St. John’s Antigua- Forty years after its establishment local administrators of the Caribbean Examination Council have defended the integrity of the test. CXC registrar Myrick Smith told state media this morning that the council is in a continuous process of improving the exam....

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet in Haiti next month, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat announced Tuesday. It said that the arrangements for the February 18-19 meeting had been finalised at the 31st meeting of the CARICOM Council of Ministers meetin...

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC - Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) says it has agreed the sale of its Macau business, (CTM), for US$750 million, strengthening its ability to invest in the Central American and Caribbean region. Brand & Communications Director, Cable & Wireless Communications, L...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago said it remains “cautiously optimistic” that the country’s economic growth will surpass two per cent in 2013, pointing to a number of actions that have taken place “over the course of last year. Cent...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday appealed to the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) and the Police Welfare Association to accept the government’s latest wage offer, insisting it is the “best we can do” given the current economic situation. DPS...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Freundel Stuart will meet with officials of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) later on Tuesday as he seeks to ward off a nationwide strike that the union has announced after it failed to get the telecommunications company, Cable and Wireless (Ba...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Opposition Leader Mark Brantley is questioning the decision of the Parliament to debate a bill seeking to increase the number of senators ahead of a motion of no confidence filed against the government of Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas. Parliament meets on Tuesd...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour, Michael Posner, arrive(d) here on Monday at the start of a three-day visit to the earthquake battered French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. A US Department of State statement said Posn...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A new United Nations-backed national household survey shows substantial progress has been made for children in the education, nutrition, health and sanitation sectors since 2006. According to the initial results of the Haiti Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), wh...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - IT'S been three years since our sister Caribbean country Haiti was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people and devastated infrastructure. Quite appropriately, the Haitian Government ordered that the anniversary be observed with the Haitian flag flown...