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Published:Thursday | June 21, 2012 | 10:20 AM

Former Calypso Monarch Biko Lewis has been sentenced to 20 months in prison in Grenada, after being convicted of sexual offenses against a minor.

Published:Wednesday | June 20, 2012 | 2:13 PM

Antonis Samaras, the leader of the New Democracy party, which won Sunday's election, has been sworn in as the Greece's new prime minister.

Published:Wednesday | June 20, 2012 | 12:00 AM

NASSAU, CMC: Regional prison and correctional officers have started a meeting here with National Security Minister Dr Bernard ...

Published:Wednesday | June 20, 2012 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN, CMC: Police have launched a manhunt for the killers of two sisters after their charred remains were discovered in a house set on fire in Arima, east of here, on Monday.Police believe that the murders of Kim...

Published:Tuesday | June 19, 2012 | 12:08 PM

World leaders meeting at the G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the eurozone debt crisis.

Published:Monday | June 18, 2012 | 1:55 PM

After three years of direct rule from London, the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands are to go to the polls on November 9, to elect a government for the British territory.

Published:Saturday | June 16, 2012 | 10:03 AM

Since Castro opened up the door for more small businesses in 2010, the ranks of licensed entrepreneurs have swelled.

Published:Saturday | June 16, 2012 | 9:27 AM

The two men who were injured when their boat exploded near Guyana's northwest border have died.

Published:Thursday | June 14, 2012 | 12:24 PM

The police in Suriname yesterday shot and killed four men a few hours, after they robbed a jewellery store.

Published:Thursday | June 14, 2012 | 12:22 PM

The St. Lucian Police say they are keeping a close watch on the growing cash-for-gold business in St. Lucia and across CARICOM.

Published:Wednesday | June 13, 2012 | 10:04 AM

Scammers have hacked into the email account of the St. Lucian Minister for Commerce, Business Development, Investment and Consumer Affairs and have been soliciting money from unsuspecting persons.

Published:Wednesday | June 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

NASSAU (CMC): The death toll from Monday's accident in which a boat filled with Haitian immigrants capsized in waters off North Abaco is expected to rise after search and rescue officials resumed their operations yesterday after recovering 11 bodies so...

Published:Wednesday | June 13, 2012 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): Prominent Jamaica-born lawyer, Ambassador Curtis Ward, has been appointed chairman of the first Commission on Caribbean Affairs in the United States.Governor Martin O'Malley and Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown signed the executive...

Published:Tuesday | June 12, 2012 | 6:16 PM

A High Court judge in Trinidad has sentenced a 71-year-old woman to six years in jail, after she was found guilty of attempting to traffic cocaine.

Published:Monday | June 11, 2012 | 4:15 PM

The Roman Catholic community in St. Lucia is mourning the death of 29-year-old Deacon Kevin Bellot who reportedly died less than 24 hours after complaining of feeling ill.

Published:Monday | June 11, 2012 | 9:52 AM

Regional airline LIAT’s Management has confirmed one of its hangars at the VC International Airport in Antigua, two office block buildings and an aircraft have been destroyed by fire.

Published:Monday | June 11, 2012 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): A UN human-rights expert and South Florida Haitian rights advocates have renewed calls for the suspension of deportations of Haitians, claiming that their return home may constitute a human-rights violation....

Published:Monday | June 11, 2012 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):The government here plans to bring new proposals to change the Dangerous Dogs Act, a dozen years after it was passed and not yet in force, to remove bans currently imposed on some breeds.A new Dangerous Dogs Bill no longer demands...

Published:Monday | June 11, 2012 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): While a seven-month long review of the backlog of illegal immigrant cases slows to a crawl, deportations to the Caribbean, among other places, have continued virtually unabated, US immigration officials have confirmed.Fewer than two...

Published:Saturday | June 9, 2012 | 11:32 AM

Security forces prompted a lock down of parts of the capital.

Published:Thursday | June 7, 2012 | 10:00 AM

Federal prosecutors want the convicted fraudster Allen Stanford, described as a “ruthless predator” to be given the maximum penalty of 230 years in prison at his sentencing next week.

Published:Tuesday | June 5, 2012 | 4:00 PM

The government in Haiti says the country, which is recovering from a devastating earthquake in 2010, is now better prepared to deal with the 2012 hurricane season.

Published:Monday | June 4, 2012 | 1:24 PM

The St. Lucia Tourism Board has indicated a shift away from paying airline subsidies to stepping up its marketing drive.

Published:Saturday | June 2, 2012 | 9:04 AM

The editors-in-chief of two Trinidadian daily newspapers have been summoned to court amid concerns by attorneys that public comments may affect the trial of Muslim leader Yasin Abu Bakr.

Published:Friday | June 1, 2012 | 4:18 PM

The Anguilla government says it is seeking external assistance to deal with the recent upsurge in gun-related violence.

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