BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - The Belize government Tuesday urged education officials to ensure that schools remained opened and the safety of students assured as the National Trade Union Congress (NTU) announced it would be supporting teachers in the protest action for increased wages. The teachers, led ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Vice President of the Trade Union Federation (TUF) Cyprian Montroupe says the grouping is disappointment with the progress of the negotiations for a salary increases for public servants given the February 15 deadline. Montroupe said the TUF has written to Prime Minister Dr...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - FORMER EAST Portland Member of Parliament (MP) Sam Lawrence was yesterday remembered by the House of Representatives for his contribution to Jamaica's legislative process. Opposition MP Karl Samuda, who served with Lawrence as MP between 1989 and 1997, and Government me...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – For the better part of a half-century after the French ceded independence to most of their colonies in the 1960s, the relationship between the newly sovereign states and the ex-mother country was relatively benign and uneventful. President Charles de Gaulle’s rough ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says the gun attack which left its general secretary Oscar Clarke hospitalised “is another example of the precarious crime situation which is facing Guyana at the moment”. Clarke, 74, was shot a...

PROVIDENCIALS, Turks and Caicos, CMC – The Turks and Caicos Islands government has formally requested the extradition of former premier Michael Misick from Brazil, where he has been in prison since his arrest on December 7 last year. A brief statement by Attorney General Huw Shepheard, noted ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) says agriculture minister Michael Denis Lett, who died from prostate cancer on Monday will be remembered for “his selfless dedication to service, his wisdom and patience as a leader (and) his ability to work...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it welcomes the new Multi-Purpose Identification System (MPID) for citizens of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). A government statement said that the system provides a cost-effective, incremental approach to int...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations Security Council is urging all political actors in Haiti to work constructively on priorities, including credible 2013 elections and security sector reform. The UN has also re-affirmed its commitment to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC - A new study says micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) can play a “fresh and significant role” in boosting relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union (EU). The study titled “Building SME Competitiveness in the Europe...