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Three years after Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, there are 320,050 people living in camps — 27, 230 less than those living in the squalid encampments in December, the International Organization for Migration said Monday.
The number represents a 79 percent drop from the 1.5 million Haitians who sought shelters in hundreds of makeshift tent cities after the disaster.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is calling for a united approach towards developing the region’s tourism industry as it prepares to host the 14th Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) here on Monday.
The three day event is being held under the theme “Keeping the right balance_ Enhancing destination sustainability through products, partnerships, profitability”.
Host Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz told reporters that a collective approach was the only way the region can become the number one “warm-weather destination” in the world.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Several stakeholder groups agreed yesterday that National Security Minister Peter Bunting sent the wrong signal about his commitment to tackling Jamaica's crime problem in statements he made on the weekend. While there was support for Bunting from several quarters, including one of his predecessors, he drew strong criticisms for statements some argued "he had no business making". "It does send a wrong signal to the criminals.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is alarmed at a statement by National Security Minister, Peter Bunting acknowledging that the fight against crime seems to be a futile endeavour in Jamaica. “It is not only alarming; it is the tone and the manner in which he expressed himself, though I empathise with him, it seems to me that this is not the right or appropriate approach to dealing with this crime situation,” said the JLP’s spokesman on Crime, Delroy Chuck. He said Bunting is sending a wrong signal to the country.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The cross-Caribbean hearings of the Shanique Myrie case have given the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) much-needed and well-deserved prominence as a forum where the average Caricom citizen can seek legal protection and redress. While the CCJ has had some impact on the life of the region, none of the cases that have come before it has excited the public imagination as much as the discrimination and sexual assault case of Shanique Myrie vs Barbados.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday used an international forum to issue a call for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to increase their aid to small and vulnerable economies. Persad-Bissessar was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly Thematic debate “The UN and Global Economic Governance” in New York.

For more than two years, European leaders have pushed a cocktail of fiscal austerity and structural reforms on troubled countries like Portugal, Spain and Italy, promising that it will be the tonic to cure their economic and financial ailments. All the evidence shows that this bitter medicine is killing the patient.

legacy KINGSTON, Jamaica - In death, as in life, Margaret Thatcher remains a hugely divisive political figure_ The tributes from admirers read more like hagiography writings on the lives of saints, rather than biography.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The recent passing of one of the greatest political leaders of the 20th century was a shock to all who knew of her powerful leadership. Her policies were transformational, redirecting global political thinking and empowering the call for action.
Her mission was a supreme belief in the force of the market and the power of the individual driven by reward for initiative. She reshaped the British economy, pulling it back from the edge of a cliff and promoted other ways to offer social benefits than to rely on welfare.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - For days to come, we can expect virtual saturated international media coverage of Britain's only and longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, Baroness Margaret Thatcher.
Her unique political leadership style, her bullish toughness as a politician in wielding State power and intimidating dissent, even within her own Conservative party, had earned her the (un)flattering sobriquet 'Iron Lady'.