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Caribbean should renew US anti-gun lobby
KINGSTON, Jamaica - All well-thinking Jamaicans should be paying close attention to the gun control debate in the United States.
UWI fallout
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A debt of approximately $200 million owed by the Barbados Government to the University of the West Indies – most of it to the Cave Hill campus – has started to have a negat
Belize/Guatemala territorial dispute heads to World Court
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) says its Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs from Belize and Guatemala on the protra
Compensation must match US $21 million award
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua & Barbuda is unwilling to consider any monetary settlement below US $21 million annually to end the gaming dispute with the US, according to Finance Minister Haro
AP Interview: Haiti eyes tourism, other businesses
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Haiti's prime minister says his country is hoping to attract high-end tourists and multinational investors — instead of constant aid handouts — so it can get on its fee
Caribbean women subject to widespread sexual violence
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - exual violence against women is being seen as widespread in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Crime taking on toll on Caribbean economies
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says several commissioned studies have revealed that crime and violence have had a dramatic impact on women, youth and the economic wel
EDITORIAL - Now that the PM didn’t go to Chile
KINGSTON, Jamaica - It can't have been without compelling reason that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller decided to miss the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELA
New look for PetroCaribe at this weekend’s summit in Chile
KINGSTON, Jamaica - SIX-and-a-half years ago a historic accord was signed between Venezuela and various member states of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for the inauguration of an energy-based
CELAC summit closes with pledge to strengthen partnership
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — European and Latin American leaders wrapped up a two-day summit here yesterday, pledging to reinvigorate their "strategic partnership" for expanded free trade while shunni
CAPRI hosts Renewable Energy Forum in Jamaica
The Caribbean Policy Research Institute is executing a renewable energy (RE) Project aimed at supporting renewable energy policy frameworks as well as investments for renewable energy in Region.
CARICOM LEADERS HEAD FOR CELAC SUMMITS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Santiago
Manning must declare himself unfit to continue
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Without wanting to seem ungrateful and unmindful of the 40-plus years of Mr Patrick Manning’s service to this country as MP, energy minister, finance minister and Prime
Cameron: I don’t want a country called Europe
Switzerland—British Prime Minister David Cameron wants nothing to do with a United States of Europe, an idea that’s gaining currency as the countries that use the euro struggle to fix their debt
Duprey doesn’t want to be questioned on CLICO
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Despite initially confirming that he would attend the ongoing CLICO commission of enquiry, former head of CLICO Lawrence Duprey is now backing out.
Agriculture Ministry prepares for severe drought
drought KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - The Portia Simpson Miller led administration is taking steps to prevent an increase in the price of agricultural produce as the country braces for a severe drough
Study breaking boundaries
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - BARBADOS will be the first country in this region to carry out a study on its population’s salt intake.

