WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that congressional efforts to end the US ban on travel to Cuba would take a back seat to overhauling US health care and fostering job creation. Lawmakers who oppose the ban say it has hurt US efforts to promote democratic reforms. read more...
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors. Colombia's government criticized the destruction of the bridges as aggression. read more...
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The United States pledged $275 million to rainforest protection on Thursday, at an event hosted by Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, in London. The US pledge follows an offer last week from Norway to pay Guyana up to $250 million by 2015. read more...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says that it is irresponsible to suggest that the government has had nothing to do with the success of Jamaican athletes. He was responding to a "disappointing" statement made by "a member of the track and field community" read more...
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- The Bahamas signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon, concluding a negotiation process aimed at developing a legal instrument that could be used to establish effective exchange of tax information. read more...
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- US President Barack Obama praised dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez and said in a posting on her website on Thursday that he looks forward to the day "all Cubans can freely express themselves." The US leader also repeated his desire to improve US-Cuba relations. read more...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- The concept of unemployment benefits is under consideration by the St Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board. Social Security assistant Director, Elvin Bailey said the unemployment benefit will add to the benefits of workers when implemented by the St Kitts and Nevis administration. read more...
CARACAS,Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela is to take control of four small banks, government sources with knowledge of the action said, citing problems of solvency and the origin of funds. The move is not seen as causing wider problems for the financial system, analysts said. read more...
This week, news organizations reported the fact that Raul Castro is continuing the reign of terror his brother Fidel launched almost 50 years ago as if it were every bit as shocking as the fact that President Barack Obama is continuing many of the oppressive war-on-terror tactics his predecessor George W. Bush deployed. read more...
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is about to take place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago’s capital, there is not much hope among its member states that it will achieve anything more than declarations without the means to implement them. Indeed, even more worryingly... read more...
In this the last week of the referendum campaign, two obscure and some of the least discussed, yet extremely important chapters of the new constitution have been thrown into greater focus. They have emerged as being critical in framing the debate and developing a better understanding of why... read more...
Caribbean Net News recently carried two important pieces of information regarding new challenges and developments in higher education in the Caribbean. The first deals with a statement by the Principal of the Mona campus of the UWI, and the other with co-operation between Cuba and Venezuela. read more...
Ralph Gonsalves was hoping to divide and rule St Vincent and the Grenadines and create anarchy to divert attention to get his own way to take us into communism. He failed miserably, as Vincentians caught on to him before he knew it. The fact that the Labour Party sat idly by and let this happen bewilders me. read more...
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WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that congressional efforts to end the US ban on travel to Cuba would take a back seat to overhauling US health care and fostering job creation. Lawmakers who oppose the ban say it has hurt US efforts to promote democratic reforms. 
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, says that it is irresponsible to suggest that the government has had nothing to do with the success of Jamaican athletes. He was responding to a "disappointing" statement made by "a member of the track and field community" 
NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) -- The Bahamas signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon, concluding a negotiation process aimed at developing a legal instrument that could be used to establish effective exchange of tax information. 
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- US President Barack Obama praised dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez and said in a posting on her website on Thursday that he looks forward to the day "all Cubans can freely express themselves." The US leader also repeated his desire to improve US-Cuba relations. 
BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- The concept of unemployment benefits is under consideration by the St Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board. Social Security assistant Director, Elvin Bailey said the unemployment benefit will add to the benefits of workers when implemented by the St Kitts and Nevis administration. 
CARACAS,Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela is to take control of four small banks, government sources with knowledge of the action said, citing problems of solvency and the origin of funds. The move is not seen as causing wider problems for the financial system, analysts said. 
This week, news organizations reported the fact that Raul Castro is continuing the reign of terror his brother Fidel launched almost 50 years ago as if it were every bit as shocking as the fact that President Barack Obama is continuing many of the oppressive war-on-terror tactics his predecessor George W. Bush deployed. 
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is about to take place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago’s capital, there is not much hope among its member states that it will achieve anything more than declarations without the means to implement them. Indeed, even more worryingly... 
