Cave Hill researchers make HIV discovery

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Barbados has scored a small victory in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Local researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery – HIV positive people who go on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) here, have been showing a suppressed viral load. To put it simply, they are non-i...
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Reducing fiscal deficit major challenge facing Barbados economy

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The major challenge facing the Barbados economy is to reduce the fiscal deficit in order to determine a policy that finds the right balance between fiscal consolidation and economic expansion. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart told a one-day National Consultation on th...
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Venezuela’s President for T&T

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad yesterday announced a visit by CARICOM Heads of State, and the leaders of several other countries including the newly elected president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro. The announcement was made by acting Communications Minister Anil Roberts at the post-Cabinet press conferen...
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Dominica’s national debt in excess of EC$700 million

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica’s national debt is in excess of EC$700 million (One Ec dollar = US$0.37 cents), the island’s director of audit, Clarence Christian has said. Speaking on the state-owned DBS radio, Christian said the total central government debt was EC$702.8 millio...
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EDITORIAL: Christie makes valid point

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Perry Christie, recently urged the international commercial banks with a presence in the region to be true partners in development with the government and people of the islands in which they operate. Mr Christie was speaking at an important ...
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EDITORIAL: Arab Spring gets touch of samba

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Amidst the proliferation of criticism the current Democratic Labour Party Government is facing by its stony silence with respect to the pressing issues facing the country, it should pay particular attention to the manner in which small issues could snowball when left to fester...
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GAO slams USAID’s Haiti rebuilding efforts

WASHINGTON —  U.S. efforts to help rebuild Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake have been plagued by poor planning, delays and mistaken cost estimates that have forced many projects to be scaled back, the Government Accountability Office has concluded in a report released this mont...
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Uproar among Trinidad’s politicians

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Following upon revelations emanating from the United States, casting a shadow over the career of Mr Jack Warner, popular politician, heavyweight Minister and close advisor to the Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, that forced his resignation not only from his minist...
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