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Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 6:05 PM

The Antigua and Barbuda Government says over 12 major conglomerates in China have expressed interest in doing business in the Caribbean state.

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 12:54 PM

“The passion, interest and dialogue elicited by my Government’s proposals for Constitutional reform have been unprecedented, clearly negating the view that our citizens are lukewarm on matters...

Published:Sunday | August 31, 2014 | 10:28 AM

The CSA president also noted that several people from Nigeria have arrived here this week but lamented that there is nothing in place to determine the health status of these visitors.

Published:Saturday | August 30, 2014 | 2:21 PM

Dino Bouterse, the son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, has pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to aid the Lebanese paramilitary group, Hezbollah, and conspiring to import cocaine ...

Published:Wednesday | August 27, 2014 | 11:40 AM

The United Nations says poverty in the Caribbean and Latin America has been reduced by almost a half.

Published:Tuesday | August 26, 2014 | 10:53 AM

Montserrat’s two main political parties yesterday nominated candidates for all nine constituencies in the September 11 general elections, with each party political leader confident of victory.

Published:Monday | August 25, 2014 | 11:12 AM

Trinidad and Tobago's 31-member Senate will meet and vote today on controversial amendments to the country's Constitution.

Published:Sunday | August 24, 2014 | 5:28 PM

One man died and two other people were earlier left missing when they were caught up by swollen rivers on the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Published:Sunday | August 24, 2014 | 12:26 PM

The storm was upgraded from a tropical depression Sunday morning. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm may strengthen into a hurricane on Wednesday.

Published:Sunday | August 24, 2014 | 12:24 PM

The donation is the first phase of the EU’s total contribution to the hospital valued at EC$32 million.

Published:Sunday | August 24, 2014 | 10:11 AM

This has resulted in e-mails being sent to several people, including State officials on the staff member’s contact list.

Published:Saturday | August 23, 2014 | 5:02 PM

He says his primary reason for declining the award was based on his principled stance to not accept any Trinidad and Tobago awards while serving as an MP.

Published:Friday | August 22, 2014 | 4:52 PM

Guyana’s main opposition APNU today said President Donald Ramotar has to become personally involved in piloting the fight against illegal drugs.

Published:Thursday | August 21, 2014 | 1:18 PM

Guyana’s finance minister, Dr Ashni Singh, says his Government will be providing funding for loans to assist students at the University of Guyana with meeting the cost of the recent ...

Published:Wednesday | August 20, 2014 | 2:43 PM

A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) defended its policies towards Antigua and Barbuda after the island’s new government launched a scathing attack on the Washington-based financ

Published:Tuesday | August 19, 2014 | 11:36 AM

Four people were killed when a twin engine Cessna plane crashed as it approached Freeport on the island of Grand Bahama yesterday, police have confirmed.

Published:Monday | August 18, 2014 | 12:08 PM

The London-based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says the number of killings perpetrated by the police in the Dominican Republic is once again on the rise ...

Published:Sunday | August 17, 2014 | 12:51 PM

According to Newsday, the development follows queries made directly to the Governor of the Central Bank on Friday by Seelal regarding the behaviour of one of the bank’s employees.

Published:Sunday | August 17, 2014 | 11:01 AM

The eight human traffickers, all Dominicans who were arrested last week, allegedly “located and recruited the victims for sexual exploitation and financial profit,” the ICE said in a statement.

Published:Sunday | August 17, 2014 | 10:42 AM

The Coast Guard said that the 64 Cuban migrants were repatriated last week following three separate interdictions at sea in the Florida Straits dating back to August 7.

Published:Saturday | August 16, 2014 | 3:32 PM

And the country’s newly appointed Governor General Dr Rodney Williams says the Gaston Browne administration is intent on turning the island into an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean.

Published:Friday | August 15, 2014 | 1:07 PM

Supporters of former Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide have clashed with United Nations troops amid fears he would be arrested for failing to obey an investigating judge’s order ...

Published:Friday | August 15, 2014 | 10:21 AM

Grenada’s Legal Affairs Minister, Elvin Nimrod, says the referendum on Constitutional Reform will be held in March 2015 and not on February 10, as was previously announced.

Published:Thursday | August 14, 2014 | 10:19 AM

An investigating judge has issued an arrest warrant for former Haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide after he failed to comply with a summons to appear at the magistrate's office.

Published:Wednesday | August 13, 2014 | 11:10 AM

Antigua’s former finance minister Harold Lovell has resigned as an opposition senator less than two months after he was defeated as a candidate for the United Progressive Party ...

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