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Export-led growth? Who will lead in the Caribbean?
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean. In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have tu
CARICOM confidence must not fail now
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Below is an edited version of a public lecture by Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, assistant secretary general of the OAS, at the UWI, Mona, on March 19.
CCJ right court for region
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) wrapped up the Barbados leg of the Shanique Myrie case here during the past week and in the process completed a major demonstration of
Who is Miguel Díaz-Canel?
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The announcement of a changing of the guard in Havana – albeit not for another five years – has been somewhat overshadowed by all the fuss over the death of President Hugo Ch
Caribbean immigrants re-taken into custody
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says agents have taken 28 Caribbean and other immigrants back into custody after they were recently released f
US regulator accused Bahamas-based broker of market manipulation
NEW YORK, CMC - The United States financial services watchdog agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it has charged a Bahamas-based broker-dealer among others in what it descri
Government minister to file lawsuits against journalists, media houses and politician
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Sports Minister Anil Roberts says he will take legal action against several journalists and media houses as well as the chair person of his Congress of the People (
Focus on water co-operation
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Throughout the ages, man has held water as the most precious natural resource on earth; and rightfully so, since water is the source of all life on this planet and, coincid
CTO focusing on TSAs
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) is charting the way forward in establishing and maintaining a well co-ordinated system of Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSAs) in the
OECS Assembly to sit on March 26
26 CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- Nearly eight months after its official launch the OECS Authority has scheduled a sitting of the OECS Assembly for March 26.
Kuwait Fund lifts Grenada suspension
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - A senior Government Minister has announced that the Keith Mitchell administration secured a suspension of funds lifted by a major funding agency in Grenada.
Stimulus welcome, but heed auditor
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Estimates debate has taken pride of place during this week as the Lower House has debated the economy against the backdrop of the Minister of Finance’s presentation to
Chamber of Commerce says no IMF deal before April
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - President of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Francis Kennedy says it is highly unlikely that the country will seal a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF
Serious crimes trend down
NASSAU, The Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas has recorded a decrease in serious crimes since the start of the year.
Police officer denies cavity search and mistreatment of Shanique Myrie
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC -A police officer accused of conducting a cavity search on Jamaican Shanique Myrie vehemently denied the allegation as she took the stand before the Caribbean Court of J
Time to ‘get serious’
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE CARIBBEAN’S PREOCCUPATION with “leisure, pleasure and nice time” is hampering its productivity and progression, says Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr
