PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - My old friend Jean Holder, chairman of LIAT, recently presented to the airline's major shareholder prime ministers a paper titled "Towards a sustainable regional air transportation service". Those who have read his extraordinarily informative 2010 book Don't burn o...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti /PRNewswire/ -- Haiti is one of the safest destinations; not just in the Caribbean, but throughout all the Americas. This is the general finding of recent studies on crime in the region which show that Haiti has the lowest rate of violent deaths in comparison to previous years....

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has acknowledged that while the record of her ruling People’s National Party (PNP) over the past 12 months “has not been perfect” her government came to office “at a difficult time” and has since restor...

WASHINGTON D.C., United States, 2013 -Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has announced new rules reducing the time Caribbean and other nationals who are US citizens are separated from their immediate relatives. She said these relatives - spouse, children and parents - must be in the ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica says it is hoping to sign later this year an agreement with the US-based Clinton Climate Initiative on the further developing the geothermal energy sector programme here. The island’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vince Henderson, speaking on the stat...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - WE are aware that many factors can affect negotiations between the Government and business entities wishing to set operations here. Those factors can range from complex to the most minute detail. Either way, they most times lead to start-up delays that frustrate all parties invo...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - With international pressure mounting on Jamaica to re-double its efforts to clamp down on human trafficking, the task force appointed to deal with this issue is pushing for amendments to already existing legislation. According to Carol Palmer, Chairperson of the Task force A...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – With Grenada gearing for a general election later this year, the Parliamentary Elections Office (PEA) says 13,900 names have been included on the official Voters List released here on Thursday. The PEA said that people with complaints have until January 11 to...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Premier Joseph Parry has announced January 22 as the date when voters in Nevis could go to the polls to elect a new Nevis Island Administration (NIA). “At this the start of 2013, we hold the future of our beloved island truly in our hands,” said Premier P...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC - The Tobago Council of the People’s National Movement (PNM) Friday condemned what it termed “the cynical and vulgar manner” in which the coalition People’s Partnership government of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is dealing with the issue of s...