PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The Governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada have agreed to co-host a CARICOM Public-Private Partnerships Seminar and business-to-business meetings in Port-of-Spain later this year. The agreement was reached following discussions held in Ottawa on Thursday between...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - The Barbados government Thursday stood behind its medium term fiscal strategy (MTFS) in the face of a sluggish economy that has contracted by 0.4 per cent during the first quarter of the year. “It is not this government’s view that the MTFS has failed. That st...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Government might be strapped for cash on some occasions, but Finance Minister Chris Sinckler says the state has never defaulted on local or foreign debt. Responding to rumours that Government might have failed to meet its debt obligations to local creditors or debt holders, S...

WASHINGTON, CMC - The World Bank has commended Guyana for its Education Strategic Plan, saying it is seeking to achieve the “Education for All” goals and Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015. The Washington-based financial institution noted that the School Feeding Program (SFP) is...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A political showdown between former national security minister Jack Warner and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is expected to take place at the Parliament today. Warner is expected to defend himself against a private motion filed by Rowley which takes issue with the alle...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Chaguanas West Member of Parliament Jack Warner addressed his constituents at a meeting at the Pierre Road Recreation Ground in Charlieville on Thursday night, as he sought to clear the air on his recent resignation as National Security Minister and chairman of the United N...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner Thursday night announced his resignation as a legislator paving the way for a by-election in the Chaguanas West constituency within 90 days. Warner, who resigned earlier this week as a Cabinet mi...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamonthe has sought to clear the air on reports of the forced eviction of Haitians we have been living in tent camps since the earthquake of 2010. According to Lamonthe, the Government of Haiti is committed to protecting the human r...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Noting that the world is vastly changing, Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development, Bhoendradatt Tewarie, has called for greater regional integration. Speaking with reporters after the launch of the National Spatial Development Strategy Workshop on Wednesday at the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The discussion about increasing and sustaining economic growth in Jamaica must recognise that tourism will be the engine of economic growth in both the short and medium terms. In the context of the downturn in the world economy, the tourism sector has done well, as is evident in...