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Published:Friday | December 12, 2014 | 9:22 AM

On at last six occasions, Cuban authorities detained or interrogated people involved in the program; they also confiscated computer hardware that in some cases contained information ...

Published:Thursday | December 11, 2014 | 1:21 PM

Guyana's Dr P.I. Gomes was yesterday elected as the new Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping.

Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2014 | 12:58 PM

The 11-member presidential commission established by President Michel Martelly to help deal with Haiti's worsening political crisis is recommending the resignation ...

Published:Tuesday | December 9, 2014 | 9:14 AM

The Trinidadian government has urged illegal immigrants to seek to regularise their status after the CARICOM country deported a number of Africans over the weekend.

Published:Monday | December 8, 2014 | 9:14 AM

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is condemning what he calls the criminal blockade against Cuba as he demands an end to the United States embargo on the country.

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2014 | 12:18 PM

Bob Verdun, the former publisher of the Elmira Independent newspaper, tried to strike a deal with Justice Robert Goldstein at his sentencing hearing for his second contempt of court conviction.

Published:Sunday | December 7, 2014 | 10:24 AM

The OAS, which convened the workshop, said 1.8 million people in the hemisphere are affected by Trafficking in Person.

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2014 | 10:00 AM

Felix Baez Sarria contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was flown to Geneva for treatment on November 20.

Published:Friday | December 5, 2014 | 10:12 AM

Skerrit, campaigning for the December 8 general election, told a meeting of his ruling Dominica Labour Party this week that he had already informed government negotiators.

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2014 | 10:10 AM

The St Kitts-Nevis government says it will reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) on a number of items for two days this month in a bid to stir economic activity ahead of the Christmas Season.

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2014 | 4:26 PM

The talks are expected to result in the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority formulating proposals from the merger announced two weeks ago.

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2014 | 2:19 PM

Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has congratulated Windward Islands opening batsman Devon Smith on his return to the West Indies team for the tour of South Africa.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2014 | 11:10 AM

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for more investment in and access to treatment for children with HIV/AIDS.

Published:Sunday | November 30, 2014 | 10:39 AM

According to Stuart socially, economically and politically, Barbados is a more advanced and developed country.

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2014 | 3:11 PM

The British Royal Navy says it has dealt a blow to smugglers after seizing more than 850 kilograms of cocaine in a high speed chase across the Caribbean.

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2014 | 10:17 AM

St Lucia's Telecommunications Minister, Dr James Fletcher, has criticised the decision by the British telecommunications company LIME to introduce a charge for printed copies of phone bills ...

Published:Monday | November 24, 2014 | 10:30 AM

Cuban doctor Felix Baez Sarrias, who contracted the Ebola virus during his work in Sierra Leone, is reported to be in a stable condition.

Published:Sunday | November 23, 2014 | 10:34 AM

On Saturday, Human Rights Watch noted that the president’s decision will protect millions of people from the “corrosive threat of removal".

Published:Sunday | November 23, 2014 | 10:27 AM

The couple – Birgid and Hubertus Keil, owned a vacation home on the island and arrived on October 25 with plans to stay until March of next year.

Published:Saturday | November 22, 2014 | 7:20 PM

It’s believed that the former Assembly Speaker was robbed and pushed out of the vehicle, which was later found abandoned.

Published:Saturday | November 22, 2014 | 12:35 PM

Interim head of the Epidemiology Unit, Dr Marvin Manzanero says the confirmed case came from one of several samples that were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad & Tobago.

Published:Friday | November 21, 2014 | 3:12 PM

The Police Welfare Association (PWA) today said it had rejected the latest salary offer from the Dominica government and confirmed also that it had received an offer from the main opposition ...

Published:Thursday | November 20, 2014 | 10:49 AM

The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will allow the duty-free importation of certain goods into the island under the Christmas Barrel Initiative.

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2014 | 11:18 AM

A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease, according to state media.

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2014 | 9:07 AM

Air Traffic Controllers at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados who walked off the job have returned to work.

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