PARIS — The euro zone economy shrank more than expected in the first three months of 2013, official data showed Wednesday, marking a sixth consecutive quarter of decline as France returned to recession for the first time since 2009 and Germany marked time. The 17-nation euro zone contracted by...

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it has launched a “vigorous” investigation into the into the circumstances surrounding the near total destruction of the Maya archaeological site known as Noh Mul in northern Belize. Police are also investigating the matter and the...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government says it will pay a four per cent increase to all public servants even though members of the Civil Service Association (CSA) had voted last month to reject the government’s offer and settle for a wage freeze. Government said that the inc...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Two former senior government ministers, including former deputy prime minister Sam Condor, have hinted at the possibility of forming a new political party that could likely contest the next general elections in St. Kitts-Nevis. Condor and former senior minister Dr....

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Opposition Leader Stephenson King has written to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy seeking clarification on an exclusive license granted to a United States businessman, Jack Grynberg, to carry out oil exploration in St. Lucia waters. King wants to know whether Dame Pe...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The Spanish oil exploration firm, REPSOL, Tuesday signed a new oil exploration concession offshore agreement with Guyana. President Donald Ramotar and REPSOL’s director, Jose A. Murillas signed the four year prospecting license for the 6,525 square kilometer conc...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is assisting Guyana in building capacity in environmental management of the gold mining sector. The WWF has provided a GUY$12 million (One Guyana Dollar = US$0.01 cents) cheque to the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment as p...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Health Edson Joseph has suggested, as international agencies withdraw funding, the government will soon be left with a multi-million dollar bill to fight HIV and AIDS. “Most of the funding agencies, the Global Fund, Cl...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas will chair a Commonwealth high level mission on small states debt as developing countries to seek to deal with the impact of the global economic and financial crisis, Commonwealth Secretary Gerneral Kamalesh Sharma announced Tuesda...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - For the fourth time in five years, Government has gone to Parliament seeking an increase in the amounts of Treasury bills and Tax Certificates it can issue. Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler introduced a resolution at yesterday’s sitting of the Hous...