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Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2010 | 12:22 PM

The management of regional carrier LIAT is to meet with the union representing the airline’s workers in Grenada today.

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2010 | 12:20 PM

Guyana's Housing Minister Irfaan Ali is to appear before the Parliament's Privileges Committee on charges of contempt.

Published:Tuesday | August 10, 2010 | 9:13 AM

The Speaker of the Dominica Parliament Alix Boyd-Knights is questioning the inclusion of her name on the list of public officials who have not declared their assets to the country's Integrity Commission.

Published:Monday | August 9, 2010 | 5:43 PM

Caribbean representatives attending the latest round of climate change negotiations in Germany say little progress was made in the discussions which ended earlier today.

Published:Monday | August 9, 2010 | 5:41 PM

Workers at Curacao's oil refinery are on strike over prolonged worked stoppage caused by power problems.

Published:Monday | August 9, 2010 | 12:45 PM

Security officials in St Lucia are seeking help from the Regional Security System (RSS) to investigate a break-in at the island's maximum security prison on Sunday.

Published:Monday | August 9, 2010 | 12:35 PM

Dominica's House Speaker, Alix Boyd-Knights and leader of the opposition United Workers Party, Ron Green, are among 25 public officers scheduled to appear before a magistrate’s court for failing to declare their assets to the integrity commission.

Published:Monday | August 9, 2010 | 9:52 AM

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines to limit its spending in order to contain the public debt burden.

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Trinidad, (CMC):Heavy rains over the past few days have resulted in widespread floods across the country, destroying a number of homes and properties but no casualties, disaster officials have said.Prime Minister Kamla...

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Trinidad, CMC:Less than a month after telling journalists that he "never came to stay forever", Edwin Carrington has informed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders of his intention to step down as the region's premier public servant at year end....

Published:Friday | August 6, 2010 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK, CMC: Internationally-acclaimed pop star, Wyclef Jean, announced yesterday his candidacy to contest the presidential elections in Haiti later this year."If not for the earthquake ...

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 5:56 PM

Cruise ship passengers in transit in the Dominican Republic will no longer be required to pay a US$15 airport fee.

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 5:52 PM

Haiti has signed an agreement with the Organisation of American States (OAS), allowing for a joint observer mission with CARICOM for the upcoming presidential election in November.

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:07 PM

Haiti’s ousted ex-prime minister, Jacques-Edouard Alexis, has been nominated by the ruling party to contest the upcoming Presidential elections in November.

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 12:04 PM

More than 400 home owners and farmers in Trinidad are expecting compensation from the government for damage done to their properties by the torrential rain of the last few days.

Published:Thursday | August 5, 2010 | 9:08 AM

Former Cuban president, Fidel Castro, is expected to address the Cuban national assembly this weekend, for the first time in four years.

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 4:55 PM

The Cuban government is reporting a decline of 7.5 per cent in the country’s food production for the first half of this year, despite reforms implemented by President Raul Castro.

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 4:51 PM

Heavy rains in Trinidad over the past few days have caused widespread flooding, destroying a number of homes and properties.

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:55 PM

The Central Bank in Trinidad is reporting a 2.3 per cent growth in the first quarter of this year, as output from the energy sector helped rekindle growth.

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Haiti (CMC): New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has held talks with President Rene Préval and top security officials, as part of the efforts for the deployment of six Creole-speaking New York Police...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (CMC): The United States Coast Guard said, on Monday, that it has repatriated 323 Haitians after their overloaded boats were intercepted in Bahamian waters.They said that on Sunday one of the Coast Guard cutters intercepted ...

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (CMC):Two Caribbean-born nationals were, on Monday, found guilty of plotting to blow up jet fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport three years ago.

Published:Wednesday | August 4, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Barbados (CMC): A new tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, and was travelling on a path projected to take it north of the islands of the Eastern Caribbean....

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2010 | 5:32 PM

Less than a week after consumers in St Kitts were warned to brace for possible scheduled power interruptions, the local electricity company has indicated that the outages may not be necessary.

Published:Tuesday | August 3, 2010 | 5:30 PM

The US Coast Guard has repatriated 323 Haitian migrants after intercepting them on two overloaded sailboats in Bahamian waters on Friday.

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