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Roseau, Dominica -- Dominica is nearing the end of negotiations with French investors to start building the islands much talked about geothermal plant. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the disclosure as he indicated that production…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has confirmed media reports that ministers and other top level government officials will be getting bigger pay checks, saying they need to be paid “respectable salaries” to reduce the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Senator Vasant Bharath, minister of trade, industry, investment and communications and minister in the ministry of finance and the economy in Trinidad and Tobago has called for greater economic empowerment to…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Bahamas Immigration and Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell had one message for Baha Mar megaresort CEO Sarkis Izmirlian on Monday: “If you can’t hear, you will feel.” Speaking at the Emancipation Day service in his…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it’s not to blame for the continued detention of a Jamaican man in Qatar almost a month after being pardoned. In fact, the ministry said, the travel document Paul…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- Caribbean artistes are being encouraged to use their talents to galvanise support for the region as the world prepares to sign a new climate accord in Paris later this year. The call came from Dr Didacus Jules,…

St George’s, Grenada -- The ministry of finance and energy was on Thursday due to present the findings from the geology, geophysics and geochemistry surveys (3Gs surveys) that were undertaken in Grenada earlier this year with the assistance…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- In what is said to be one of Trinidad and Tobago’s highest ever awards for defamation, embattled former FIFA vice president and Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader Jack Warner has been ordered to pay former…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) – Since last year, the Government invested more than $150 million in outfitting school laboratories and workshops, and upgrading of teachers in the areas of technical, vocational education and training (TVET). This…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) -- In a bid to resolve the row between Guyana and Venezuela, President David Granger has expressed willingness to speak with his counterpart Nicolas Maduro when world leaders head to the General Assembly of the…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will on Thursday address a special United Nations Security Council Open debate on peace and security challenges facing small island developing states (SIDS) at the UN…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Talks involving bankrupt Bahamas megaresort Baha Mar, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of China and the government ended in Beijing on Tuesday without the parties…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) -- A couple yesterday appeared in court charged with a robbery at their home. Valerie Law, 25 and welder Anil Seepersad, 30 were ordered to leave the house. It was alleged against the two that…

Sports Page -- Trinidad and Tobago 20.4 points Windwards 20.1 Guyana 19.1 Jamaica 14.2 Leewards 13.8 Barbados 7.5 Canada 6.9 Regional under 15 point standings after round four Windwards 18.2 points Guyana 13.2 Trinidad and Tobago…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamian delegation in Beijing, China, participating in talks geared at reaching a resolution in the Baha Mar debacle, extended its stay on Tuesday to attend a final meeting geared at brokering a last-ditch deal with…