PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police Monday fired teargas and engaged in a gun battle with residents of Beetham Gardens, on the outskirts of the capital, protesting the killing of a 23 year-old man by police on Sunday night. “We were making our way through one of the alleys in the Beet...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Leader of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), Allen Chastanet, Monday said he was looking forward to holding talks with Lennox Linton, who was elected un-opposed as leader of the UWP in Dominica. “We look forward to holding talks soon on regional is...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government Monday said it was “alarmed” at the recent allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria and remains “deeply concerned with the spiralling humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. But the govern...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Award winning director Benh Zeitlin will hold talks with officials of the Montserrat Development Corporation (MDC) on the possibility of filming on the volcano ravaged British Overseas Territory. Zeitlin will be on the island for the screening of his Oscar-nominated ...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Montserrat officials say they are encouraged by the geothermal flow at the first well that became active last month. Britain’s Department for International Development (DFID) is funding the exploratory phase of the geothermal energy project and Premier Reuben Me...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Sir Paul Scoon, who served as Grenada’s first Governor General, died Monday. He was 78. Sir Paul, who had been ailing for some time, died at his home. He served as head of state from 1978-1992. The former school teacher worked with six prime ministers, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is moving to reduce the cost of cancer treatment on the island and that talks are at an advanced stage with a Canadian hospital for the acquisition of equipment for the public health sector. Health Minister Dr. Fenton Ferguson said that d...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with senior public servants later on Tuesday amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. But ahead of the talks, Prime Minister Stuart is e...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it remains committed to the prevention of human trafficking, describing it as one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the country. National Security Minister Bernard J. Nottage addressing the launch of the International Organisation ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Climate change experts from across the Caribbean begin a three-day meeting here on Tuesday to discuss ways of reducing the impact of climate change on the region’s agriculture and tourism sectors. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Secretariat will h...