PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The fight against dengue, which is spread by the Aedes Egypti mosquito, costs the Caribbean a whopping US$321 million per annum. Prof Christine Carrington revealed this figure in her professorial inaugural lecture at Noor Hassanali auditorium, Faculty of Law, St Augustine Campus, on Thursday. Among those present were Prof Dean Ramsewak, Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, and PhD student (Molecular Genetics) Orchid Allicock.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IF ever there is a puzzle between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, it has to do with the exceptionally long delay for the two countries to conclude a fishing agreement. Is it likely therefore that that there will ever be one? Last week the Prime Minister Freundel Stuart spoke on the matter which has been ongoing for well over 20 years.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean. In the midst of steady economic decline of many Caribbean countries, governments have turned to the private sector to continue to earn foreign exchange, to keep down prices for goods and services, to maintain and expand employment, and to pay taxes.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Haiti President Michel Martelly has urged the United Nations to divert some of the billions of dollars it spends yearly on peacekeeping efforts to infrastructure projects, job creation and poverty alleviation.
Officials need to think about sustainable development instead of security in the impoverished country that is still recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010, Martelly said late Thursday while visiting Caricom's headquarters in Guyana as the Caribbean trade bloc's current chairman.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) wrapped up the Barbados leg of the Shanique Myrie case here during the past week and in the process completed a major demonstration of why this institution has become a critical part of our regional jurisprudence.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Below is an edited version of a public lecture by Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin, assistant secretary general of the OAS, at the UWI, Mona, on March 19.
A few weeks ago, I read two separate headlines in the Caribbean press about CARICOM, which may have confused many. The headlines, which came within days of each other, were self-explanatory. One read 'CARICOM is in danger'. The other stated boldly, 'CARICOM is safe'.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - The announcement of a changing of the guard in Havana – albeit not for another five years – has been somewhat overshadowed by all the fuss over the death of President Hugo Chávez and the election of Pope Francis. But the identification of a successor to Fidel and Raúl Castro in Cuba, although relatively lacking in drama, is still momentous news.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Sports Minister Anil Roberts says he will take legal action against several journalists and media houses as well as the chair person of his Congress of the People (COP) political party amid allegations that he was being investigated by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in relation to a complaint of alleged misappropriation of funds at the Trinidad and Tobago Boxing Board of Control.
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC - Three former ministers of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NCD) will be appointed to the Senate to fill the three opposition seats in the Upper House of Parliament.
According to media reports, former Finance Minister Nazim Burke, former Education Minister Franka Bernardine and former Tourism Minister, Dr. George Vincent are set to receive their instruments of appointment from Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Throughout the ages, man has held water as the most precious natural resource on earth; and rightfully so, since water is the source of all life on this planet and, coincidentally, it is only on earth that one can find this liquid. For such a simple chemical structure, water has led to many complicated challenges with regard to its accessibility. There have been many a battle, conquests and political and social manoeuvrings in an effort to obtain water and ensure its continued availability.