Caribbean

Lawyers representing Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Petter St Jean have asked the Court to throw out new witnesses statements in the dual nationality hearing against them.

ROSEAU (CMC):Lawyers representing Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Education Minister Petter St Jean have asked a High Court to throw out new witnesses statements that were filed a week before the trial opened here on Monday.

ST GEORGE'S (CMC):The chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kenrick Fullerton, has been given until this weekend to resign his job as an advisor to Minister of Sport Patrick Simmons or face the possibility of being fired.Fullerton...

Newly appointed CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque, will lead a delegation for talks with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer and his Cabinet on matters relating to the regional integration movement.

CMC - President Michel Martelly has described as an “act that revolts the national conscience” allegations that a Haitian teenager had been sexually assaulted by five United Nations peacekeepers.

BELMOPAN (CMC):Prime Minister Dean Barrow has defended his decision to cut short his visit to St Kitts and Nevis where he had been attending the inauguration of the head of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Sir Dennis Byron, in order to hold talks with...

Bermuda's Serious Crime Unit has launched an investigation into the death of Ida James, the sister of former finance minister, Dr. Clarence James.

The Inter-American Development Bank is to fund a US$15 million project to help Haiti increase agricultural productivity for nearly 30,000 small-scale farmers in the northern part of the country.

The Government of The Bahamas says it’s pleased to learn that rating agency Moody’s has affirmed the country’s A3 bond ratings, which reaffirms the credit profile of the country.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – At least one head of state and three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime ministers will attend the inauguration of Sir Dennis Byron as the new President of the Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thurs

St Lucian Prime Minister Stephenson King has brushed aside suggestions that the resignation of a second parliamentarian from his ruling United Workers Party.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 14-year old teenager, who allegedly threatened the life of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar in a video posted on the social network, Facebook, has surrendered to police, less than 24 hours after the Attorney General A