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WASHINGTON, DC (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), says it is working with Caribbean governments to “to prevent, detect and respond” to the Zika virus. Last Friday, PAHO said starting in March 2014 and through the first week ...

By Frederic Mousseau IPS Guest Writer OAKLAND, California (IPS) — Millions of African farmers don’t need to adapt to climate change. They have done that already. Like many others across the continent, indigenous communities in Ethiopia’s Gamo Highlands are well prepared ...

Photo above: Secretary General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (left) and Jimmy Fletcher, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development in St. Lucia. LaRocque said developed countries should honour their commitments to provide financing. He adds that such commitments to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Tourism Minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill, has called on Jamaicans to grasp the various investment opportunities which are available in the island’s tourism sector. At the recent, official opening of the Melia Braco Village resort, in the ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (CMC) – The Monetary Council, the highest decision-making body of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), has appointed Timothy Antoine as Governor of the institution. Antoine, a Grenada national, succeeds Sir K. Dwight Venner, who retired last ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says, it expects revenue to decline by more than two billion dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) as a result of the continuing drop in oil prices on the global ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The government of Japan will be making resources available to improve the drainage system across Georgetown. Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, told the Government Information News Agency (GINA) that the proposal from Japan will contribute to ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Acting Police Commissioner, Stephen Williams, has lamented the crime rate in the twin-island republic, stating that the society is a violent one. “Trinidad and Tobago has become a very violent society. We express violence ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has decided to support the government and people of Guyana in commemorating the country’s 50th jubilee anniversary. The airline has partnered with the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport to ...

Sometimes when it’s cold and snowy outside the comfort of a good home cooked meal is all you need to warm up.  Meat and potatoes have a way of making us feel good and helping us ward off those cold ...