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Published:Saturday | March 5, 2011 | 1:06 PM

Nationals of St. Lucia and Dominica wishing to travel to the United Kingdom will not be required to obtain a visa. But at the same time they will be required to be in possession of a machine readable

Published:Friday | March 4, 2011 | 2:59 PM

At least 15 people have been killed and 200 more wounded in the Libyan city of Zawiya, an eyewitness has told CNN.

Published:Friday | March 4, 2011 | 10:27 AM

In Guyana, ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) presidential candidate hopeful, Moses Nagamootoo, has described as a pantomime the arrangements made to fill the contentious post.

Published:Thursday | March 3, 2011 | 9:25 AM

The St Lucian Prime Minister Stephenson King has announced that general elections will be held this year.

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2011 | 6:14 PM

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation is reporting that the regional tourism industry is showing positive signs of growth following a downturn in 2009.

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2011 | 5:02 PM

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has ended a two-week visit to Suriname, saying it expects the economy to grow by five per cent this year.

Published:Wednesday | March 2, 2011 | 9:31 AM

Haiti's reconstruction commission has approved about $250 million in new projects, including the country's first widely available mortgage scheme.

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2011 | 6:23 PM

Grenadians are being urged to be careful when using the Internet to secure visas after a number of persons reported losing a significant amount of money due to an internet visa scam.

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2011 | 6:21 PM

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar, says her administration will keep up the pressure on criminals, after losing a critical death penalty vote in parliament yesterday.

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2011 | 1:29 PM

St. Vincent is down to receive US$3.25 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to assist with its recovery from the battering it got from last year's Hurricane Tomas.

Published:Tuesday | March 1, 2011 | 10:01 AM

The Leader of the Opposition in St Lucia has responded to an invitation from the Prime Minister to work with the government to remove obstacles to hanging.

Published:Monday | February 28, 2011 | 4:23 PM

St Lucia's Prime Minister Stephenson Kings says his government is not considering severing diplomatic relations with Libya in light of the political violence in that country.

Published:Monday | February 28, 2011 | 10:52 AM

The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza says he is optimistic a new head of state will be peacefully elected in the March 20 second round presidential e

Published:Monday | February 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ministers and senior officials say that education is the 'gateway' to economic opportunity and the key means for unlocking women's potential.

Published:Monday | February 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Castries (CMC): The St Lucia government says it does not contemplate breaking diplomatic relations with Libya even as citizens of this North African country have taken to the streets in a bid to overthrow the government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Published:Monday | February 28, 2011 | 12:00 AM

St George's (CMC): The opposition New National Party (NNP) said yesterday that it was deeply concerned with the seemingly constant increases in the price of gas and food items, which is essential for survival - especially for poor and vulnerable persons in the society.

Published:Sunday | February 27, 2011 | 12:22 PM

CARICOM leaders have called for peace in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of several anti-regime uprisings.

Published:Sunday | February 27, 2011 | 12:08 PM

The St Lucia government says it does not contemplate breaking diplomatic relations with Libya even as citizens of the North African country have taken to the streets in a bid to overthrow the governme

Published:Sunday | February 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA, Cuba (AP):The bloody upheaval in Libya is creating an uncomfortable challenge for Muammar Gaddafi's leftist Latin American allies, with some keeping their distance and others rushing to the defence of a leader they have long embraced as a fellow...

Published:Sunday | February 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):Debora Garcia sits at a table in a room choked with smoke, gently rolling an unbounded cigar between her delicate fingers.

Published:Saturday | February 26, 2011 | 2:07 PM

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Luis Alberto Moreno will visit Haiti on Sunday for talks with government authorities and to attend a board meeting of the Interim Haitian Reconst

Published:Saturday | February 26, 2011 | 1:11 PM

The regional airline, LIAT, today announced that it had reached a partnership with Panamanian –based airline COPA allowing it to move cargo from the Eastern Caribbean to Cuba with same day delivery.

Published:Friday | February 25, 2011 | 12:39 PM

Vice head of the Communist Party of China Chen Fengxiang is to visit four Caribbean countries over the weekend.

Published:Friday | February 25, 2011 | 10:29 AM

The Grenada Trade Union Council has announced plans to picket the 22nd Inter-sessional meeting of CARICOM leaders being held in Grenada this weekend.

Published:Thursday | February 24, 2011 | 3:18 PM

A human trafficking ring that is said to have used Haitian children as beggars on the streets of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, have been dismantled.

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