Regional

Brades, Montserrat -- Following its meeting in Montserrat on Friday, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority expressed its “collective abhorrence at the 23 September 2013 ruling of the constitutional court of the…

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -- Following Guatemala’s announcement in early November that it was pulling out of Venezuela's PetroCaribe alliance, the Hugo Chavez-era oil-for-regional-influence program could be on its last legs, the…

Port Au Prince, Haiti -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti on Saturday voiced its concern at recent incidents of violence in several cities and urged everyone in the country to work towards ensuring a peaceful society. The…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- At just after 4:00 pm on Wednesday, a private aircraft with president of Haiti, Michel Martelly on board, landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. Martelly and a 11-member delegation are…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica remains on course for a second drawdown of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and supporting financial inflows from the World Bank and Inter-American Development (IDB), totalling some…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, Donville Inniss, has expressed concern about the rising fuel consumption bill in Barbados, saying that the country could…

Roseau, Dominica -- Dominica’s drive to become the first carbon negative economy is this hemisphere has moved to the next level. This as the development of geothermal energy on island entered a new phase with the commencement of drilling of…

OECS Secretariat, Castries Saint Lucia - Residents of OECS Member States will soon receive further knowledge on energy saving techniques through the recently launched OECS Energy Efficiency Public Education and awareness campaign entitled:…

St George’s, Grenada -- Heads of some of the largest public and private financial institutions in the Caribbean gathered in Grenada recently, to meet with the prime minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell; the assistant secretary general…

St John’s, Antigua -- Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has been awarded the 2013 “Democracy Medal” by the 46th World Conference of the International Association of Political Consultants during an event in…

Miami, USA -- Infrastructure development financing was one of the hottest topics at a gathering of Caribbean leaders recently in Miami, Florida. Six heads of government and senior ministers from several regional countries gathered at the…

Georgetown, Guyana (CMC) – Trade Ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Guyana on the weekend to chart the strategic direction of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The traditional two-day…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Police in Trinidad are searching for two gunmen who shot and killed an employee of a funeral home in East Port of Spain Thursday. The authorities said that Abdul Mohammed, 24, began working at the funeral home…

Kingston, Jamaica (CMC) – Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips says that the regulatory measures implemented following Jamaica’s financial crisis of the 1990s have resulted in “phenomenal growth in size and assets” of the securities sector on…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) – St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he is "absolutely fed up" at the constant industrial action plaguing the regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the…