GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal that St. Lucia does not require to stage a referendum before it joins the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). LaRocque said ...

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – A Russian state oil company drilling off Cuba’s northern shores says it is temporarily halting its exploration. Zarubezhneft said it was halting work because of “geological” problems but will resume oil exploration next year. The announcement signaled an e...

Several thousand Venezuelans gathered in the heart of Little Havana on Sunday in one of a string of rallies around the world to voice their allegations of fraud in April elections officially won by President Nicolás Maduro. Under a sea of red, blue and yellow Venezuelan flags and amid chants...

HONG KONG — Explosions and fire tore through parts of a poultry plant in northeast China on Monday, killing at least 119 people, in one of the country’s worst factory accidents in recent years. Residents near the factory, the Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant, in Jilin Province heard blasts at a...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Marijuana has always been on the banned list of drugs. It has been in use for thousands of years. In Jamaica, it is known as ganja, and its cultivation and use have been forbidden by law. Associated with the ganja, is the chillum pipe that is used for filtering the smoke t...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it has started paying public workers salary increases five years after their last hike in wages. The Keith Mitchell government, which came to office in February, complaining of a high national debt and urging the population to help...

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Premier Craig Cannonier has dismissed opposition complaints over a trip he and two cabinet colleagues took on a private jet to a meeting involving a group of investors in Washington, DC. Progressive Labour Party (PLP) MPs blasted the government for what they dubbed “Je...

WASHINGTON, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda says it is pleased with the role it played in the conclusion of the negotiations for two draft conventions dealing with racism and discrimination which will be adopted by the Organization of American States (OAS) in Guatemala this week. Antigua and Barbuda...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The head of one of the United Nations agencies is concerned about the length of time it takes for cases of gender-based violence, including sexual assault of children, to be heard in the court system. Christine Arab, who recently took up the post as Representative of UN Women ...

WASHINGTON, CMC – Calling tobacco use the deadliest global pandemic ever, a former President of Uruguay has urged decision makers in the Caribbean and Latin America to step up efforts to curb smoking. In making reference to World No Tobacco Day, Tabaré Vázquez, an oncologist by p...