KINGSTON, Jamaica - As the world awaits further news on the health of Venezuela President Hugo Chávez, representatives of the governments of Jamaica and Venezuela and a throng of other diplomats gathered yesterday at the Grace Missionary Church in Kingston to offer prayers on his behalf. Ch&...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Haitian officials have renewed the diplomatic passport of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, his attorney said Saturday. Lawyer Reynold Georges said the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reissued the expired travel document for Duvalier last month as is custo...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Haitian President Michel Martelly briefly stepped back in time last weekend, doing his old “Sweet Micky” stage name proud as he sang alongside Spanish heartthrob Julio Iglesias at a glittering fundraiser in the Dominican Republic. The celebrity-s...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The year 2012 was a challenging one 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 tracks...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ambassador Derick Heaven is a man for whom this newspaper has the utmost respect and whose grasp of the intricacies of the global sugar industry is undoubted. Importantly, he has been a champion of the cause of reforming the industry, promoting the concept of a sugar cane, rather...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - The United States of America has long been regarded as the land of milk and honey, by the lesser-off inhabitants of the Caribbean and of Latin America. Many people of these countries have tried every trick available to them to enter and remain in this land. Some have been...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The US has protested to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Antigua & Barbuda’s attempt to enforce its annual 21 million US dollar judgement against Washington. The judgement was awarded by the WTO, which has declared US cross-border gaming laws ille...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, /PRNewswire/ -- The governments of Haiti and Vietnam are demonstrating that South-South cooperation can lead to the fruitful exchange of resources, technology and knowledge. A series of significant agreements signed in late December 2012 provide the framework for a novel form ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jan 4, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says St. Lucia has the largest fiscal deficit in the Caribbean as he prepares to address the nation on Sunday on the economic challenges facing the island. "Where as other Caribbean states might have a fiscal deficit of seven to eigh...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – China is providing more than US$4.8 million to Grenada under an economic and technical agreement, a government statement has said here. It said that the accord was signed by Finance Minister Nazim Burke and China’s Ambassador to Grenada, Xu Jianguo. &ld...