MOSCOW — The greatest media event of the Cold War occurred on July 12, 2013. By all accounts, the scene at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport on Friday afternoon was like nothing those present had ever seen — and most were no strangers to media madness. One witness said sh...

WASHINGTON — In the nearly two weeks since Egypt’s military seized power, President Obama has promoted a better federal bureaucracy, given a medal to George Lucas of “Star Wars” fame and had former President George Bush to the White House for lunch. What he has not done is pu...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Late Saturday evening, many of us heard first hand when the jury declared George Zimmermnan “not guilty” of the death of Trayvon Martin. The emotionally charged trial, which lasted about two weeks, gripped the nation and the major networks ensured that the wor...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - From whatever angle one views the current political crisis in Egypt, the spectre of an unchanging United States foreign policy returns an unflinching stare. The truth is that it mattered little to Washington whether the events of July 3 that removed Mohamed Morsi from office amo...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - That five more of our athletes - including Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson - tested positive for banned substances is a body blow to Jamaican athletics. It has happened when we are still reeling from the shock of Veronica Campbell-Brown's positive test and the six-year ban o...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) Monday said that members of the executive had resigned as the fallout continues over conflicting reports that the impasse involving management and journalists at the Trinidad Guardian newspapers had been resolve...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says while it “stands by all our athletes” it adheres to the rules governing anti-doping in sports. Minister with responsibility for Sports, Natalie Neita Headley said that Jamaica, through its Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO) “has co...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – The main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Monday said it will announce by Wednesday what action it will take in support of its member, Vynette Frederick who was arrested last Thursday. Frederick was slapped with nine charges relating to making false declarati...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Radio talk show host, Lennox Linton, is being tipped to lead the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) as it prepares for the next general elections constitutionally due by March 2015. Linton has already been endorsed as the replacement for former prime minister ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – All 12 people on board an Air Services Limited (ASL) plane survived an early morning “crash” after the aircraft landed off the Matthews Ridge airstrip in Region One on Monday. Transport Minister Robeson Benn said that the “plane crashed during bad w...