BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - HAT BARBADOS HAS a serious health challenge on its hand cannot be denied, downplayed or dismissed. We speak of a spike in the incidence of dengue fever that must be a cause of concern for all of us on the island and indeed visitors to our shores. Our fears are made all the mor...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - JAMAICANS may perhaps be too focused with ongoing internal political problems afflicting both the governing Peoples National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to reflect on the significant strides being achieved in moving their country out of the long per...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which Jamaica is a member and for which we carry the lead on issues of external relations, has a free-trade agreement with the Dominican Republic. CARICOM and the Dominican Republic (DR) form CARIFORUM, a vehicle for pursuing certain common ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Jamaican writer Rachel Manley has called on Caribbean governments and Central Banks to engage in visionary economic thinking to benefit the region. She was at the time delivering the feature address at the 27th Dr Eric Williams Memorial Lecture, at Central Bank auditorium,...

UNITED NATIONS -- There are no shortages of challenges facing sun-soaked Caribbean countries — burgeoning unemployment, high crime, a chronic health crisis. But for almost every Caribbean leader who took the podium at the world’s leading global forum in New York last week, one issue cam...

NEW YORK, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he plans to intensify efforts in addressing the issue of Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery when he assumes the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) early in the new year. &ldqu...

New York – As John Ashe assumed the presidency of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, there was much speculation as to what impact his election would have on the Caribbean agenda – and in particular that of Antigua & Barbuda. Ashe, who heads this country’s...

As Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro tells it, he lives in a very dangerous world. Since winning a narrow and contested election in April, his administration has unveiled almost a dozen plans to murder him. The latest accusation came Wednesday after Maduro canceled his visit to the United ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Last week, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff became the first head of state ever to postpone a state visit to the United States of America. Given that state visits are the highest form of diplomatic contact between two nations and Washington usually reserves them for its closes...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade will deliver her first the throne speech on Friday, October 4, when Grenada opens the second session of the ninth Parliament at the Trade Center – the temporary home of Parliament since the passage of Hurricane Ivan in ...