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Published:Thursday | February 24, 2011 | 3:04 PM

Trade unionists from across the Caribbean say they plan to picket CARICOM heads of government when they meet in Grenada this weekend.

Published:Thursday | February 24, 2011 | 9:07 AM

St Lucia's National Security Minister Guy Mayers says that the process of carrying out the death penalty in the island needs to be expedited.

Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 10:02 AM

Prime Minister of St. Lucia Stephenson King has announced the implementation of a taskforce and unit dedicated to rebuilding efforts in the country following Hurricane Tomas last year.

Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM

St Lucia's Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet has called for a probe into the conduct of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA), which it alleges has shown bias in the handling of applications from CARICOM Airways for air passenger...

Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations is holding a special meeting with donor countries seeking support for its campaign against the cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed more than 4,000 persons...

Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Castries (CMC):St Lucia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States that allows for further protection of the island's coastal borders.Prime Minister Stephenson King said that the Secure...

Published:Wednesday | February 23, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Daniel Farmer, managing director and country head of FirstCaribbean International Bank (left) and Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, pro-vice chancellor and principal of the Cave Hill campus, University of the West Indies ...

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 1:54 PM

The government of Dominica has dismissed a suggestion that it plans to increase water rates to help the island’s water company, DOWASCO, deal with a high debt problem.

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 1:54 PM

The Dominican Republic says it will be burning raw food coming from Haiti in a bid to prevent the spread of cholera from the earthquake ravaged country.

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 9:55 AM

The regional airline, LIAT, has denied accusations by the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association that the airline is stalling implementation of a ruling made by a tribunal.

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

St John's (CMC):The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) yesterday described as "false and misleading" statements made on a local radio station by Brian Challenger, the chief executive officer...

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Man killed while demolishing house Castries (CMC):St Lucia police yesterday said that a 48-year-old man was shot and killed on the weekend while he was demolishing a private unoccupied house in La Clery, just on the outskirts of the capital...

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Port-of-Spain (CMC:The body of an eight-year-old boy, who went missing last Friday has been found floating in a river in San Fernando, east of here, reviving memories of the murder and disappearance of several children in recent years....

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (CMC):A United States federal judge has set April 4 for pretrial conferences in the case against alleged Jamaican drug kingpin Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Judge Robert Patterson of the federal district court in Manhattan said the new date...

Published:Tuesday | February 22, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Kingston (CMC):Prime Minister Bruce Golding, the immediate past chairman of Caribbean Community (CARICOM), leaves here on Wednesday for Grenada to attend the CARICOM Intersessional summit and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) subcommittee...

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 1:36 PM

The Cuban government has freed a jailed dissident who refused to go into exile in Spain as a condition for release.

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 10:52 AM

St. Lucia’s Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet has called for a probe into the conduct of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) in dealing with attempts by CARICOM Airways to get permis

Published:Monday | February 21, 2011 | 9:56 AM

A fire has swept through a home for disabled children in the western Estonian town of Haapsalu, killing 10 children.

Published:Saturday | February 19, 2011 | 5:41 PM

The Trinidad and Tobago High Court will rule next Friday whether former prime minister Patrick Manning will be allowed a judicial review challenging the decision to send him to the Privileges Committe

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 5:56 PM

Guyana’s cabinet has cleared the way for the ministry of education to recruit graduate teachers from overseas.

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 5:54 PM

Anguilla's Labour Minister, Walcott Richardson, has rejected claims that he may have acted improperly in the administration of work permits.

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 2:26 PM

The House of Representatives in Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to begin debate today on a bill which could pave the way for an early resumption of hangings of convicted killers.

Published:Friday | February 18, 2011 | 10:14 AM

Human Rights group Amnesty International has made an eleventh hour appeal to members of the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament as they prepare to debate a bill to resume hangings today.

Published:Thursday | February 17, 2011 | 4:25 PM

The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Denzil Douglas, says he’s happy that more residents are providing information in criminal cases to the police.

Published:Thursday | February 17, 2011 | 4:23 PM

Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean has given his support to popular musician Michel Martelly, one of two candidates in Haiti's presidential run-off election next month.

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