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Published:Tuesday | June 28, 2011 | 10:36 AM

A British legislator says the Caribbean’s united position on the controversial Airline Passenger Duty (APD) should serve as a reminder of what can be achieved when there is unity.

Published:Monday | June 27, 2011 | 3:11 PM

Last week, the UN appealed to governments to suspend all involuntary returns to Haiti, given the precarious conditions that continue to persist in the country 18 months after the devastating January earthquake in 2010.

Published:Monday | June 27, 2011 | 3:06 PM

The wife of former St. Lucian Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has been elected to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR).

Published:Monday | June 27, 2011 | 9:39 AM

A swearing ceremony is to be held today following a Cabinet reshuffle by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar.

Published:Saturday | June 25, 2011 | 2:19 PM

The swearing in ceremony for three new ministers in the Trinidad and Tobago government was postponed on Saturday with no reasons being advanced for the change.

Published:Saturday | June 25, 2011 | 1:29 PM

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will today announce her first Cabinet re-shuffle more than one year after her coalition People’s Partnership government came into office.

Published:Friday | June 24, 2011 | 1:25 PM

St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has won a defamation suit he had filed against radio talk show host Eduardo EG Lynch.

Published:Friday | June 24, 2011 | 9:32 AM

Public health officials in St Lucia have warned of what they say are disturbing levels of dengue fever and leptospirosis cases on the island.

Published:Thursday | June 23, 2011 | 3:03 PM

Former FIFA vice president Austin Jack Warner is questioning the authenticity of international media reports that the FIFA Ethics Committee had implicated him in a bribery scandal.

Published:Thursday | June 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his Barbados government will not compromise civil aviation security, making it clear that no aircraft will be exempt from ramp inspections....

Published:Thursday | June 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC):The Antigua and Barbuda government has dismissed speculation by the main opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) that a recent article by an international business and financial...

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2011 | 3:12 PM

Haitian President Michel Martelly says he’s deeply disappointed in parliament's decision to reject Daniel-Gerard Bouzier as a nominee for prime minister.

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2011 | 11:52 AM

President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Josef Forstmayr, is calling for regional governments to eliminate visa entry requirements for visitors arriving from India and China.

Published:Tuesday | June 21, 2011 | 3:27 PM

The Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute is calling for an independent probe of former FIFA vice president Austin Jack Warner.

Published:Monday | June 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (CMC):A Guyanese man has been charged with stealing a New York man's identity to get a job as a flight attendant with American Eagle Airlines. Jophan Porter, 38, who had also been living in the United States ...

Published:Monday | June 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC): Police are investigating reports of a small plane crash in a remote area in the north of Belize....

Published:Monday | June 20, 2011 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC):The United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) say the strong economic recovery of the region will make it possible to bring down unemployment...

Published:Saturday | June 18, 2011 | 6:11 PM

Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer believes there is still much work to be done to get Caribbean nationals fully engaged in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2011 | 12:09 PM

The Dominica government is reiterating its position not to support the use of scarce funds to introduce voter identification cards for its citizens.

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Former prime Minister Basdeo Panday has been given the nod to go before the London-based Privy Council to challenge a ruling by a magistrate who has refused to recuse herself from presiding...

Published:Wednesday | June 15, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): Acting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, says the establishment of the Caribbean Regional Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will truly transform the health...

Published:Tuesday | June 14, 2011 | 10:33 AM

The Suriname government has dismissed police commissioner Delano Braam amid the rising crime situation in the Dutch-speaking country.

Published:Monday | June 13, 2011 | 4:07 PM

Ambassador Conrad Hunte has been chosen to serve as the first chairman of the newly-formed International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Finance Committee.

Published:Monday | June 13, 2011 | 11:43 AM

Almost four months after a 6.3 magnitude quake that killed 181 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, two powerful aftershocks yesterday hit the city causing more damage.

Published:Sunday | June 12, 2011 | 12:07 PM

A Board of Inquiry has been established to investigate how four inmates escaped from the New Amsterdam Prison in Guyana yesterday.

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