KINGSTON, Jamaica - The House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill which seeks to amend the Caribbean Community (Free Movement of Skilled Persons) Act. The bill was passed without the parliamentary Opposition contributing to the debate. Labour and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier opene...

RTC PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Does the judgment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the Shanique Myrie case open the door for someone to have the court rule that governments of Caricom are violating the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC) and should therefore be forced to end their continuing...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Shanique Myrie, a Jamaican woman of humble background, sued the Barbados government and apparently won several rights for all CARICOM citizens. She spoke up for equal rights and justice. It was financially costly and time consuming. Myrie's attitude and actions can be conside...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, says the recent judgment by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of Shanique Myrie and the Government of Barbados will lead to a shift in the way affairs in the Community are conducted. LaRo...

President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina met yesterday with activist groups fighting against a court ruling, that strips citizenship from thousands of people born to undocumented migrant workers since 1929. The ruling from the Dominican Constitutional Court could lead to mass deportations ...

WASHINGTON, USA -The International Monetary Fund warned Washington that the political showdown over the budget could damage the global economy, as it cut its US growth forecast. The Fund, in its new World Economic Outlook, projected the US economy would grow 1.6 per cent this year and accelerate to...

WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Supreme Court has begun debate on the reach of the federal securities laws by questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford’s US $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Stanford...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - LAWMAKERS YESTERDAY gave the nod to a private member's motion calling for the decriminalisation of ganja following two weeks of rigorous debate which saw members on the government side split on the issue. Despite sharp divisions among members of parliament (MP) on the contro...

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter- American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Wednesday urged Caribbean countries that still have the death penalty to abolish it or at least to impose a moratorium on its application. In a message marking International Day against the Death Penalty on Thursday, the...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- No one today can imagine Barbados without the UWI. This was the view expressed recently by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus. Professor Beckles recently argued that “modern Barbados is as much the...