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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados economy contracted during the first six months of the year with the main foreign exchange sectors also suffering a decline, according to figures released

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar is undoubtedly relieved to have behind her the hosting of the 34th Caricom Summit so that she could be more fully focused in what s

KINGSTON, Jamaica - JUST before last week's 34th meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Conference of Heads of Government in Port of Spain, we bemoaned in this space that CARICOM, some five

JOHN’S, Antigua – Residents made several reports of tornadoes and watersspouts touching down on the island, as Tropical Storm Chantal passed to the south of Antigua yesterday afternoon.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - TROPICAL Storm Chantal, which churned its way through the Caribbean yesterday, brought  brief but heavy showers to Trinidad and Tobago.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC -- Tropical Storm Chantal left Dominica with a trail of destruction in the southern part of this Windward island on Tuesday before churning out into the Caribbean Sea and se

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Electricity was slowing being restored to several parts of Dominica on Wednesday as authorities began the task of counting the cost of the damage caused by Tropical Storm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tropical Storm Chantal roared south of Puerto Rico early Wednesday on a path that will see it pass over the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where authorities warned of possi

Bridgetown, Barbados – July 9, 2013 – INTERPOL and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will be hosting a two-day workshop from Wednesday, July 10 to Thursday, July 11, which

​PORT-OF-SPAIN – Trinidad & Tobago – July 08, 2013……“Reparation is an integral element of our development strategy and the legacy of slavery and colonialism in the Caribbean have severely impai

PORT-OF-SPAIN – Trinidad & Tobago – July 08, 2013……Making his contribution to Agenda Item 4 “A Framework for regional Growth and Development”, Prime Minister Dr. Hon.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's president says that his country has received an asylum request from NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

CAIRO — Seeking to reassure Egyptians and the world about its intention to return to civilian democracy, the military-led interim government on Tuesday laid out a brisk timetable to overhaul Egyp

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuba said Monday its economy will fall short of the 3.6 percent goal for growth, an indication that President Raúl Castro’s reforms are generating little new economic activity

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -The great South African leader and freedom fighter Nelson Mandela must be celebrated in life and in his ultimate departure of death.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Opposition Leader Dr.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago economy grew by nearly two per cent in the first three months of the year and Central bank Governor Jwala Rambarran urged local investors to

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The state of the economy will be the focal point of a meeting of trade union officials who have raised concern about how Government paid employees are coping.

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC– Local, regional and international stakeholders will convene on Montserrat on Tuesday for a four-day workshop to work on a strategy to save the critically endangered Mount

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Another ATR 72-600 aircraft has been received by LIAT.