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

The opposition leader in Antigua and Barbuda, Lester Bird, says he has written to at least two international organisations complaining about alleged verbal attacks on the judiciary by the governing United Progressive Party (UPP).

Published:Friday | April 30, 2010 | 12:51 PM

Guyana has imposed a temporary ban on the export of all scrap metals in an attempt to tackle an upsurge in vandalism of government and private property.

Published:Friday | April 30, 2010 | 12:50 PM

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has donated an additional $90 million to Haiti.

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2010 | 5:59 PM

The Guyana Revenue Authority says it is has discovered thousands of businesses that have been evading their tax obligations.

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2010 | 5:59 PM

The High Court in St Kitts and Nevis has set July dates for the hearing of matters relating to two petitions challenging the outcome of the January 25 general election.

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2010 | 1:09 PM

Former Trinidadian High Court Judge Herbert Volney is being criticised for his decision to leave the judiciary in order to contest the May 24 general elections.

Published:Thursday | April 29, 2010 | 1:09 PM

The United States House of Representatives is due to vote this week on a bill to authorise a referendum on Puerto Rico\'s constitutional future.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 6:13 PM

Charges have been dropped against the US missionary who attempted to take several children out of Haiti to the Dominican Republic, following the January 12 earthquake.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 6:13 PM

A member of the Antigua and Barbuda Electoral Commission has resigned in the wake of criticisms.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 12:48 PM

The Electoral Commission in Antigua and Barbuda is calling on Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer\'s governing United Progressive Party to respect the commission\'s independence.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 12:47 PM

Trinidad and Tobago\'s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning, has rejected an invitation to participate in a political debate with his main rival, Kamla Persad Bissessar, of the opposition United National Congress.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 9:07 AM

Dominica’s Public Service Union (PSU) has issued an ultimatum to the government for it to continue negotiations on a new collective agreement for public workers.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 6:15 PM

Haitian President Rene Preval is calling for international aid to organise elections this year in his quake-hit country.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 6:14 PM

An Antiguan judge has paved the way for the extradition of former financial regulator Leroy King to the United States.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 1:11 PM

The US woman who has been charged for trying to take dozens of Haitian children into the Dominican Republic is to be tried in Haiti.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 1:11 PM

four day conference examining various treaties involving the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries is to be held in the Bahamas in July.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 8:54 AM

Brazil and CARICOM have signed some 60 agreements in the areas of trade, agriculture, science and technology.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 6:31 PM

Linguist Joseph Farquharson says he plans to introduce a new dancehall dictionary.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 6:30 PM

A group of 250 Haitians has been transported to Mexico by a navy ship, after being granted humanitarian visas to join relatives living in that Latin American country.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 12:53 PM

Political activist Desmond Trotman has filed a summons against Guyana’s Attorney General Charles Ramson regarding the non-payment of taxes from the country\'s national lottery into the administration\'s main bank account.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 12:53 PM

The World Bank has launched the Haiti Reconstruction Fund to help rebuild the quake-ravaged country.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 9:09 AM

The United Nations agency tasked with reducing rural poverty has approved a debt-relief package for Haiti in a bid to help the country recover from the January 12 earthquake.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 7:46 PM

Dutch police say they have detained 20 people for smuggling cocaine in containers for in-flight meals and waste on flights from Bonaire.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 1:08 PM

Labour unions in the US Virgin Islands are to hold talks today following the announcement by the territory\'s cash strapped Government that it will be implementing cost cutting measures.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 1:07 PM

The Haitian government has ordered a three-week delay on the forced evacuation of refugees camping out on private land, schools and markets.

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