PARAMARIBO--President Desi Bouterse was sworn in for a second term in office on Wednesday. Shortly after accepting the presidential sash from National Assembly chair Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, the president swore in his fifteen-man team of Ministers. “For the first time in our political history, the people of Suriname have given Government to a political belief that considers ethnicity as a...Bouterse sworn in for second term as Suriname’s president
PARAMARIBO--President Desi Bouterse was sworn in for a second term in office on Wednesday. Shortly after accepting the presidential sash from National Assembly chair Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, the president swore in his fifteen-man team of Ministers. “For the first time in our political history, the people of Suriname have given Government to a political belief that considers ethnicity as a...Haitian officials mostly satisfied with conduct of Sunday’s poll
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti--Haitian government officials and election authorities expressed satisfaction on Sunday with...More illegal Haitian and Cuban immigrants apprehended at sea
NASSAU, Bahamas--Law enforcement authorities in The Bahamas have held yet another group of Haitians trying to get...Senate gives green light for economic citizenship programme in St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia--St. Lucia is set to become the fifth Eastern Caribbean nation to introduce a Citizenship by...IDB grants Jamaica US $130M loan for economic growth programme
KINGSTON, Jamaica--The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US $130-million loan to Jamaica on Wednesday...Former Trinidad Cabinet minister calls on PM to step aside until cleared in probes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad--A former minister who now leads the regional chapter of the Global Organisation of...Jamaica expanding cassava industry with Colombian help
KINGSTON, Jamaica--Government is moving to expand the cassava industry through partnerships with the private sector...Work to begin on geothermal plant in Dominica this year
ROSEAU, Dominica--Dominica is nearing the end of negotiations with French investors to start building the islands...
Trinidadians feel 4.6-magnitude quake as it shakes parts of country
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad--The seismic activity in the region continues, with Trinidad and Tobago experiencing a...Suriname bank with half billion US dollars in assets acquired by Trinidad’s Republic Bank
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad--Republic Bank Limited has welcomed a new territory into the fold of the expanding financial...Caricom, Vatican establish diplomatic relations; Haiti-DR issue already raised
GEORGETOWN, Guyana--There is now, for the first time ever, a Vatican Ambassador to the Caribbean Community Caricom...One of most rare seabirds rediscovered in Dominica 150 years after last seen
ROSEAU, Dominica--More than 150 years after it was believed to have been wiped out in Dominica, the rare 968...Man shot by friends who mistake him for animal
PARAMARIBO--Police have arrested two men for illegal gun possession and use on Tuesday, July 27, after one of them...Caribbean on high alert against bird flu
BRIDGETOWN--Veterinary officers and stakeholders in the poultry sector in the Caribbean are on high alert and...One escapee murdered, surviving one surrenders
PORT OF SPAIN--The hunt for two of the prisoners who broke out of prison last Friday ended Sunday, with one murdered...St. Lucia to make incentives available to offshore educational institutions
CASTRIES, St. Lucia--The St. Lucia government has taken a step to make incentives available to offshore educational...Activity continues at Kick ’em Jenny, authorities say there is no major threat
PORT OF SPAIN--An orange alert remains in place as elevated activity at underwater volcano Kick ‘em Jenny...9 grants awarded for research at UG
GEORGETOWN, Guyana--Nine grants have been awarded to faculty members of the University of Guyana (UG) who are looking...Orange Alert - elevated at 'Kick 'em Jenny' in Grenada
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC)--An increase in seismic activities at the submarine volcano "Kick ‘m Jenny" on...
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