PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - The Caribbean Basin Security Initiative is expected to be a major topic at today’s historic meeting in Port-of-Spain between United States Vice-President Joe Biden and presidents, prime ministers and other government officials from the Caribbean r...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nation News – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will sign a trade investment framework agreement with the United States during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden to Trinidad and Tobago next week. Biden is due in Port of Spain on Monday for a two-day visit and...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - United States Vice-President Joseph Biden applauded the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force who serenaded him and his family with the sweet sound of the pan upon his arrival in Trinidad last night. Biden, his wife Dr Jill Biden and his two grand-daughters...

There is an urgent need for Caribbean territories to review it educational systems and policies, with greater focus on developing the skills and techniques for creative thinking and adaptation. So says, Trinidad’s Tertiary Education and Training Minister Fazal Karim, who believes that the re...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Last week, in commenting on the May 10 sentencing of former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, 86, to 80 years in jail for genocide and crimes against humanity, we were of the view that Guatemala had taken a courageous step towards putting an end to impunity for the perpetra...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments have sent messages of empathy to the United States after a tornado killed more 24 people including nine children in Oklahoma on Monday. Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer, who is in Doha, attending the 13th Sessio...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - OFFICIALS in the Turks and Caicos Islands say they have recovered US$19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets allegedly improperly obtained by corrupt politicians. Yesterday's announcement comes six months after the ...

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The Cuban government says it has seen a dramatic and unexplained drop in the harvest of vegetables and fruit in the first three months of the year. In a report, the Cuban National Statistics Office (ONE) gave no reason for the production decline, despite government reforms to in...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Ban the importation of all agricultural produce which can be cultivated locally! This, according to Peter McConnell, managing director of Worthy Park Estate Limited, is the first practical step that should be taken in redressing the country's growing import bill which now stands ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE Commissioner of Police is the most appropriate authority to begin the probe into the authenticity of e-mails presented in the Parliament last Monday by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. This does not mean, however, that the CoP is the office best suited to finish such ...