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Published:Monday | May 10, 2010 | 6:04 PM

An early morning blaze destroyed part of the privately-owned St Joseph Mercy Hospital, but officials say all patients have been accounted for at the 60-year-old medical institution.

Published:Monday | May 10, 2010 | 6:03 PM

The Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, says his country is still contemplating whether to bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Published:Monday | May 10, 2010 | 1:12 PM

The Stephenson King administration is moving to establish a programme to monitor criminal deportees who are being returned to St Lucia from the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

Published:Monday | May 10, 2010 | 1:11 PM

Former Grenadian Attorney General Dr. Francis Alexis, says the future of the Caribbean could be bleak if a Conservative-led administration is in charge of Britain.

Published:Monday | May 10, 2010 | 9:32 AM

The leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM), Lindsay Grant, is facing a leadership challenge after two senior members confirmed that they had sent a letter to the party’s chairman, Sydney Osbourne, on the issue.

Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 6:15 PM

The Vatican\'s foreign minister is heading for Cuba next month.

Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 6:13 PM

The authorities in St Kitts and Nevis say they’re casting a security net over the country\'s capital, Basseterre, by placing more Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in strategic locations.

Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 1:41 PM

Two people, including a 19-year-old pregnant woman, were killed in the volatile Laventille area, in Trinidad and Tobago this morning.

Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 1:39 PM

Haiti’s President René Préval says he plans to do everything in his power to ensure that general elections are held in the country before he demits office next year.

Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 9:03 AM

A proposal by the President of Haiti to extend his term by three months, in case elections cannot be held this year, has met with some opposition.

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2010 | 6:49 PM

Caribbean credit unions say they have donated more than US$100,000 to assist Haiti’s relief efforts.

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2010 | 6:47 PM

The Speaker of the Dominica Parliament Alix Boyd Knights has rejected claims that she is biased against the opposition United Workers Party (UWP).

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2010 | 2:10 PM

The Cayman Islands police are launching a month-long gun amnesty in a bid to remove illegal firearms from the streets.

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2010 | 2:09 PM

Murder suspect Steve Gorrie is scheduled to make his first appearance in a Grenadian court today.

Published:Thursday | May 6, 2010 | 9:04 AM

Speaker of the Dominica House of Assembly, Alix Boyd Knights, has declared the seats of two opposition legislators, vacant in light of their continued boycott of the Parliament following last December’s general election

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2010 | 5:47 PM

The Speaker of the Dominica House of Assembly, Alix Boyd Knights, has announced that the parliamentary seats of two elected opposition representatives have been made vacant.

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2010 | 5:47 PM

Spanish troops have left Haiti after wrapping up a three-month mission to help victims of the January 12 earthquake.

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2010 | 12:56 PM

Guyana says it may take its concerns over pricing by regional monopolies to the region\'s newest regulatory institution.

Published:Wednesday | May 5, 2010 | 12:55 PM

The Cuban authorities have announced plans to allow foreign investors to develop golf courses, marinas and related land development projects to boost the country\'s tourist industry.

Published:Tuesday | May 4, 2010 | 12:58 PM

Cuban President, Raul Castro, has fired his influential transport minister, Jorge Luis Sierra, and accepted the resignation of the minister responsible for sugar, Luis Manuel Avila Gonzalez

Published:Tuesday | May 4, 2010 | 12:51 PM

The government-aligned Antigua Workers Union has called for the overhauling of the country\'s 50-year old Workmen Compensation Act.

Published:Monday | May 3, 2010 | 5:57 PM

Cuban President Raul Castro has been included on a list dubbed the world\'s 40 worst predators of the press.

Published:Monday | May 3, 2010 | 5:55 PM

Trinidad and Tobago\'s governing Peoples National Congress today nominated 41 candidates to contest the May 24 elections.

Published:Monday | May 3, 2010 | 1:00 PM

Veteran trade unionist Sir Roy Trotman has called on the David Thompson administration in Barbados to immediately increase the minimum wage.

Published:Friday | April 30, 2010 | 5:42 PM

The national security minister in St. Kitts and Nevis Sam Condor has promised joint security operations along with the planned mobile patrols in an effort to reduce crime in the country.

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