FEATURES · Jan 1
West Indies, Bolt propel Caribbean into global spotlight
The mercurial regional side captured the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka when they beat the hosts in a pulsating final, registering…
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FEATURES · Dec 29
Yearender – A bad year for the Caribbean
For Bush, the 57-year old leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and serving his seventh term in the Legislative Assembly in…
FEATURES · Dec 8
Opposition party hoping to reverse 15 years of electoral defeats
“It grieves me that the party is not in government and it would grieve me to see the 40th anniversary come up…
FEATURES · Dec 3
Battle lines drawn as climate talks enters final week
Developing countries fear that the Kyoto Protocol might be in trouble while there’s concern over an apparent deadlock on the issue of…
FEATURES · Nov 11
Islanders regain control of government
Preliminary figures show that the PNP had won six of the 10 electoral districts with the other four going to its main…
FEATURES · Nov 6
World Bank President arrives in Haiti for two day visit*
Plain white t-shirts are fixtures in any American wardrobe but these particular ones, made of finely woven cotton, seem to provide more…
FEATURES · Nov 3
Florida could hold key to outcome of presidential election
The votes are crucial in an election that opinion polls say could for the first time result in a tie with both…
FEATURES · Nov 2
Putting the financial sector on the front burner
He is not pushing for the position of spokesman for the advocacy group that intends lobbing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments on the…
FEATURES · Oct 23
Tomb raiding a new phenomenon in Trinidad and Tobago
“That’s the danger we face without adequate laws, with deficient infrastructure, without bilateral agreements and protections, without connected institutions, without proper monitoring,…
FEATURES · Oct 7
Caribbean rips developed countries for economic quagmire
One by one, regional leaders and representatives told the recently concluded 67th Session of the UN General Assembly Debate that greed, insensitivity…