CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Caribbean debt crisis will be among matters discussed here this week as the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) holds its annual meeting in St. Lucia. Vice President of Corporate Services Yvette Lemonias-Sea said the bank, the region’s premier lending agenc...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - What would happen if the over 7,500 Antigua & Barbuda pensioners and others were deprived of the food and utility subsidy currently funded through the PetroCaribe arrangement which the country has with Venezuela? What would happen to our local airline, LIAT, if the Trinidad & T...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has expressed hope that he can meet with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar within the next week over the contentious fuel subsidy to State-owned carrier Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) on competing routes w...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Last weekend's meeting of Caribbean political and business leaders in the British Virgin Islands was not the type that would normally attract much attention. However, the issues discussed were most important to the survival of this region. Hosted by Sir Richard Branson, the Briti...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - CITIZENS OF our Caribbean Community who keep hope alive, against the odds, for this region’s economic progress and social stability would undoubtedly find encouragement in a just-released World Bank Global Development Report. According to this report, the World Bank projects t...

St. John’s Antigua- St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves will deliver a public lecturer here next Thursday as Antigua & Barbuda celebrates the 50th anniversary of the African Unity/African Union and the start of Africa Year. Gonsalves, who has been insisting that the Caribbe...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley has dismissed moves by Attorney General Anand Ramlogan to have a court declare him bankrupt over the non-payment of legal fees. Last week, Ramlogan initiated court proceedings against Rowley to recover the TT$12,000 (One TT dollar = U...

NASSAU, Bahamas — The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast. A statement from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau advises Americans living in and traveling to the islands to be on heightened alert to avoid being a...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - St. Lucia will host representatives from 16 partner nations and the United States for the multinational exercise Tradewinds 2013, from May 20 until May 31, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps Forces South, the executive agent of Tradewinds 2013 for U.S. Southern Command, will conduct...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - There is a proliferation of drugs coming from the United States into Barbados and worryingly for local border patrols, an increase in illegal guns as well. Retired Comptroller of Customs Frank Holder told the DAILY NATION that formerly, drugs were smuggled to the United State...