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Air Passenger Duty: ‘Stinging us for everything we’ve got’
KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT IS automatically added to every flight out of the UK, but when The Voice spoke to Caribbean-bound travellers at Gatwick Airport, some had never even heard of air passenger
PM looking at CARICOM-US summit
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday explored the possibility of holding a CARICOM-US summit in T&T, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime
PM: US needs to do more for Caribbean
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday met with United States Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to discuss ongoing bilateral issues.
Thatcher’s Funeral is Held at St. Paul’s Cathedral
LONDON — A horse-drawn gun carriage bore the coffin of Margaret Thatcher to St.
Boston bombings: resilience in the face of horror
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - It is very difficult not to be impressed and humbled by the reaction of Bostonians to the bombings that ripped lives and limbs apart on their marathon day.
Sympathy for Boston
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - he savage attack on the crowds viewing and participating in the Boston Marathon on Monday was a ruthless assault on innocents that will serve to remind all in authority
Venezuela’s bleak future
Instead of the resounding endorsement they were hoping for in Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela, allies of the late President Hugo Chávez got a message from the electorate: Enough of Ch
After Venezuela’s elections
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The presidential elections in Venezuela indicate that the country, without the influence of former President Chávez’s extraordinary charisma and influence, remains essentiall
Diplomacy vital for democracy
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID that democracy thrives in a turbulent climate.
Whither Chavismo without Chavez?
KINGSTON, Jamaica - MR Nicolas Maduro, late President Hugo Chavez' choice to succeed him, was elected president of Venezuela on Monday by a very narrow margin.
Hopes, challenges with Maduro
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - WELL, the fierce battle to elect a successor to the late president Hugo Chavez is over.
Dominica welcomes Maduro’s election victory, violence rocks Caracas
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government says it is looking forward to working with President –elect Nicholas Maduro as it welcomed his victory in Sunday’s presidential elections in Venezu
New report says many Caribbean nationals detained in US not criminals
MIAMI, CMC - A new report says that the majority of Caribbean and other nationals detained for deportation in Miami-Dade County through a controversial US federal immigration enforcement programm
Cariled gets new director
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (Cariled) has a new programme directo.
T&T, Guatemala negotiate Partial Scope Agreement
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Senior government officials are in the final leg of negotiations with Guatemalan officials to sign off on a Partial Scope Agreement.
WTO director: No safe place in world
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - There is no safe place in the world.
EDITORIAL - The PM’s Divestment Of Leadership
KINGSTON. Jamaica - Leadership is often a difficult, lonely process that is not given to being franchised out.