PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -TODAY I wish to reflect on two aspects of our post-independence political culture that need to be systematically purged across our Caribbean Community in favour of cultivating attitudes and improving decision-making for more civilised, healthy, productive norms in nation-bui...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - CLR James once described Caribbean peoples as being amongst the most modern, they having been at the centre of the 19th century industrial revolution in Britain. Over the last week, the Caribbean was again centre stage to an evolving international environment as the super p...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) delegation begins a series of consultations on Wednesday examining the 2014-19 Strategic Plan for CARICOM. Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris, said the island is one of the pilot countries for the consultation proces...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Although his meeting with Attorney General Anand Ramlogan and Local Government Minister Suruj Rambachan did not pan out yesterday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mervyn Richardson said the investigations into “emailgate” were “at pace” and forei...

SCARBROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Former government minister Rennie Dumas was spared a jail term on Monday after he was found guilty in April of common assault and grievous body harm arising from an incident in 2011. Magistrate Nanette Forde-John said the Offences against the Person Act allows for a f...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace Monday said a bill asking Parliament to approve EC$208 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) in further loans to help finance the EC$652 million Argyle International Airport “nearly shocked the life out of me”. Eustace expe...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica will be the venue for the launch of the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Report (HDR) on Tuesday, UN officials have said. Human Progress in a Diverse World', will be attended by officials from Brazil, India, the Caribbean ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Monday that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country would like to see itself as “an emerging mining country” within the next two decades. "Haiti would like to place itself as an emerging mining count...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran yesterday signed the Arms Trade Treaty which establishes common international standards for the movement across borders of conventional arms and ammunition. When the Treaty comes into effect after 60 nations have signed and ratified it, ill...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Monday signed the United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty. The treaty calls on states to explicitly consider the risk that an arms transfer could facilitate serious acts of violence against women and children before allowing it to proceed, said Susan Bissell, U...