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Published:Thursday | February 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Basseterre, St Kitts (CMC):Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas says the Barack Obama administration is committed to boost the Caribbean's maritime capabilities.Speaking during his weekly radio call-in programme 'Ask the Prime Minister', Prime Minister...

Published:Thursday | February 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Hamilton, Bermuda (CMC): Two women who smuggled almost US$30,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda on board a charter flight from Jamaica have each been jailed for 18 months.Bermudians Desiree Burrows, 21, and Shaniqwa...

Published:Thursday | February 17, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CMC): Haiti's two presidential candidates put aside their campaign for a few hours on Tuesday and appealed to the international community to provide more aid to the earthquake battered French Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country....

Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 10:33 AM

Lawyers in St Lucia have decided to boycott the courts in protest over the physical conditions at the facilities.

Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

St John's (CMC):National Security Minister Dr Errol Cort has confirmed that the Canadian-born Assistant Commissioner Jacques Oulette, who presently heads the Criminal Investigations Department, will be leaving...

Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Castries (CMC):Prime Minister Stephenson King has warned that his government would crack down hard on criminals in St.

Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Port-of-Spain (CMC):Head of the Police Second Division Social Welfare Association, Anand Ramesar yesterday warned that he expects more police officers to stay away from their jobs as they protest the government's five per cent wage offer.Speaking on...

Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM

Port-Au-Prince (CMC):Former United States president Bill Clinton yesterday talked with the two front runners for the March 20 presidential elections.Clinton, who is making a one-day visit to the earthquake...

Published:Tuesday | February 15, 2011 | 2:25 PM

The Canadian government is reporting that last year it welcomed the highest number of immigrants in more than half a century.

Published:Tuesday | February 15, 2011 | 1:21 PM

Police in Trinidad and Tobago are on a sick-out.

Published:Tuesday | February 15, 2011 | 9:51 AM

The Chairman of CARICOM has expressed doubt that the return of former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide would result in an escalation of unrest and violence in the country.

Published:Tuesday | February 15, 2011 | 9:47 AM

Cuban authorities have released from jail two popular dissidents who had requested their continued detention until other opposition leaders were freed.

Published:Monday | February 14, 2011 | 1:30 PM

A Haitian journalist is one of the biggest winners in the news categories of the World Press Photo awards for 2010.

Published:Monday | February 14, 2011 | 1:15 PM

The Cuban government says it's liberalising the sale of sugar.

Published:Saturday | February 12, 2011 | 6:20 PM

The daughter of the late former St Lucian prime minister, Sir John Compton has accused the party of neglecting the principles and philosophies for which it once stood.

Published:Saturday | February 12, 2011 | 4:20 PM

Trinidad’s Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs has warned against vigilante justice in the twin island state.

Published:Friday | February 11, 2011 | 5:59 PM

The CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security has launched an initiative aimed at reducing the use of guns in violent crimes across the 15-member regional grouping.

Published:Thursday | February 10, 2011 | 11:28 AM

Dominica has received an $8 million grant from Venezuela to establish a multi-purpose meat processing plant.

Published:Wednesday | February 9, 2011 | 9:47 AM

The Premier of Nevis, Joseph Parry, has rejected accusations by the main opposition party that his Nevis Reformation Party has made attempts to pad the island’s voters’ list.

Published:Tuesday | February 8, 2011 | 1:32 PM

Police in Haiti have dispersed demonstrators protesting the decision to extend the term of the outgoing president, Rene Preval.

Published:Tuesday | February 8, 2011 | 1:28 PM

Barbados Police Commissioner, Darwin Dottin, is warning that the British withdrawal of warships from the Caribbean would be a serious blow.

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 1:17 PM

The CARICOM Secretariat may be forced to further cut spending in an effort to meet its financial obligations.

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 9:23 AM

St. Lucia’s Minister for Public Utilities Guy Joseph has vowed to use his influence to protect consumers from an increase in electricity rates in light of rising oil prices on the global market.

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Caribbean countries, saddled with high debt levels and badly affected by the global economic crisis, need to reduce debt and develop new sources of growth to enhance their prospects....

Published:Monday | February 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA, Cuba (CMC): Guido Sigler Amaya, the first of two political prisoners among a group of 11 dissidents who rejected being exiled to Spain, has been freed from the Aguica prison in Matanzas, Cuba."He is very pale, but very upbeat," opponent Oscar...

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