ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A prime minister for one of the sister islands in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has condemned the shooting of a bank manager that occurred during an attack one of the bank’s branches in Antigua Monday night. St Kitts & Nevis Prime Min...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has handed over computer equipment to the police as investigations continue into allegations that she and senior members of her government were involved in a plot to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Publ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva arrives here next month on a two-day visit, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has said. St. Vincent and the Grenadines was one of two Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will provide technical assistance to Burkina Faso in preventing adolescent pregnancies and supporting adolescent mothers. Information Minister Sandrea Falconer made the disclosure following a study tour of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has sought to distance his administration from a policy adopted by the police as it relates to the accreditation of media workers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “I don't know if the press thinks that we should have...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -Describing it as the most far-reaching piece of public health policy undertaken in recent times, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has announced that as of July 15, no smoking will be permitted in public spaces across Jamaica. In making the announcement in the House of Represent...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM) Tuesday accused the police of colluding with the ruling St. Kitts-Nevis labour Party (SKNLP) and called for fresh general elections in the twin island Federation. Last weekend, the police denie...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - We could not be happier as we witness what appears to be a serious attempt to bring Antigua & Barbuda fully into the information age. A highly important plan to make information available to the public, at little or no direct cost, has been in the news recently. The p...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Tuesday dismissed opposition claims that he was leading a minority government in St. Kitts-Nevis. Appearing on his weekly radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister”, Douglas told listeners that his St. Kitts-Nevis labour ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Dr. David Estwick, is urging regional countries to place special emphasis on the implementation of policies and recommendations in the fishing industry. “An area where f...