Regional

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana’s ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has declared its leadership ticket, naming Elisabeth Harper as its prime ministerial candidate – the first woman to be nominated to the post – and the…

Roseau, Dominica -- Prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, has condemned a reported coup plot against the president of Venezuela, Nicholas Maduro. Maduro announced last Thursday that his government had foiled an attempted coup,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- A man in prison custody is now assisting police in Trinidad with details into last year’s murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal. Police investigators have now been given “key information” concerning the details…

Mandeville, Manchester -- Wigton Windfarm Ltd launched a 24MW expansion plant with a ground breaking ceremony close to its existing 38.7MW windfarm complex at Rose Hill in south Manchester. The work on Wigton III will be carried out by…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) says it plans to step up action to prevent the Trinidad and Tobago government giving regulatory support to moves by the British telecommunications giant, Cable and…

St John’s, Antigua -- The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda, meeting on Wednesday, has decided to make an offer to the receivers of the Stanford Development Company (SDC) for the purchase of the Pavilion Restaurant and the seven acres of…

Georgetown, Guyana -- Exxon/Mobil’s Deepwater Champion oil exploration rig has departed from Louisiana to the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, where it is expected to commence drilling in mid-March. According to minister of natural…

Castries, St Lucia -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission anticipates a very busy year for trade officials. To this end, during 2015 work towards the establishment of a regime for the free circulation of goods…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Photographs of the opposition People's National Movement (PNM) political leader Dr Keith Rowley chipping along the road with a woman on Carnival Tuesday in Trinidad, became the topic of heated discussion on social…

St John’s, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to his St Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart Dr Ralph Gonsalves in his capacity as chairman of LIAT shareholders, requesting that “no further action be…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas government will be the majority shareholder in the new company that will provide cellular service to compete with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis…

Georgetown, Guyana (GINA) -- The readiness of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to hold the May 11, general and regional elections is being assessed by the United Nations Electoral Needs Assessment Mission (UNENAM). Head of the…

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- Grenada’s Housing Minister Delma Thomas says the Chinese housing model may be the country’s solution to the growing problem of limited land space for dwelling purposes. Thomas was speaking to reporters…

Castries, St Lucia -- Qualified citizens resident in Martinique may be able to make use of the new economic space opened-up by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Economic Union, an OECS ambassador says. Saint Lucia’s…

Paris, France (AFP) -- Media freedom suffered a "drastic decline" worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation…