BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of Social and Political Change at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Brian Me...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean judicial officials, including judges, will meet here from September 9 to strengthen judicial capacity to apply international labour law in resolving national gender inequality labour disputes. The five-day workshop on “Gender Equality at Work”...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express - The revenues that Trinidad and Tobago collects from energy taxes could be significantly higher than what it is currently but companies under-report revenue and sometimes, government doesn’t even collect the taxes, local energy consultant Anthony Paul claimed ...

(Jamaica Gleaner) - A new research facility to study the scientific benefits of marijuana is to be established jointly in Jamaica by two local universities. Paul Chang, chairman of the Ganja Law Reform Coalition made the disclosure at a Gleaner Editors’ Forum last Wednesday. Chang said the new...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - Nearly half of the more than 40,000 young people who graduate high schools and universities this year may not find employment in the private sector, two stakeholder groups have predicted. The forecast by the Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF) and the Private Sector...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Air transport is one of the most likely mechanisms through which a new disease can quickly spread throughout the world. So says Minister of Health, John Boyce. Speaking at the Fifth CAPSCA-Americas Meetings and Training at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre yesterd...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart is set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Civil Service today. Stressing that the Government has not embarked on a “crusade” to lay off persons in the public sector, the Prime Minister said the meeting will be hel...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) said it would vote against legislation to introduce proportional representation in Trinidad and Tobago, and has accused the coalition People’s Partnership government of “naked political expedi...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart is set to meet with officials from the Ministry of Civil Service today. Stressing that the Government has not embarked on a “crusade” to lay off persons in the public sector, the Prime Minister said the meeting will be hel...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - A Nigerian spiritual leader often referred by his devotees as “Jesus Christ living among us” arrives here Wednesday to celebrate the Caribbean presence of his 57-year old organisation. Olumba Olumba Obu, hopes to meet with politicians and diplomats during ...