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Bomb squad called to CAL’s Miami gate
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A Miami-Dade police department bomb squad was called out to check a suspicious package yesterday afternoon outside the gate of a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight at Miami I
CAL offers luxury seating to public officials
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Accompanied by their spouses, political figures, a present and former state enterprise chairman, two directors and a television personality are among the passengers who we
Royalties dilemma
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The placement of Barbados on a United States watchlist of intellectual property rights violators is being seen as a double-edged sword.
Haiti welcomes JetBlue
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti is welcoming plans by the US-based carrier, JetBlue Airways to begin offering daily non-stop flights to the impoverished French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARI
Ex-Haitian leader criticizes gov’t over poverty
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emerged from months of seclusion for a second straight day and took several swipes at the current government.
Former Haitian President Aristide makes rare court appearance
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday held a three-hour, closed-door audience with a Haitian investigative judge, as part of the ongoing murder i
Dominica warns against threats to banana industry
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica has launched a scathing attack on countries and companies seeking to destroy the local banana industry as the European Union launched an EC$54 million (One EC dolla
Much more agriculture investment needed, says expert
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IN the context of what he says is increasing unemployment and poverty in Barbados; high incidences of non-communicable diseases; the current contracting of the economy; and a
EDITORIAL - What, really, are agro-parks?
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Agro-parks must be good things. Roger Clarke, the agriculture minister, talks about them a lot. So, too, does Peter Phillips, the finance minister.
Jamaica, US to sign agreement on FATCA
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaican Government and the United States (US) are expected to sign an agreement by July aimed at endorsing a new hegemony tax act called the Foreign Account Tax Compliance
Post-IMF ‘hard work’ and challenges
KINGSTON, Jamaica - When Dr Peter Phillips announced the approval of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal as he wrapped up the annual Budget Debate last week, many in the House and across the
Island not ready for Category 3, 4
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Prepare for an active hurricane season.
Grenada and Trinidad agree on a number of areas of cooperation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.
PM Anthony challenges CARICOM senior public officers
CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC - Prime Minister Dr.
PM opts out of regional airline talks
KINGSTOWN—The shareholder governments of regional airline, LIAT, will meet in Barbados today, but a planned meeting in Bridgetown with T&T’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will not mater
The competitive imperative
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - There is an obvious irony in the hemispheric choice of Trinidad and Tobago as the venue for the eighth Americas Competitiveness Forum in October 2014.
New world trade supremo
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Brazil’s ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Roberto Azevêdo, is to be approved by acclamation, as the Geneva-based organisation’s new director-general, at next T
State visits amplify Obama focus on Latin America, Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Keeping a keen eye south of the border, the Obama administration is intensifying its engagement with Latin America, hosting leaders from a pair of presidents at the White House
Venezuela leader, rivals take battle on the road
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his Argentine counterpart and ally, Cristina Fernandez, announced new energy and food agreements yesterday, then Maduro cheered s
Incoming WTO director to restore credibility
GENEVA (Trinidad Guardian) —The incoming head of the World Trade Organisation says his first priority will be to try to rescue its credibility as a forum for trade negotiations.