December 30, 2014
Haiti deal reached to avert crisis over delayed polls
Haitian President Michel Martelly has reached a deal with the senate and the chamber of deputies to avert a political crisis over long-delayed elections which sparked mass protests. Officials said Mr Martelly had signed an agreement with the…
December 29, 2014
Search On For Missing Plane In Guyana’s Interior
A search is being carried out by aviation officials here following reports that communication was lost with a plane that was flying in the interior of the country. Aviation personnel on Sunday reported that they lost communication with the Britten…
December 23, 2014
Haiti appoints Interim Prime Minister
Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume was named as Haiti's interim prime minister on Sunday following the resignation of her predecessor a week ago amid a stalemate over delayed legislative elections. Duperval Guillaume will hold the post for…
December 17, 2014
Obama Announces Historic Revamp of US-Cuba Relations
U.S. President Barack Obama announced a major shift in U.S. relations with Cuba, after the country’s communist leaders released Alan Gross, an American who had been imprisoned there for five years. In addition to the release of Gross, three Cubans…
December 16, 2014
Trinidad judge released on TT$5,000 bail
The vice president of the Industrial Court, Ramchand Lutchmedial, will re-appear in court on January 12 next year after he was released on TT$5,000 after pleading not guilty to a charge of failing to submit a specimen of breath for a breathalyser…
December 15, 2014
Haiti PM resigns after protests
Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe has resigned less than a week after President Michel Martelly had received a report from an 11-member presidential commission established to help deal with Haiti’s worsening political crisis. The Commission had also…
December 15, 2014
PM Skerrit reiterates support to Venezuela
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has reiterated Dominica’s support to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Mr Skerrit reiterated that commitment in his address at the XIII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s…
December 10, 2014
Belize further prepares key agencies to facilitate greater access to the CARICOM Single Market
The Belizean government is this week continuing specially tailored educational sessions on the benefits, roles and responsibilities of key Government agencies and private sector groups in helping Belizeans secure their right to work, travel and do…
December 9, 2014
Haiti most corrupt country in Caribbean
Haiti is the highest ranked Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country on the 2014 Corruption Perception Index released by the German-based Transparency International (TI). TI, which promotes itself as the global civil society organisation leading the…
December 9, 2014
Dominica Labour Party wins 15-seat victory
The Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has recorded a historic feat by winning a fourth consecutive term in office. The DLP won the 8 December 2014 general election with fifteen (15) out of 21 constituencies while the opposition United Workers Party (UWP)…