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Published:Wednesday | September 22, 2010 | 9:25 AM

Douglas Parnell, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Movement in the Turks and Caicos Islands, has criticised the decision of the British Government to postpone general elections in the territory.

Published:Tuesday | September 21, 2010 | 6:21 PM

The people of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) have been told that elections in the British territory will not go ahead next year as planned.

Published:Tuesday | September 21, 2010 | 12:51 PM

Authorities in Grenada say they have taken action to prevent further gas leaks in a small community where 18 people had to be treated for exposure to concentrated chlorine gas.

Published:Monday | September 20, 2010 | 5:28 PM

The National Hurricane Centre in Miami says a weakening Hurricane Igor is expected to continue moving away from Bermuda today and should begin affecting Newfoundland in Canada by tomorrow.

Published:Monday | September 20, 2010 | 11:55 AM

The Baldwin Spencer administration says the government will shortly be able to access support from Japan for development projects at the grassroots and community levels.

Published:Monday | September 20, 2010 | 11:52 AM

Eighteen people remain hospitalised in Grenada after they were exposed to concentrated chlorine gas.

Published:Monday | September 20, 2010 | 11:33 AM

Bermuda is now recovering after the country was battered by Hurricane Igor yesterday.

Published:Sunday | September 19, 2010 | 10:46 AM

As the campaign for the next general election in St. Lucia heats up the two main political parties have been exchanging barbs on the issue of race which they both agree is novel to any election in St. Lucia.

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 4:59 PM

The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and CARICOM have drafted a joint action plan on crime prevention.

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 2:53 PM

Health officials in the Dominican Republic are investigating the recent deaths of 16 newborns in the capital's largest maternity hospital.

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 2:50 PM

The people of Dutch St Maarten are today voting to elect the country's first parliament.

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 8:43 AM

Bermudians are making preparations for a possible hit from Hurricane Igor this weekend.

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Cuba (CMC): Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said United States President Barack Obama has fallen short on the expectations generated by his speech on Cuba."It is not true the president cannot change...

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Grenada (CMC): Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has promised his government's full support to a planned expansion of the services of Clear Harbour, an international call centre, in a bid to create...

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Bermuda (CMC): Bermuda residents braced themselves for a possible direct hit at the weekend from powerful Hurricane Igor, which authorities have likened to a storm seven years ago that killed four people....

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Venezuela (CMC):The Venezuelan government has sent a chartered plane to Trinidad and Tobago to bring back home a group of 10 Venezuelans who were rescued after going missing at sea last Saturday."On Tuesday...

Published:Friday | September 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Barbados (CMC): Prime Minister David Thompson's personal physician, Dr Richard Ishmael, told the nation yesterday that the Barbadian leader had been diagnosed with cancer.At a press conference, carried live on radio...

Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 5:34 PM

A senior World Bank official is estimating that many of the 1.5 million people who were made homeless by the January 12 earthquake are likely to be living in camps into next year.

Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 5:32 PM

Guyanese authorities are grappling with the problem of a shortage of manual labour in the country’s sugar industry.

Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 12:16 PM

The Dean Barrow administration in Belize says it’s putting in place what it hopes will be effective anti-crime measures to stem the increase in murders.

Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 12:14 PM

Two men charged in connection with the setting of fire to a clothing store in Barbados which caused the deaths of six women are to return to court on October 12.

Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 9:26 AM

Visiting Taiwanese Foreign Minister, Timothy Yang, has defended his country’s Ambassador, Tom Chou, amid claims by the main opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) that the diplomat is meddling in the internal affairs of the country.

Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 5:47 PM

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive is on the defensive regarding the speed of reconstruction in the quake-ravaged country.

Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 5:37 PM

A senior US official says Cuba's continued detention of an American contractor is impeding moves by Washington to improve ties with the communist-ruled island.

Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:12 PM

Internationally acclaimed recording artiste Alphonsus “Arrow” Cassell has died at his home in Montserrat at the age of 60.

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