GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - As the counting of ballots from Wednesday’s General Election continues, the latest results have revealed that the opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) is just one seat short of a majority required for the to form a ruling government. The PPM took four ou...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Immigration and criminal defence lawyer Fitzmore Harris said the Caribbean and other developing nations need to prepare for the impending “brain drain” that will result from the US immigration reform. “The Caribbean has to become more competitive regarding, for example, remunera...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Despite the economic hardships Caribbean countries face, it is important that regional countries work together to overcome the difficulties, said Dr Dillon Alleyne, economic affairs officer and deputy director, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac)...

MIAMI, United States (CMC) — United States federal prosecutors have indicted three foreigners in a US$27 million cocaine bust in the Caribbean Sea. They said Beat Jegge of Switzerland and Daniel Velazquez and Julio Claro Alvarez of Colombia were arrested by US Coast Guard officers after their...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner- PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller was scheduled to leave the island yesterday for Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, where she will attend the Special 50th Anniversary Summit commemorating the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union. Simpson Miller is acc...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner-  The fiscal conditionalities of the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement are strenuous, but necessary, IMF mission head Jan Kees Martijn and Finance minister Dr Peter Phillips argued Tuesday, amid scepticism that Jamaica can hold to its targets this time. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Gleaner- SENIOR INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) mission representative to Jamaica, Jan Kees Martijn, yesterday said the Fund is "encouraged by the steady progress being made" by the country under the extended fund facility (EFF). "We have found a strong resolve to implement the ...

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil is sweetening terms for major infrastructure contracts to whet investor appetite and draw private capital and expertise needed to upgrade its deficient roads, railways and ports, the man in charge of planning the projects said on Tuesday. Bernardo Figueiredo said ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - The recent report that an Organisation of American States (OAS) study is calling for a serious discussion on legalising marijuana follows a modern trend globally to re-think the “war” against this and other currently controlled substances. The London Gua...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - There needs to be a harmonisation of labour laws within the region. This call was made recently by Cedric Murrell, President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) at “The Role of Labour Standards in Accessing Internationa...