CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has called on Opposition Leader Stephenson King to apologise to Speaker Peter Foster as the controversy over the alleged conflict of interest in the ongoing public inquiry into the St. Lucia Fire Service took yet another turn. Anthony...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - We are grateful to Professor Hubert Devonish for his forthright, clear and simple enunciation of this basic fact. "The University of the West Indies (UWI), whatever the high-minded motives behind its establishment, is now a business," he wrote in this newspaper on Sunday. Profe...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s oldest political party said Monday that it will not contest the February 19 general elections, effectively making the contest a two-way race between the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the main opposition New National Party (NNP)...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former Member of Parliament for Eastern Portland Headley Samuel 'Sam' Lawrence died suddenly yesterday morning, only hours after he made his final trek to the all-important function of his beloved People's National Party (PNP) - a meeting of the National Executive Cou...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC - Less than 21 days before Grenadians go to the poll to elect a new government, Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Minister Denis Michael Lett has died. He was 74 years old. Lett, a member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) died of prostate cancer. He ...

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The main opposition New National Party (NNP) is likely to win the February 19 general elections with more seats than it had before it was swept out of power in 2008, according to a new opinion poll published here on Monday. The poll by the Barbados-based Car...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor continued his public spat with Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas by publicly opposing his decision to dismiss senior government minister Dr. Timothy Harris over the weekend. In a statement, Condor, who has sided with Harris on oppo...

WASHINGTON, CMC - As the Caribbean reels from the global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that growth will “strengthen gradually” this year. In an update to its World Economic Outlook (WEO), the Washington-based financial institution said the constraints on...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The latest of studies commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have underscored the serious negative impact that crime and violence are having on economies of the Caribbean at a time when economic growth with job-creation continues to be elusive for  a nu...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government says it is close to finalising negotiations for the long-awaited Stand By Agreement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling People's National Party (PNP's) met on Sunday and af...