NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Regional tourism officials are calling on Caribbean heads of government to convene a regional summit on tourism within the next six months to discuss key issues affecting the industry. In a resolution approved by the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's (CHTA) ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday described as “ironic” the inauguration of President Barack Obama on the day the United States observe a public holiday marking the birthday of slain civil rights leader, Martin Luther King. “The inaugur...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The next four years are being touted as the "grand legacy phase" for United States (US) President Barack Obama and some influential Jamaicans in the diaspora are suggesting that the signposts already erected by the country's 44th commander-in-chief augur well for their countr...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - BOTH THE President of Haiti Michel Martelly, and Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, have separately lamented the continuing defaults in aid pledges for the reconstruction of earthquake devastated Haiti. Their interventions...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - HEAD OF the Economics Division at the University of Technology (UTech), Sharon Nelson, says United States President Barack Obama's feverish push for positive economic growth in his second term in office could provide a glimmer of hope for Caribbean economies. Nelson reasoned...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Those who are wont to decry - and there are many - the quality and efficacy of anything formulated and executed in the Caribbean might give thought to the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). The CXC is an institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It sets secondary-scho...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic difficulties in the Eurozone area, the European Union (EU) will continue to fund projects in the Caribbean, Christian Leffler, Director of Latin America Section in the European External Action Service said yesterday. “We will continue to co-opera...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – A four member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission arrived here one day ahead of the Nevis Island Assembly elections to monitor the conduct of the poll. The team is led by Jamaican electoral official Pauline Welsh, the Director of Legal Affairs, D...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The newly formed National United Front (NUF) says it will contest three of the 15 seats in the February 19 general elections and dismissed suggestions that it should be regarded as a breakaway faction of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). The par...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has hinted that he is likely to name the date for the next general elections within a few weeks time. But he says he will only announce the date after he meets with the Governor General Elliott Belgrave. “Let there be no mistak...