KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica says it will provide technical assistance to Burkina Faso in preventing adolescent pregnancies and supporting adolescent mothers. Information Minister Sandrea Falconer made the disclosure following a study tour of the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -Describing it as the most far-reaching piece of public health policy undertaken in recent times, Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson has announced that as of July 15, no smoking will be permitted in public spaces across Jamaica. In making the announcement in the House of Represent...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has sought to distance his administration from a policy adopted by the police as it relates to the accreditation of media workers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “I don't know if the press thinks that we should have...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- The six-month-old One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government has been accused of "sheer hardheadedness" by an independent legislator after it lost three votes in the last two parliamentary sittings. Former leader of the now defunct United Bermuda Party (UBP), Kim Swan, says gove...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM) Tuesday accused the police of colluding with the ruling St. Kitts-Nevis labour Party (SKNLP) and called for fresh general elections in the twin island Federation. Last weekend, the police denie...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Tuesday dismissed opposition claims that he was leading a minority government in St. Kitts-Nevis. Appearing on his weekly radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister”, Douglas told listeners that his St. Kitts-Nevis labour ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - We could not be happier as we witness what appears to be a serious attempt to bring Antigua & Barbuda fully into the information age. A highly important plan to make information available to the public, at little or no direct cost, has been in the news recently. The p...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Dr. David Estwick, is urging regional countries to place special emphasis on the implementation of policies and recommendations in the fishing industry. “An area where f...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The regional Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2013-2023 will be among matters to be discussed when Caribbean disaster ministers meet in Suriname on Friday. The fourth meeting of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Council of Mi...

PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC – The Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CCCU) has ended a four-day international conference here calling on regional governments to regard the co-operative movement as the new engine of growth in light of the ongoing global economic and financial crisis. Newly...