Free movement laws in A&B to be strengthened

St. John’s Antigua- The key debate at this year’s OECS Regional Assembly was the implementation of the Free Movement of People and Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said the nation’s laws in this regard would be solidified in a matter of months. Spencer acknowledged that most of the s...
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National Assembly prorogued in preparation for general election

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Legislative Assembly in this British Overseas Territory has been prorogued paving the way for the May 22 general elections. Governor Duncan Taylor signed the necessary proclamation ahead of Nomination day Wednesday. At least 40 candidates are expected t...
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CDEMA to focus on region’s communities

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - For disaster management personnel, the challenge of preparing Caribbean communities is a great one. That is according to the outgoing Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Jeremy Collymore. His comments came during an interview with ...
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Caribbean nationals named to ACP eminent group

BRUSSELS, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nationals, including former Guyana president Bharrat Jagdeo, have been included in the 14-member Eminent Persons Group (EPG) whose mission will be to provide guidance and recommendations for the future of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)...
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It’s Cameron!

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Dave Cameron unseated Julian Hunte as West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president yesterday and immediately promised lofty goals aimed at restoring the regional team to the top of world cricket. In a closely fought ballot at the regional governing body’s annual general me...
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Grenada to stage referendum on CCJ

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada will hold a referendum in two years to decide on the island’s relationship with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean said Wednesday. Addressing the ceremonial opening of the new Parliament sinc...
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Small states, big problems: size does matter

KINGSTON, Jamaica - FOR decades the small developing states of the world, led by the advocacy of Caricom, have been at pains to explain to the world that their economies are very vulnerable to adverse external events, to which they have severely limited capacity for adjustment. On this basis their ...
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Moderate quake rattles

(Jamaica Observer) - A moderate earthquake has rattled Trinidad & Tobago, causing some alarm, but no reported damage or injuries. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.8 quake struck early yesterday and was centred some 50 miles north east of Roxborough, an eastern town on the tourism-d...
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Journalist to sue Sports Minister

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Journalist Anika Gumbs-Sandiford has retained former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj as she pursues legal action against Sports Minister Anil Roberts for defamation. “I have been advised by Senior Counsel that the words spoken and published amount...
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Thirty-three Haitians land in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Thirty-three Haitians were taken ashore on Saturday afternoon after they were intercepted by Coast Guard officials off the coast of the eastern parish of Portland. The Haitians - 16 adult males, four adult females and 13 children including two infants were spotted by fisherm...
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