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Obama hope - Jamaican diaspora holds high expectations for immigration reform
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The next four years are being touted as the "grand legacy phase" for United States (US) President Barack Obama and some influential Jamaicans in the diaspora are suggesting th
Cuba and Venezuela FMs Vow to Brace CELAC
Havana, (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Venezuela, Bruno Rodriguez and Elias Jaua, respectively, agreed on the urge to consolidate the Community of Latin American and Caribbean
Region depends on Obama’s economy fix
KINGSTON, Jamaica - HEAD OF the Economics Division at the University of Technology (UTech), Sharon Nelson, says United States President Barack Obama's feverish push for positive economic growth i
Of pledges and reality on aid for Haiti
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - BOTH THE President of Haiti Michel Martelly, and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, have separately lamented the conti
EU continues to fund Caribbean projects
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic difficulties in the Eurozone area, the European Union (EU) will continue to fund projects in the Caribbean, Christian Leffler, Director of Latin Ame
EDITORIAL - CXC at 40: well done!
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Those who are wont to decry - and there are many - the quality and efficacy of anything formulated and executed in the Caribbean might give thought to the Caribbean Examinatio
CARICOM Observer team in Nevis
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – A four member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission arrived here one day ahead of the Nevis Island Assembly elections to monitor the conduct of the po
Premier, Opposition confident of winning NIA polls
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Premier Joseph Parry says his ruling Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) will win four of the five seats at stake in Tuesday’s Nevis Island Administration( NIA) even as his ch
Prime Minister hints at naming date for general election soon
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has hinted that he is likely to name the date for the next general elections within a few weeks time.
Opposition PNM sweeps THA polls
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has won a landslide victory in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), with preliminary results showing that the party
Arrival statement of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission of Nevis Island…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was invited by the Government of the Federation of St.
The unscrambling of the scramble for Africa
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Colonialism and its concomitant result, slavery, has been perhaps the worst episode in human history that demonstrates the inhumanity of man to man.
Venezuela VP optimistic Chavez will soon return
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that he's optimistic that Hugo Chavez will soon return to Venezuela following cancer-related surgery in Cuba.
Cuba scrambling to contain cholera outbreak in Havana
Cuban authorities are scrambling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Havana, the capital city of 2.2 million residents and a popular tourism destination.
Remembering men of influence
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - TODAY WE REFLECT on the life and times of the Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow, one of this island’s most important and influential leaders of the last century.
Caribbean tourism players convene in in the Bahamas
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Many of the biggest players in the Caribbean tourism industry have gathered here for the annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Caribbean Travel Marketplace c
EDITORIAL: A search for compromise
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - All Barbadians will breathe a huge sigh of relief now that there has been a settlement in the LIME dispute, and all parties at the negotiating table should be commended for
Chen gives CXC thumbs up for entrepreneurship
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Wayne Chen, president of the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF), has welcomed the Caribbean Examinations Council's (CXC) plans to introduce subjects related to entrepreneursh
CXC to beef up security BRIDGETOWN
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CXC) is taking steps to reduce incidents of fraud.
