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Published:Wednesday | February 26, 2014 | 3:37 PM

The Antigua Public Utilities Authority has embarked on a water rationing programme after indicating that the main reservoir has approximately six weeks of water supply left.

Published:Tuesday | February 25, 2014 | 9:37 AM

UNAIDS said that representatives from Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago met last week for a three-day workshop ...

Published:Sunday | February 23, 2014 | 12:11 PM

Amnesty International said the decision is a “major boost for the victims in their long quest for truth and justice”.

Published:Sunday | February 23, 2014 | 10:35 AM

But the department claimed that Cuba decided not to pursue it.

Published:Friday | February 21, 2014 | 7:04 AM

The Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace accused the regional bloc of remaining deafeningly silent about a motion of no-confidence against the Dr. Denzil Douglas-led Government in Basseterre which has not been debated more than a year after it was tabled.

Published:Thursday | February 20, 2014 | 7:20 AM

The US Department of Justice said 53-year-old Mary Mooney, was arrested at her San Pedro apartment during a pre-dawn operation.

Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2014 | 11:12 AM

This decision came out of last weekend's meeting between sub-regional Public Sector Unions and OECS Heads of Government held in St Kitts.

Published:Tuesday | February 18, 2014 | 8:36 AM

St Lucia’s public debt is estimated at 77 per cent of gross domestic product and according to World Bank figures for 2012, the GDP stood at $1.2 billion.

Published:Monday | February 17, 2014 | 9:35 AM

The Pan-American Health Organization said Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes and causes fever and severe joint pain.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 12:02 PM

Cuba had said that it was dispatching obsolete Soviet-era weapons to be repaired in North Korea then returned to the island.

Published:Sunday | February 16, 2014 | 11:34 AM

There have been “confirmed cases” of chikungunya on the Caribbean islands of St. Martin/St Maarten, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthélemy and the British Virgin Islands.

Published:Saturday | February 15, 2014 | 6:08 PM

The decision by M&T Bank to stop accepting deposits on behalf of the Communist regime was announced last year and takes effect Monday.

Published:Friday | February 14, 2014 | 1:35 PM

In a letter to the Governor General, Sir Edmund Lawrence, the three party opposition alliance, which controls six of the 11 seats in the Parliament, said Douglas no longer controls the majority ...

Published:Thursday | February 13, 2014 | 1:21 PM

The United Workers Party claims there are major concerns with regards to health and safety, medical procedures and technical competence of some surgeons and other medical personnel.

Published:Wednesday | February 12, 2014 | 8:55 AM

In a review of its borrowing members the Caribbean Development Bank has revealed that Jamaica is estimated to have recorded no growth in 2013.

Published:Monday | February 10, 2014 | 1:33 PM

According to the Cayman News Service, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service identified the deceased as 21-year-old Nichelle Anna-Kay Thomas and 39-year-old Devon Roy Campbell.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 9:15 PM

In a statement, Caribbean Airlines said it is working closely with all authorities to ensure appropriate security protocols are followed for the safe, comfortable and punctual flight departures.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 12:09 PM

Beckles-Robinson - a former member of parliament - said she met with PNM leader Dr Keith Rowley Friday to officially inform him of her decision.

Published:Sunday | February 9, 2014 | 11:00 AM

“We must work together to keep up the momentum and the pressure that allowed us to reach a successful outcome in the first place,” Azevêdo said.

Published:Saturday | February 8, 2014 | 12:17 PM

CLICO declared profits of $6.2 billion from its investing activities for the financial year, eclipsing the $2.2 billion loss from insurance activities.

Published:Saturday | February 8, 2014 | 8:54 AM

It says the boycott would show a strong message to all that Dominica will not support anything that promotes violence and lawlessness in our beautiful country.

Published:Friday | February 7, 2014 | 11:24 AM

United States President Barack Obama says he is encouraged by the progress being made by Haiti in scheduling long overdue elections in the country.

Published:Thursday | February 6, 2014 | 8:48 AM

Trinidad’s Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh says most of the teenagers had become pregnant for fathers who were between the ages of 25 and 40 and that some of the mothers were below age 12.

Published:Tuesday | February 4, 2014 | 1:04 PM

President of St Lucia Bar Association has described as unjustified the practice of the government of employing attorneys from the region to provide legal services in high profile cases.

Published:Sunday | February 2, 2014 | 12:16 PM

Obama says under his immigration reform plan, illegal Caribbean and other immigrants would still have to go through “a very long process of earning citizenship”.

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