption. In a joint statement, the two organisations agreed that the “per...