PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - “It’s like drinking water from a fire hose... too much to take in all at the same time,” said Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism Lincoln Douglas, talking about his experience of Carifesta while addressing the Trinidad and Tobago representa...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News - Once US President Barack Obama had announced that the planned September one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin had been removed from his itinerary, the announcement was bound to become the subject of immediate and intense interest among foreign p...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner - The Ministry of Education is reporting an increase in the number of students attaining grades 1-3 in the Caribbean Examination Councils 2013 CSEC exams. Of the 26,529 students sitting this year's English A paper 16,871 attained a passing grade. This represents an 11 ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News - This bit of advice was issued to small and medium sized enterprise owners last Thursday by Dalton Medford, president of the Small Business Association (SBA), as he gave comments at the Entrepreneurship Training Programme graduation ceremony at the Savannah Beach H...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - Perhaps every Budget Day is considered to be ‘the most anticipated in recent history’, but we can say with some measure of confidence that this is indeed the case with today’s expected presentation of the 2013 Financial Statements and Budgetary Prop...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - One of the goals of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) is to make this island the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) destination of choice. This was revealed by Principal, Hector Belle yesterday during the Opening Ceremony of the Nation...

WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is poised for a modest recovery in 2013, after disappointing growth in 2012 that was due largely to supply constraints, including maintenance operations in the energy sector and an industrial disput...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is blaming a “lack of discipline” by some members of the regional airline, LIAT, for some of the problems being experienced by travellers in recent months. Speaking on a radio programme here on Monday, Gonsalves, who ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace is calling on the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government to re-think its position on the issue of economic citizenship programme. The Ralph Gonsalves government repealed the citizenship by investment (CIP) programme soon after i...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Contractors who won a three million EC dollar (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) judgement against the “Mayor and Citizens” of Castries are calling on the St. Lucia government to honour the High Court ruling. Attorney Lydia Fasial said the judgment was grant...