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The message of the hoodie
ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Late Saturday evening, many of us heard first hand when the jury declared George Zimmermnan “not guilty” of the death of Trayvon Martin.
An unchanging US foreign policy
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - From whatever angle one views the current political crisis in Egypt, the spectre of an unchanging United States foreign policy returns an unflinching stare.
MATT executive resigns as fallout continues over Trinidad Guardian saga
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) Monday said that members of the executive had resigned as the fallout continues over conflicting reports that th
EDITORIAL - Time for deep introspection
KINGSTON, Jamaica - That five more of our athletes - including Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson - tested positive for banned substances is a body blow to Jamaican athletics.
Government stands by athletes
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports.
Talk show host tipped to be new political leader of main opposition party
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Radio talk show host, Lennox Linton, is being tipped to lead the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) as it prepares for the next
Bad weather blamed for mishap involving 12-seater plane
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – All 12 people on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane survived an early morning “crash” after the aircraft landed off the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One on M
Eighteen to represent country at Carifesta
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The government will be sending an 18-member contingent to the 2013 Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) to be held in Suriname next month.
CPA conference to focus on threats to Caribbean democracy
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A meeting of parliamentarians from around the region in Antigua & Barbuda later this month will see real examples of threats to Caribbean democracy ventilated.
Mission completed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados will soon be looking for a new ambassador to China.
New UN envoy in Haiti from Trinidad takes her post
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The United Nations' new envoy to Haiti has begun her post as the head of mission for the peacekeeping force in the Caribbean nation.
Partnership in parlous state
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Any forecast the Chaguanas West by-election campaign outcome will show both the People’s Partnership and the spin-off Independent Liberal Party (ILP) to have been brough
PM wants former national security minister investigated
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Monday night called for an investigation into her former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner after a newspaper rep
Government places southern Belize under quarantine
BELMOPAN, CMC - The Belize government has placed a significant section of the country under an agriculture quarantine following the detection of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly.
CCCCC official defends region’s need for financial assistance to deal with climate change
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Deputy Director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Dr.
Major private-sector bodies form CARICOM working group
KINGSTON, Jamaica - On the heels of recent public commentary regarding Jamaica's trade agreements with CARICOM comes news that four of the country's major organisations have formed a broad-based
Clash over CARICOM - Let’s fix it!
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Forty years is not a long time in the life of an organisation.
Mandela could soon be discharged, Mbeki says
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela may be discharged from hospital soon to recuperate at home, said a former president of South Africa.
