News stories by Peter Richards, page 11

It is normally a conference bringing together leaders from Britain and its former colonies.

Grenada Today did not have the staff nor circulation associated with most major Caribbean publications.

Caribbean media groups have drawn a line in the sand, warning regional governments that they will face strenuous opposition to proposed legislation requiring media workers to obtain a license to practice their profession in the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping.

Whether or not his words were meant to rekindle debate on the merits of a Caribbean court, the statement by British jurist Lord Phillips that 'in an ideal world' the former Commonwealth countries would stop using the Privy Council and instead set up their own final courts of appeal has done just that.

Ever since he literally blazed into the lives of Trinidadians when he led more than 100 armed followers in a failed attempt to remove the A.N.R. Robinson government in 1990, radical Muslim leader Yasin Abu Bakr has been able to taunt the country with impunity.

For nearly three decades, Grenadians have wondered what happened to the body of their first left-wing prime minister, Maurice Bishop.

For human rights groups like Amnesty International and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association (SVGHRA), Nov. 25 will be more than just another day in the Caribbean.

The British government Friday suspended the constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in a move that the outgoing head of government Galmo Williams referred to as a 'coup' by London.

The Trinidad and Tobago government is finding itself against the wall amid allegations that it is attempting to curb press freedoms in this oil rich twin island republic.

In 1995, then Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson had a few choice words for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 'Goodbye, ta-ta, au revoir,' he said.