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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Tuesday defended its decision to boycott a sitting of Parliament accusing the ruling Democratic Party (DLP) of failing

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s oldest political party Tuesday signalled its intention to contest the February 19 general elections despite having not won a seat since 1999.

LONDON, CMC – Challenges facing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in exporting their goods to the European Union were among matters discussed Tuesday during a meeting of the sub-committee o

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - TWO countries of the Caribbean Community—Barbados and Grenada—are expected to be involved in parliamentary elections next month.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A high-powered Africa meets the Caribbean trade mission kicks off next Tuesday in Jamaica, before heading to T&T the following Thursday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean has approached the problems related to HIV/AIDS in a collective way.

St. John’s Antigua- Forty years after its establishment local administrators of the Caribbean Examination Council have defended the integrity of the test.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet in Haiti next month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced Tuesday.

The Third General Assembly Meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) was held on 13-14 January 2013 in Abu Dhabi, and the CARICOM Secretariat represented by its Programme Manag

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti will host the Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) 18-19 February 2

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) says it has agreed the sale of its Macau business, (CTM), for US$750 million, strengthening its ability to invest in the Central A

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago said it remains “cautiously optimistic” that the country’s economic growth will surpass two per cent in 2013, pointing to a

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday appealed to the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) and the Police Welfare Association to accept the government’s latest wage offe

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with officials of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) later on Tuesday as he seeks to ward off a nationwide strike that the unio

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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour, Michael Posner, arrive(d) here on Monday at the start of a three-day visit to the earthquake bat

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A new United Nations-backed national household survey shows substantial progress has been made for children in the education, nutrition, health and sanitation sectors

KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT'S been three years since our sister Caribbean country Haiti was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people and devastated infrastructure.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Should we congratulate St. Kitts and Nevis for being the most recent Caribbean nation to become a “high-income country, as defined by the World Bank?

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr.