ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The main opposition New National Party (NNP) predicting that a general election will be held this year is urging citizens to unite and help lay the foundation of a long overdue Grenadian renaissance. Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Mitchell, whose government was ...

Haitian ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide answered prosecutors' questions Wednesday in a landmark investigation for the country over charges he used homeless children to get donations. Thousands of Aristide supporters gathered outside a courthouse and poured into the streets to protest what t...

PROVIDENCIALS, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC -The United Kingdom has made a request for the extradition of former Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick who is being held in a Brazilian jail following after his December arrest in the South American nation on an international warrant. Under an agre...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - There will be temptation among skittish members of the Government, we fear, to slink behind the recent acknowledgement by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard that the Fund underestimated the potentially deflationary impact of its policies...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) President Christopher Zacca says Jamaica will be diving deep into an economic crisis if the country continues to be without an International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement. What's more, Zacca figures that the longer it takes to se...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Western countries Wednesday pressured Guyana to ensure that Local Government elections last held here in 1994 take place during the coming months. In a joint statement issued by the United States Ambassador D. Brent Hardt, the United Kingdom High Commissioner Andrew ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana is sending a delegation to the fifth session of the Inter-Governmental Negotiation Committee in Geneva later this month where an international ban on mercury will be discussed. The meeting is scheduled for January 13-18 and local stakeholders, including offici...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LIAT has apologized to customers travelling to and from Dominica and St. Vincent who have been experiencing an increase in cancelled flights and delayed baggage. In a release today from the regional airline, it was stated: “Over the past two weeks customers travelling t...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - However it goes on THA election day January 21, the people of Tobago have already scored a victory with the agreement by the contesting political parties to participate in tonight's debate. To have secured the leaders of the three contending parties to agree to enter t...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The year 2012 was a challenging year for equity investors in Caricom. Despite solid gains on manufacturing, conglomerate and banking stocks, returns were depressed by declines on tourism, real estate, insurance, investments and retail stocks. As a result, the CSX 30, which...