BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has described as “very fruitful” the discussions he had last Sunday with the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, in Port-of- Spain. President Xi was on an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago over the week...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have until November to meet the stipulations outlined by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). The CFATF met in Nicaragua last week and according to Dominica’s Attorney General Levi Peters the island has...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation begins a series of consultations on Wednesday examining the 2014-19 Strategic Plan for CARICOM. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris, said the island is one of the pilot countries for the consultation proces...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell, Monday urged regional bankers to use the opportunities which new technologies offer in delivering central bank services as efficiently as possible. Addressing the 23rd Regional Central Banks Information ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - On June 4, 1940, Winston Churchill stood in the House of Commons and painted the picture of a country that would refuse to bow to the pressures of a German annihilator. In one of his three most celebrated speeches, “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”, the victories whi...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – More than 20 lecturers and researchers from universities across the Caribbean will meet in Barbados on Wednesday for the first-ever Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Knowledge Management workshop to be held in the region. The two-day regional workshop is ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A MONTH from this week, Heads of Government of CARICOM will be meeting in Port of Spain for their regular annual summit. They will have much to reflect on – the just concluded rounds of informal meetings in Trinidad and Tobago with United States’ Vice-President Jos...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The head of one of the United Nations agencies is concerned about the length of time it takes for cases of gender-based violence, including sexual assault of children, to be heard in the court system. Christine Arab, who recently took up the post as Representative of UN Women ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - LAST week was a significant development in the relations between the United States and the small island nations of the Caribbean Community. Trinidad and Tobago hosted an official visit to the region by United States Vice President Joe Biden. Caribbean leaders, including our ow...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - SCHOLARSHIP on the contemporary political history of the Caribbean can benefit from the autobiographies, memoirs, papers and correspondence of political leaders, especially prime ministers. This is a well-developed and invaluable tradition in England and the United States, mot...