PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Trinidad and Tobago and Panama on Thursday signed a Partial Scope Trade Agreement on Thursday which help boost the economies of both countries. The Partial Scope Trade Agreement, provides the preferential treatment that exporters from Trinidad and Tobago will enjoy in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it will avoid seeking funding from the capital markets for as long as is possible, as it continues to exercise strict fiscal management. “It’s a situation that we keep under review…we are trying to remain outside of the n...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has given the green light for the establishment of a SWAT Unit within the Guyana Police Force (GPF) A statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs noted that with a SWAT Unit, the GPF would be better placed to make specialised interventions, ther...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - St.Lucia's Prime Minister Kenny Anthony says his government is seeking to revolutionise the islands education system by eliminating the need for books in the classroom. Anthony, who is also Finance Minister made his intentions known to students in the south of the isl...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government, which is contemplating entering into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), says it is encouraged by the support given by non-governmental organizations to restructure the country’s national debt. It said the G...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbadians have been flocking to supermarkets across the island to purchase insect repellents, insecticides, mosquito coils and vaporizer mats to deal with mosquitoes. Supermarket personnel said they had noted increased sales for all the products which either kill mosquitoes ...

FLU PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Two persons who died after exhibiting influenza H1N1 symptoms may possibly be among the six confirmed cases of the swine flu virus, Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday. Speaking at a media conference at the Ministry of Health, Park Street, Port of Spain, Kha...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Following confirmation late Wednesday by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) of six local cases of Influenza A/H1N1, better known as swine flu, the first response from Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan was that such cases were “nothing new” for T&T. The m...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is seeking to establish a fee structure for issuing CARICOM Skills Certificates in keeping with the amendments to the CARICOM Free Movement of Skilled Persons Act, which seeks to broaden the categories of skilled nationals able to access ...

CSME’ GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Professor Norman Girvan, in an address entitled, ‘Reinventing the CSME,’ to the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO) in Barbados, last Friday, assessed the crisis in the regional economic integration process, focusing on the CARICOM Sin...