KINGSTON, Jamaica - MR Peter Bunting, the national security minister, might have used his "dark night of the soul" description out of the true context meant by 16th-century Spanish poet and Roman Catholic mystic, Saint John of the Cross, whose poem of the same title speaks of the painful experience ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - St. John’s Antigua- Last week, news broke that masked gunmen had robbed a group of cruise ship tourist in St Lucia. Apparently, a bus tour of the Soufriere Botanical Gardens turned into a nightmare scenario when their bus was hijacked by three masked men who proceed...

St. John’s Antigua- National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort has suggested Regional Security Systems (RSS) member states pool resources to strengthen the RSS Air Wing to help clamp down on the burgeoning drug trade and influx of guns into the region. He told OBSERVER media, “I don’...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT IS automatically added to every flight out of the UK, but when The Voice spoke to Caribbean-bound travellers at Gatwick Airport, some had never even heard of air passenger duty (APD). The travel tax has been rising year-on-year making billions in revenues for the government, ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday explored the possibility of holding a CARICOM-US summit in T&T, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister. Persad-Bissessar did so in Washington yesterday when she met with US Deputy Secretary of State ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday met with United States Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to discuss ongoing bilateral issues. According to a release from the Prime Minister’s office, the PM and Burns addressed several important matters affecting ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - It is very difficult not to be impressed and humbled by the reaction of Bostonians to the bombings that ripped lives and limbs apart on their marathon day. The scenes on Boston’s streets on Monday have echoes of things that happen with awful frequency on the street...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - he savage attack on the crowds viewing and participating in the Boston Marathon on Monday was a ruthless assault on innocents that will serve to remind all in authority in democratic nations that cowardly attacks on civilians remain the most potent weapon in the arsenal of ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The presidential elections in Venezuela indicate that the country, without the influence of former President Chávez’s extraordinary charisma and influence, remains essentially democratic in form and practice as it has tended to be since the end of the Jimenez dictat...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IT HAS OFTEN BEEN SAID that democracy thrives in a turbulent climate. It is also true that for it to function effectively there will be winners and losers, who must accept the verdict and the will of the majority of the people. The situation in Venezuela is the latest example...