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Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 9:17 AM

The Grenada government has presented a national budget of EC$933.9 million outlining a series of taxes and stressing the need for a curtailment of government expenditure over the next 12 months.

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2013 | 11:53 AM

The legislators have asked the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the Foreign Minister to indicate whether the government was willing to request South Africa to arrest Bouterse and extradite him ...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 10:11 AM

Frayde started out, like many Cubans, as an “enthusiastic supporter of Fidel Castro even before his revolution toppled the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship in 1959 and promised democracy”.

Published:Saturday | December 7, 2013 | 12:29 PM

The Health Ministry in St Lucia has confirmed that a 15-year-old student has died after contracting dengue fever.

Published:Friday | December 6, 2013 | 12:33 PM

A US man imprisoned in Cuba has asked President Barack Obama to personally intervene to help win his release.

Published:Thursday | December 5, 2013 | 10:57 AM

Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister, Gary Griffith, has reacted angrily towards promises on hassle-free movement made by his colleague Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran ...

Published:Wednesday | December 4, 2013 | 8:59 AM

Two former Trinidadian government ministers have been replaced in the Senate as the main opposition People’s National Movement sets its sight on the 2015 general election.

Published:Tuesday | December 3, 2013 | 8:40 AM

The regional airline (LIAT) is seeking to assure travellers that it is working to prevent interruptions in their journey over the Christmas holidays.

Published:Monday | December 2, 2013 | 8:51 AM

A Trinidadian was arrested in Barbados yesterday after 218 bottles of liquid cocaine were found in her luggage.

Published:Sunday | December 1, 2013 | 12:01 PM

In observance of the day, CARICOM has issued a reminder to the region of the commitment to work towards creating the conditions for equitable access to adequate healthcare for every citizen.

Published:Sunday | December 1, 2013 | 10:18 AM

Foreign financial institutions have the option of entering into agreements directly with the Internal Revenue Service, or through one of the two alternate model IGAs signed by their government.

Published:Saturday | November 30, 2013 | 7:10 PM

Cuban authorities say a 60-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were killed after a house collapsed in the capital Havana.

Published:Saturday | November 30, 2013 | 7:49 AM

Dominica says it is pursuing efforts to get the European Union to remove the visa requirements for nationals travelling to Europe.

Published:Friday | November 29, 2013 | 12:00 PM

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force earlier this month blacklisted Guyana after it failed to approve legislation to combat money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism.

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 2:10 PM

Dominican Republic Presidential Minister Gustavo Montalvo said the government cancelled a meeting scheduled for Saturday in Venezuela because it feels Haiti violated an earlier agreement.

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 11:20 AM

The Trinidad and Tobago police have launched a massive manhunt for two gunmen who reportedly stole an estimated quarter-million dollars from an armoured vehicle, killing one of the employees ...

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BRUSSELS (CMC): Jamaica has told an international conference that more attention should be paid to the unique challenges facing middle-income developing countries as well as small-island developing states including those in the Caribbean.

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Persad-Bissessar welcomes planned talks with JamaicaPORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has welcomed the move by Jamaica to hold talks on the issue involving the deportation of 13 Jamaican nationals, saying she had advised Foreign...

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ROSEAU (CMC):Dominica says it has written to the United Kingdom government informing it officially of its intention to cut ties with the London-based Privy Council in favour of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court ...

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Four foreign journalists were honoured with Press Freedom Awards Tuesday evening, recognizing their work in the face of severe reprisals, including physical threats and imprisonment.The...

Published:Wednesday | November 27, 2013 | 11:02 AM

The decision follows the fallout over a ruling of the Constitutional Court that could render stateless, thousands of people of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic.

Published:Tuesday | November 26, 2013 | 11:50 AM

A boat carrying about 100 migrants from Haiti capsized in the Bahamas today. Authorities say the boat apparently struck a reef killing at least 10 people.

Published:Monday | November 25, 2013 | 12:41 PM

Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley is demanding that the University of the West Indies explain the circumstances surrounding the granting of an Executive Master of Business Administration degree to House Speaker Wade Mark.

Published:Sunday | November 24, 2013 | 11:46 AM

The three-member panel all but ended the Michael Bloomberg administration’s ability to legally challenge the ruling. The judges didn’t expand on the reasoning for its terse ruling.

Published:Thursday | November 21, 2013 | 12:41 PM

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is proposing changes to the requirements governing its Student and Exchange Visitor Program that are intended to improve management of ...

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