Hopes of a bumper season for the 2012-2013 sugar cane crop could be substantially downgraded following reports of extensive damage to cane fields in the eastern end of the island during the passage of Hurricane Sandy. ...read more

St Lucia marked the second anniversary of the passage of Hurricane Tomas on Tuesday with Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony saying that October 30 must always remained etched in the minds of citizens....read more

The Foundation for the Development of Caribbean Children (FDCC) says it is providing US$90, 000 to Dominica to support mainstreaming the island’s Roving Caregivers Programme (RCP)....read more

The Guyana government says it will most likely sign an agreement for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) early next month....read more

A senior government minister says a referendum to determine Jamaica’s full accession to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be unwarranted, divisive, disruptive, inappropriate and could cost at least J$700 million (One Jamaica dollar = US$0.04 cents) to conduct....read more

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have given an undertaking that they would work towards meeting a January 2013 deadline for the second round of cuts in tariffs under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Union (EU) in 2008....read more

A three-day workshop that will allow delegates to collectively monitoring ongoing African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) fish projects in the Caribbean gets underway here on Wednesday....read more

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says Canada remains an important market for the island as it looks to boost visitor arrivals....read more

Trinidad and Tobago could be blacklisted by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) if it fails to enact legislation aimed at strengthening the regulatory and supervisory regime, Finance Minister Larry Howai has said....read more

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has described as “totally false” a newspaper report that the coalition People’s Partnership government is seeking an estimated TT$1.3 billion (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) to settle the arbitration following the decision of the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration to cancel the contract with a British manufacturer for three Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)....read more