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Published:Wednesday | December 25, 2013 | 12:25 PM

The Government has reported that a US Coast Guard helicopter has been summoned to help the TCI authorities in locating any additional bodies.  

Published:Tuesday | December 24, 2013 | 1:40 PM

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 rattled Trinidad and Tobago and some neighbouring islands yesterday.

Published:Tuesday | December 24, 2013 | 8:43 AM

The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is seeking international assistance to deal with an oil spill that is threatening several areas in the southern part of the country.

Published:Monday | December 23, 2013 | 11:02 AM

A US Department of State spokeswoman has said the Obama administration has urged that the issues involving the court ruling be expeditiously addressed, in a humane way.

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2013 | 10:49 AM

The Dominican Republic Constitutional Court’s September 23 ruling retroactively stripped citizenship from anyone born in the country to undocumented parents dating back to 1929.

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2013 | 10:45 AM

The Royal Bahamian Defense Force confirmed 13 Cuban migrants were being held on New Providence Island.

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2013 | 10:31 AM

The FAO says the agreement was announced during the Second Extraordinary Summit of the Petrocaribe oil bloc and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2013 | 10:02 AM

At a press conference yesterday, Mottley blamed Sinckler for the state of the economy, saying - “For Barbados to grow, the minister of finance must go.”

Published:Friday | December 20, 2013 | 3:29 PM

A High Court judge in Trinidad and Tobago has sentenced a 35-year-old man to 15-years in prison after he shot a man over a $10 debt.

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2013 | 4:11 PM

Cuba's government today announced that the restrictions placed on the purchasing of late-model cars have been lifted.

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2013 | 11:13 AM

Haiti and the Dominican Republic have agreed to establish a joint commission to discuss the migration problem caused by a recent controversial ruling by Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court.

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 2:28 PM

Sweden’s ambassador to the Caribbean, Claes Hammar says his country only recently heard that it was mentioned among the European countries that the reparations committee is looking at filing ...

Published:Wednesday | December 18, 2013 | 2:27 PM

A High Court judge has dismissed an application by the St Vincent and the Grenadines government to strike out a case involving three teachers who were not re-employed after resigning.

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2013 | 4:55 PM

The main opposition United Workers Party said it would not be intimidated by the St Lucia government after the Office of the Attorney General announced that it had filed a civil case against the party

Published:Monday | December 16, 2013 | 11:16 AM

The Bahamas government says it will continue to pursue so-called spot checks and has denied claims that it is profiling specific immigrants.

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2013 | 12:11 PM

Venezuela grounded an Air France flight after being tipped off by French authorities that a terrorist group might be planning to detonate an explosive device in midair.

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2013 | 12:09 PM

Griffith says a Virtual Police Officers initiative will be launched which will make use of every law abiding citizen.

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2013 | 10:51 AM

Bahamas says it has six Venezuelans and nine Ecuadorians. Further, there were two Peruvian females, six Jamaican males, two Jamaican females, 54 Haitian males and two Haitian females in detention.

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2013 | 10:42 AM

On Friday, the UN announced that the fund also “enables the quick delivery of life-saving humanitarian aid to those who need it most around the world.

Published:Sunday | December 15, 2013 | 10:20 AM

The bank said most of the countries in the region appear in the top-50 list of countries with the greatest teenage fertility rates in the world.

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2013 | 7:08 PM

Barbados’ Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has accused the government of betraying Barbadians by opting to send home 3,000 public servants next year.

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2013 | 8:19 AM

The One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government yesterday announced that it has scrapped plans to hold a national referendum on gaming in Bermuda and will move ahead with gaming legislation instead.

Published:Friday | December 13, 2013 | 2:57 PM

The police have again turned the spotlight on the Nation Publishing Company, placing the newspaper at the centre of an investigation.

Published:Friday | December 13, 2013 | 1:18 PM

The St Lucia government has amended the Customs Act making it more difficult for anyone to import toy guns into the country as law enforcement officials seek to curb gun-related crimes ...

Published:Thursday | December 12, 2013 | 10:45 AM

African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries ended a two-day meeting in Belgium yesterday expressing concern over the Economic Partnership Agreement with Europe and trade in commodities such as ...

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