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Published:Sunday | June 9, 2013 | 11:15 AM

Sections of the northeastern Caribbean were rocked by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake on Saturday evening.

Published:Saturday | June 8, 2013 | 6:17 PM

CDC officials asserted that the Caribbean has higher HIV rates than any region outside of sub-Saharan Africa, but noted that the epidemic is relatively small.

Published:Friday | June 7, 2013 | 1:23 PM

The Ministry of Public Health and Population in Dominica says persons passing through the Haitian Dominican border, importers and retailers that distribute meat products are currently being prohibited

Published:Friday | June 7, 2013 | 8:39 AM

Bermuda and other British Overseas Territories have been summoned to a London summit this month as Prime Minister David Cameron seeks more transparency to end what he calls the scourge of tax evasion.

Published:Thursday | June 6, 2013 | 2:27 PM

Trinidad’s Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan, said while the virus has not reached Trinidad and Tobago, there will be heightened security at airports.

Published:Wednesday | June 5, 2013 | 10:38 AM

The Bankers’ Association of Trinidad and Tobago has dismissed international media reports that Trinidad and Tobago is a known money laundering haven.

Published:Tuesday | June 4, 2013 | 4:04 PM

Caribbean Tourism Organization Director of Research and Information Technology, Winfield Griffith, said warned that the Caribbean “is barely keeping its head above water” amid predictions.

Published:Monday | June 3, 2013 | 6:42 PM

Dumas has been fined TT$3,500 or one month in jail for common assault under one Act, and $15,000 or two years in prison under another Act.

Published:Monday | June 3, 2013 | 10:41 AM

The announcement signaled an end to the only active exploration program in Cuba which now relies on highly subsidised oil from Venezuela.

Published:Friday | May 31, 2013 | 5:34 PM

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Management Agency is urging Caribbean people to be prepared for a very active season.

Published:Thursday | May 30, 2013 | 1:45 PM

Finance and Economic Affairs Minister, Chris Sinckler, has also dismissed suggestions that Barbados would be devaluing its local currency which now trades at 50¢ to US$1.

Published:Wednesday | May 29, 2013 | 4:02 PM

The two are making plans to get clarification from France on the matter, after learning today that Paris blacklisted them for not helping to investigate foreign aid fraud.

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2013 | 12:30 PM

A 2012 report by the European Commission Services confirmed the results of earlier studies that the expiry of sugar quotas in 2015 would lead to a reduction of the domestic sugar price in the EU.

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2013 | 8:29 AM

A number of eminent jurists and the St Lucia government had sought the advice of the Court to determine whether there was an error in the Constitution that would allow for certain amendments before jo

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ROSEAU (CMC): The Dominica government says it has no intention of changing the present buggery laws even as the advocacy group, Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom), said it was seeking talks with the authorities on the matter of equal rights.Prime...

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CASTRIES (CMC):The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that St Lucia does not require a referendum before becoming a full member of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) established in 2001 to replace the London-based Privy...

Published:Tuesday | May 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States says several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, including Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Haiti and The Bahamas, are engaged in discriminatory practices against Rastafarians, voodoo practitioners and Muslims.

Published:Monday | May 27, 2013 | 5:43 PM

The government said the agreement is intended to strengthen the existing relationship between the two countries in matters of national and regional security.

Published:Monday | May 27, 2013 | 9:55 AM

Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley presented the emails while piloting a no-confidence motion in Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in Parliament last Monday.

Published:Sunday | May 26, 2013 | 3:05 PM

A rural community with more than 400 residents will be used to pilot a project aimed at reducing electricity bills.

Published:Sunday | May 26, 2013 | 3:03 PM

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating whether indicted Caribbean American legislator Senator John Sampson broke the law.

Published:Sunday | May 26, 2013 | 11:05 AM

A major human rights group has described the Guantánamo detention center in Cuba as “an unmitigated disaster” and has called for its closure.

Published:Saturday | May 25, 2013 | 6:29 PM

In a 28-page ruling handed down yesterday, Justice Frank Seepersad also ordered the police officers to pay the newspaper’s legal costs.

Published:Saturday | May 25, 2013 | 3:11 PM

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar insists that the emails read by Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley were false.

Published:Saturday | May 25, 2013 | 7:26 AM

The Dominica police yesterday confirmed that two nationals had been rescued by the cruise ship, Carnival Valor and taken to Barbados.

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