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Published:Wednesday | August 10, 2011 | 4:58 PM

National Security Minister in the Bahamas O.A Turquest says two measures are being put in place to address criminal activities in the country.

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2011 | 4:51 PM

The United States has issued new travel warning for American citizens travelling to or living in Haiti, cautioning them of a raft of problems plaguing the country from poor infrastructure and security to corruption and violence.

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2011 | 4:50 PM

The new regional budget airline, REDjet, on Tuesday announced it was expanding its service to Antigua and began selling tickets for flights between Trinidad and Guyana, just days after securing licences under the terms of a bilateral 'open-skies' air serv

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2011 | 4:43 PM

The Organization of American States (OAS) Tuesday called on the G-20 – which brings together leaders, finance ministers and central bank governors of the world’s biggest economies – to recognise smaller economies, like those in the Caribbean.

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2011 | 12:38 PM

Police in Barbados said they have recovered a high-powered machine gun among a cache of firearms found at the home of one of two suspects in last Saturday night’s shooting of two police officers.

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2011 | 10:32 AM

The Barbados law enforcement authorities are questioning two men they believe shot and wounded two police officers on Saturday.

Published:Tuesday | August 9, 2011 | 10:29 AM

As rioting and looting in Tottenham spilled over into other Caribbean communities and into a second night Sunday, the Guyanese-heritage politician who represents the impoverished North London riding.

Published:Monday | August 8, 2011 | 4:40 PM

The police in Barbados are today questioning two men they believe shot and wounded a police man and woman over the weekend.

Published:Monday | August 8, 2011 | 4:36 PM

Trinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is demanding an apology from Opposition senator Fitzgerald Hinds for statements he made about her during a press conference last Wednesday.

Published:Monday | August 8, 2011 | 3:08 PM

The Cuban government is working to relax migration policies on Cubans abroad who want to travel back to the island and those at home who want to travel abroad, Cuban president Raúl Castro has said.

Published:Monday | August 8, 2011 | 10:03 AM

Crash investigators believe excessive speed and other possible errors in landing procedures caused a Caribbean Airlines jet to roll off a Guyana runway late last month, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Published:Monday | August 8, 2011 | 10:01 AM

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says while Dominica has managed the recent economic crisis well, its recovery has been lackluster and growth prospects “remain weak”, and hinted it was “standing ready” to get more involved in the country’s balance of

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 1:04 PM

The Barbados-based, discount airline, REDjet, is to begin flights into St Lucia from as early as October, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Senator Allen Chastanet announced.

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 12:58 PM

Grenada’s Tourism Minister Peter David has asserted that his government should consider becoming the fourth government shareholder of LIAT.

Published:Friday | August 5, 2011 | 9:55 AM

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing an HIV/AIDS grant agreement with Belize to treat and prevent the disease among the large number of teens and young adults in the country.

Published:Thursday | August 4, 2011 | 11:40 AM

The United Nations Thursday called on all the political actors in Haiti to search for a consensus amid the ongoing struggle between President Michel Martelly and Parliament over the confirmation of a new prime minister.

Published:Thursday | August 4, 2011 | 11:39 AM

Suriname has launched a Climate Compatible Development Agency (CCDA) tasked with formulating government’s climate change policies.

Published:Thursday | August 4, 2011 | 11:38 AM

A Bermuda government unemployment registration drive (URD) has found that the average age of unemployed people is 38, according to Economy Minister Kim Wilson.

Published:Wednesday | August 3, 2011 | 5:08 PM

The head of the Technical Allied Workers Union in Grenada is warning that the industrial dispute involving LIAT workers could worsen.

Published:Wednesday | August 3, 2011 | 1:26 PM

Dominica has publicly indicated a willingness to provide a licence to the region’s first low cost airline, REDjet, to operate a service into the island.

Published:Wednesday | August 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (CMC): United States Coast Guard officials say they have recovered 7.5 tons of cocaine from a drug submarine in the Caribbean Sea.The Coast Guard said its C-130 plane first spotted the knife-shaped...

Published:Wednesday | August 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (CMC):Up to yesterday morning, Tropical Storm Emily was moving across the northeastern Caribbean Sea, away from the Leeward Islands, heading towards Hispaniola.The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre...

Published:Tuesday | August 2, 2011 | 4:36 PM

Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow has signed the orders to bring into force the recently-enacted Indictable Procedure (Amendment) Act and the Juries (Amendment) Act.

Published:Tuesday | August 2, 2011 | 4:28 PM

Police statistics in The Bahamas are indicating that the number of murders reported in July hit a record for any one month.

Published:Tuesday | August 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ROSEAU (CMC):Dominica police are searching for masked men who killed the manager of a hotel in Marigot on Sunday night, during an apparent robbery.Police Public Relations Officer Claude Weekes confirmed the murder...

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