ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada says it will use funds provided by the World Bank to facilitate the liberalisation of its electricity sector as part of an initiative being undertaken by other countries within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Public Utilities Mini...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Former foreign affairs minister Karl Hood, who filed a motion of no confidence in the former Tillman Thomas administration, has been appointed Grenada’s Ambassador to China. Hood, who appeared on the political platform of the then opposition New Nation...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government says the recent arrest of two people involved in a human trafficking ring is proof that the island is making strides in addressing the issue. Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite said the arrests and rescue five people between the ages of 17 a...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government will table legislation that will make it mandatory for potential candidates in a general election to declare whether or not they are in possession of a passport from another country. Dame Pearlette Louisy, delivering the traditional Throne Sp...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As the Prime Minister begins the first full day of her official four-day visit to Canada today, a trade and investment mission facilitated by InvesTT and ExporTT will conduct a concurrent session from tomorrow. “From April 25-27, a delegation of Trinidad and Tobago se...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - A World Bank mission is expected in Jamaica next month to continue work on the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS). The disclosure was made by Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Peter Phillips while speaking to JIS News in Washington, DC, on the outcome of the April 19-22 reg...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - t is rather worrisome that acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams should have chosen to fulsomely praise fired national security minister Jack Warner. “He has been an exceptional minister, and I want to put that on record,” Mr Williams told the media last M...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - If Fifa’s President Sepp Blatter carries out his stated intention to have the Jack Warner matter sent before a compelling international tribunal, the former Fifa vice president will have his day in court with his “silk” to argue for and demonstrate his inn...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The storm that had been blowing and strengthening in the direction of Trinidad & Tobago National Security Minister Jack Warner’s direction for the last five years or so, has finally hit him with full force. The former President of CONCACAF’s resignation as ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - AUSTIN 'Jack' Warner, who on Monday felt compelled to quit as Trinidad and Tobago's minister of national security, following scathing findings of a CONCACAF-authorised probe, seems to be the kind of politician one could either easily admire or strongly dislike. His n...