UNITED NATIONS, CMC – United Nations officials have underscored the plight of Caribbean and other migrants, stressing that countries should increase efforts to protect their rights while finding ways to integrate their contributions to society into the post-2015 development agenda. “Evi...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — With nearly two out of every five people in the world expected to be online by the end of the year, more than two-thirds of those living in developing countries, including the Caribbean, will not have access to the Internet, says the United Nations in a global survey of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron is fighting for his political life and the legitimacy of his Tory party after Conservative members crossed the dreaded political divide and joined with the Opposition Labour party in voting no to Cameron's plan of participating w...

LONDON, (Reuters) – Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote to other areas of life, according to the findings of an international study published on Thursday. The mental strain could be costing...

LONDON, CMC – The London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on Cuban authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release five men named as prisoners of conscience. Amnesty International said the cases of the five men – Rafael Matos Montes de O...

LONDON,  (Reuters) - The world’s second-largest offshore wind farm, capable of generating enough electricity to power over half a million homes, was opened officially off England’s east coast yesterday. Energy and Business Minister Michael Fallon opened the 500 megawatt Greater Gab...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer - BRITISH High Commissioner to Jamaica David Fitton has indicated that there is some level of interest from companies in Britain that want to set up shop in Jamaica, but says this will depend on a number of factors, including concerns about security. Speaking with the Jam...

Leaders of more than a dozen Caribbean countries are launching a united effort to seek compensation from three European nations for what they say is the lingering legacy of the Atlantic slave trade. The Caribbean Community, a regional organisation, has taken up the cause of compensation for slavery ...

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood and say their success points to a future where much-needed livers and other transplant organs could be made in a laboratory. While it may take another 10 y...

VIENNA, Austria, CMC - A week after the United States assailed some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments for not doing enough in addressing human trafficking, the United Nations has called for “action on all fronts to end the scourge”. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson is ur...