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EDITORIAL - Be done with the pussyfooting on energy
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Unintentionally, perhaps, the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) was less than generous with the facts, or the interpretation thereof.
Caribbean wants US to comply with WTO ruling
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Caribbean leaders are calling on the United States to comply with the ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to end the long running dispute with Antigua and Ba
‘Clean sweep would create governance in crisis’ – former AG
St. John’s Antigua- Two former public servants agree that a clean sweep by any political party in a general election would create a governance crisis in Antigua & Barbuda.
EDITORIAL: The right and duty to vote
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THIS IS THE DAY and now is the moment. Barbadians will cast their vote today to elect an administration to govern the island for the next five years.
Voters choosing a new government in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbadians Thursday began casting their votes in a general elections that political observers say could be historic if the ruling Democratic Labour Party (DLP) fails t
Grenada opens up for business
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Dr Patrick Antoine, the chief economic advisor to the new Grenada Government, yesterday declared the island was open again after Tuesday’s general election at which the
Mitchell’s second coming
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Tuesday's resounding electoral victory has given Dr Keith Mitchell an emphatic mandate from the people of Grenada to assume the authority and responsibility for leading
Dr. Naresh Singh’s CARICOM contract to be scrapped
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday announced that has rescinded the appointment of Guyanese development specialist, Dr.
Mitchell sworn in as new Prime Minister
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Leader of the New National Party (NNP) Dr.
CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish to meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad
“…the flyingfish has been recognised as the single most important
small pelagic species in the southern Lesser Antilles.”
Communiqué Issued at The Conclusion of The Twenty-fourth Inter-sessional Meeting of The Conference…
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) w
Barbadians gearing to elect new government
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 20, CMC – Barbadians go to the polls to elect a new government on Thursday with opinion polls predicting a victory for the main opposition Barbados labour Party (BLP).
What does Grenada whitewash mean?
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Newly re-elected Grenadian Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, has one of the more challenging assignments of any political leader in the region.
Stanford investors sue Antigua, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
DALLAS, Texas, CMC – A group of former investors of the Antigua-based Stanford International Bank (SIB) has filed a civil lawsuit here against Antigua and Barbuda and the Eastern Caribbean Centra
Chavez’s return to Venezuela raises questions
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The announcement of President Hugo Chavez's return to Venezuela after a 10-week silence in Cuba is raising questions about his cancer treatments, his delicate health, an
EDITORIAL - The other side of the IMF agreement
KINGSTON, Jamaica - SHORT OF Jamaica quitting its borrowing habit cold turkey, this newspaper is convinced that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the only game in town.
World Bank commends Jamaican Gov’t
WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The World Bank has commended the Jamaican Government on recent economic initiatives, including the National Debt Exchange (NDX), to secure the recent staff-level agreement w
A regional perspective on cancer research
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – An individual, rather than regional, solution must be established to combat cancer in the Caribbean.

