The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) has recognised and honoured Dr Carlton Davis, Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, who will be retiring at the end of this month, after serving 15 years in his current position. The ECJ paid tribute...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP): UN peacekeepers removed barbed-wire barricades around the presidential palace and some businesses reopened yesterday as an uneasy calm settled over Haiti's capital after three days of violence and looting....

HAVANA, Cuba (CMC):The controversial Bolivarian Alternative for Peoples of the Americas (ALBA), Wednesday, opened a branch bank in Cuba, the first outside Venezuela.According to a Granma newspaper note from the Cuban Central...

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): Noted Colorado State University hurricane forecasters have predicted a "well-above-average" 2008 hurricane season.

Forecasters William Gray and Phil Klotzbach told a weather conference here Wednesday that 15 named tropical storms...

Washington, DC (BWA): Members of theBaptist clergy who have Caribbean heritage have formed an association. The new group - Caribbean Diaspora Baptist Clergy Association (CDBCA) - was officially launched last month during a church service held at Grace Baptist Chapel...

Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall, in reading the proclamation to declare Special Libraries Week open at King's House, stressed yesterday that 'e-literacy' is of utmost importance in this technological age.point of concern The week of activities will...