GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana is seeking to export gold to markets in India and China as the country recorded an estimated 353,000 ounces of the commodity so far this year. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud said that the gold produced so far this year, compares favo...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Government officials have confirmed than Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris will be investing millions of dollars in Grenada’s hospitality industry. Sawiris who flew into the island on his private jet, met with Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell on Thursd...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization is urging regional governments to introduce various policies, including legislation and tax rebates, so as to ensure the survival of the tourism industry. In a message marking World Tourism Day on Friday, CTO chairp...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Rats and mosquitoes plus some severe flu attacks are causing health authorities to put the public on alert. Concerned about the incidence of leptospirosis and a tripling in the number of dengue fever cases, health officials disclosed yesterday there was a spike in “infl...

WASHINGTON, CMC – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has announced that the lending agency plans to invest at least US$700 million through the end of 2015 to help developing countries, including the Caribbean reach the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for women an...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was forced to halt her exit from the 68th United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, yesterday afternoon, as a group of gay activists protested outside the Ford Foundation offices. The group of seven protesters shouted, "Gay righ...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Guyana on Thursday joined Antigua and Barbuda and Trinidad and Tobago in warning that several countries, including some in the Caribbean, are likely to fail in achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In addressing the 68th Session of the ...

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations has “a moral responsibility” in the deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 8,500 Haitians and sickened another 600,000-plus, the head of Haiti’s government said Thursday in his debut before the global body. With President Michel Mart...

UNITED NATIONS, 2013, CMC - Haiti has asked the global community to give the earthquake-ravaged, French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country a “second look” following the devastation caused by the powerful earthquake in 2010. “Despite our extremely difficult legacy and c...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), John Ashe is appealing to the international community to ensure they honour their obligation to alleviating poverty and address issues such as gender inequality and income distribution. Addressing the 37th session ...