Regional

Kingstown, St Vincent -- Monday proved to be a significant day in the parliament of St Vincent and the Grenadines, with the successful passage of the Witness (Special Measures) Bill 2013. Minster of legal affairs and prime minister, Dr…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Jamaica’s minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson, and his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Winston Dookeran, have vowed to find mutually beneficial solutions to the current…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Opposition Spokesman on Industry, Investment and Commerce, Karl Samuda, is expected to open debate today December 3 on his Private Member’s Motion to have a comprehensive report on the Jamaica Emergency Employment…

St. John’s, Antigua (CMC) – The regional airline, LIAT, which came under heavy public criticism over its summer schedule, Monday sought to re-assure the travelling public that it would do everything possible to ensure that their journeys…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The murder trial of Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel continues this morning in the Home Circuit court. Yesterday lawyers suggested that key prosecution witness made up the murder story because he was never inside the…

Port Of Spain, Trinidad -- A civil society group in Trinidad and Tobago has described as “social genocide” the recent court ruling in the Dominican Republic, which has left over 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent potentially stateless.…

Kingston, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister with responsibility for information, Senator Sandrea Falconer, says that, with the recent passage of the Defamation Act, the media in Jamaica must now move swiftly to establish the long-awaited complaints…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has shut all diplomatic doors on the Dominican Republic, beginning with the deferral of that country’s application to become a member of the regional bloc. “In the circumstances…

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (HCNN) -- The first touch-screen tablet manufactured in Haiti and its affordable price have captured the interest of Haitians, particularly within low income households and the youth, who believe they now have a…

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…