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Published:Tuesday | May 20, 2014 | 1:08 PM

Bermuda's Premier Craig Cannonier dramatically handed in his resignation at night over the so-called Jetgate controversy which has rocked the ruling One Bermuda Alliance.

Published:Monday | May 19, 2014 | 12:57 PM

Trinidad and Tobago's Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has requested an immediate investigation be conducted into a report of eight pregnant students at a secondary school in south Trinidad.

Published:Monday | May 19, 2014 | 9:05 AM

Arnhim Eustace, the leader of the main opposition party in St Vincent and the Grenadines, has reiterated his party’s intent to press for the removal of visa restrictions to Canada if he wins the gener

Published:Sunday | May 18, 2014 | 10:25 AM

At issue is a fungus called coffee rust that has caused more than US$1 billion in damage across Latin American region. The fungus is especially deadly to Arabica coffee.

Published:Sunday | May 18, 2014 | 10:19 AM

Cannonier's survival came hours after a gov't backbencher launched a withering attack on his handling of the affair and the opposition Progressive Labour Party (PLP) called for gov't heads to roll.

Published:Sunday | May 18, 2014 | 10:09 AM

A 30-year-old woman in Miami-Dade County and a 44-year-old woman in Hillsborough County, have also been diagnosed with the disease.

Published:Saturday | May 17, 2014 | 6:17 PM

Anthony says he believes that the new measures would lead to a change in the behaviour of citizens and ultimately improve the lives of the entire nation.

Published:Saturday | May 17, 2014 | 1:00 PM

The denial came yesterday even as hundreds of workers and commuters made their way out of the capital Port-of-Spain.

Published:Friday | May 16, 2014 | 10:50 AM

The Supreme Court in Bermuda has awarded a father of two close to $60,000 in damages in a negligent suit against the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.

Published:Thursday | May 15, 2014 | 1:47 PM

A former government minister has suggested that getting rid of the Kenny Anthony-led administration is the only way for St Lucia’s economy to rebound.

Published:Wednesday | May 14, 2014 | 9:55 AM

Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has announced a minor re-shuffle of his 15-month-old government appointing ministers to separate portfolios for Culture and Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Published:Tuesday | May 13, 2014 | 10:43 AM

The Grenada government says it is concerned that more boys are dropping out of school.

Published:Monday | May 12, 2014 | 3:07 PM

A government appointed task force is recommending the decriminalisation of marijuana in Bermuda. The task force says the government should take immediate action to enable access to medical cannabis ..

Published:Monday | May 12, 2014 | 12:29 PM

The CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has called for the United States to honour a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on a dispute with Antigua and Barbuda over Internet ga

Published:Sunday | May 11, 2014 | 5:45 PM

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has called on the European Union to provide funds for two projects in his homeland and St Kitts-Nevis.

Published:Sunday | May 11, 2014 | 12:15 PM

Chikungunya has been confirmed in Anguilla, Aruba, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republican, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, St Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent...

Published:Sunday | May 11, 2014 | 10:07 AM

Media reports quoted the police as saying that they had identified one of the men involved in carrying out the murder on the former legislator and law lecturer after images from CCTV had been clear up

Published:Saturday | May 10, 2014 | 10:09 AM

The acting Minister of Education in Barbados, Senator Harry Husbands, has welcomed the addition of tourism as a new CAPE subject, added by the Caribbean Examinations Council.

Published:Friday | May 9, 2014 | 1:40 PM

Antigua & Barbuda's health ministry says three more cases of Chikungunya Fever have been confirmed in the country by the Caribbean Public Health Agency.

Published:Thursday | May 8, 2014 | 9:12 AM

The authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have implemented water rationing as the country continues to battle a prolonged dry season.

Published:Wednesday | May 7, 2014 | 9:43 AM

St Lucia’s main opposition United Workers’ Party has called for the immediate resignation of two government ministers over a rampant escalation of crime and a number of unexplained deaths ...

Published:Tuesday | May 6, 2014 | 11:40 AM

Trinidad and Tobago authorities have announced a $2.5 million reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible for the murder of the prominent Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.

Published:Monday | May 5, 2014 | 9:13 AM

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, has issued another call for the Parliament of Guyana to approve the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financin

Published:Sunday | May 4, 2014 | 5:22 PM

Jamaican attorney and former Minister of National Security and Justice, K.D. Knight, expressed shock at Seetahal’s death. Knight said he knew her for more than 20 years.

Published:Sunday | May 4, 2014 | 12:12 PM

National Security Minister Gary Griffith has pledged every resource necessary to solve Sunday’s murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

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