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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The financial problems affecting the University of the West Indies have trickled down to the UWI Open Campus programme.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados says it has signed an Avoidance of Double Taxation agreement with the Republic of San Marino as well the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – China is providing more than US$4.8 million to Grenada under an economic and technical agreement, a government statement has said here.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin confirms the European delegation in Suriname is about to leave the country.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jan 4, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says St.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, /PRNewswire/ -- The governments of Haiti and Vietnam are demonstrating that South-South cooperation can lead to the fruitful exchange of resources, technology and knowledge

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The US has protested to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Antigua & Barbuda’s attempt to enforce its annual 21 million US dollar judgement against Washington.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The United States Wednesday said it had not requested any change to the parade route for this year’s Carnival celebrations, even as it “appreciated” the Trinidad an

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Looking back, there were several issues last year that have been left hanging in the balance that one can only hope will be addressed this year.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Leader of the opposition grouping, a Partnership for National Unity (APNU), retired Brigadier David Granger says the opposition will not support a new security reform pr

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The International Labour Organization (ILO) Wednesday said that new labour indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean portray a region that is experiencing its

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The region’s fiscal balances for 2012 deteriorated compared to 2011, mainly due to increased public spending.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is designing a project that offers temporary economic relief to unemployed people in the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A perfect example of the shortage of vision affecting CARICOM governments is their dropping of the ball on the Leucaena project in the early 1980s.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - GORDON ‘Butch’ Stewart yesterday urged Jamaicans to hold each other’s hands and face the challenges of 2013 in an exemplary spirit of unity and teamwork.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s battle with cancer threatens $7 billion of subsidized oil exports that help prop up Cuba’s economy and contain inflation in Caribbean nations from Jamaica to th

The Haitian government is "vehemently" protesting travel advisories recently issued by the United States and Canada.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he intends writing Britain later this month seeking permission for Dominica to sever ties with the London-based Privy Council in order

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has started his six-month role as chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping pledging to help CARICOM unite and o

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) begins its 40th year of existence, I wish the people of all Member States a year of peace and pros