ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Governor General Dame Cecile La Grenade Tuesday paid tribute to Sir Paul Scoon saying history will remember “this influential and courageous Grenadian” as a person who served his country with distinction. Sir Paul, 78, the first and longest servin...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says the country faces the possibility of being declared a “non-compliant jurisdiction” after it was forced to submit a report to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) without legislative support from the opposition. Atto...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has confirmed that the Speaker of the Dominica parliament, Alix Boyd-Knights, has been nominated to replace President Eluid Williams when his term expires in October. Williams was elected to the post in September last year with the main...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government says it will not be renewing the work permits of “guest workers” unless they sign a declaration outlining they have no residency status in the British Overseas Territory. Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said that the Immigration De...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Prime Minister Freundel Stuart Tuesday held talks with senior public servants amid ongoing reports of retrenchment within the public service as the government comes to grip with a worsening economic climate. At the end of the 90-minute discussion with the head of the...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) will on Thursday launch a Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) level subject in Digital Media, Telecommunications, Science and Technology Minister Dr. Edmond Mansoor has announced. “Follo...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC - President Desi Bouterse Tuesday hinted that the arrest of his 41-year-old son in Panama last week may have been part of a wider plan to disrupt progress within the Union of American States (UNASUR). Dino Bouterse  was held on drugs and gun related charges last Thurs...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A leading regional academic Tuesday called on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to adopt a common position as it regards the ongoing situation in Syria. Professor of Social and Political Change at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies, Brian Me...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua-based regional airline, Tuesday denied a regional newspaper that the founder of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lost millions of dollars as a result of the operations of the airline during the competition last month. The Barbados Sunday Sun news...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean judicial officials, including judges, will meet here from September 9 to strengthen judicial capacity to apply international labour law in resolving national gender inequality labour disputes. The five-day workshop on “Gender Equality at Work”...