CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 late on Tuesday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) reported Wednesday. It said that the quake occurred at 11.45 pm (local time) and was located at ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A three-day regional workshop aimed at promoting regional economic integration as part of an International Financial Corporation (FIC) implemented initiative to automate the Bureau of Standards’ clearance for imports began here Wednesday. “With this initiative we seek to help...

Thousands of supporters of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide have defied a ban on protests to follow his convoy through the streets. Mr Aristide was attending a courthouse in Port-au-Prince to answer questions about the murder of a well-known journalist in 2000. It was his first appea...

NEW YORK, CMC – A United States-based human rights group has given the United Nations 60 days to reach a compensation deal or face a legal lawsuit from victims of Haiti's cholera epidemic. The United Nations has already indicated it is legally immune from legal action over the epidemic that afflicte...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – As the coalition People’s Partnership gets ready to celebrate its third anniversary in office, Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley says he is filing a motion of no confidence in the government. A brief statement from the Office of the Opposition Leader gave no details a...

TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) -- The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmo...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - SIR Hilary Beckles' recently published book, Britain's Black Debt, has returned to the spotlight the burning issue of reparations. Launched last Thursday at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, the book definitively establishes that there is a case to be...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Middle East seems on the verge of another war or at best a long period of instability. Last week, Israel reportedly made air strikes on Syria, a development which has already attracted wide condemnation in the Arab world. Egypt on Sunday condemned the attacks, with the Ara...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THE GOVERNMENT of South Africa has found itself in an embarrassing position after having felt compelled to postpone a posthumous conferment of its highest national honour, the Oliver Tambo Award, on Guyana’s late president, Forbes Burnham. The Tambo Award is normally...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – South Africa is seeking to widen its relationship with Jamaica under a cooperation agreement dating back to 2009, the country’s ambassador Mathu Joyini has said. “The one thing that Jamaica does particularly well is sports from the school level. It is some...