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Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 7:10 PM

The Foreign Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, says recruitment of local soldiers by the British army may be affected by last week\'s court ruling.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 7:08 PM

Federal drug agents say they have seized close to $3 million in cash at two locations in Puerto Rico.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 1:12 PM

Officials in Haiti are reporting that efforts to relocate displaced people away from vulnerable areas of earthquake-shattered Port-au Prince is gathering momentum.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 12:49 PM

Opposition parties in Trinidad and Tobago have signed an agreement on a coalition to fight the country’s general election in May.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 9:33 AM

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has set June 29 to hear an appeal brought by lawyers representing Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer and two of his Cabinet ministers.

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2010 | 6:38 PM

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that relatively robust economic growth will return to the Caribbean by next year.

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2010 | 9:17 AM

Grenada\'s efforts to formally establish its marine boundary with Trinidad and Tobago are fuelling protest action from the main opposition New National party (NNP).

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC):The St Lucia economy contracted by more than five per cent last year despite the implementation of a stimulus package, as the island dealt with the adverse effects of a global economic and financial crisis.Prime Minister...

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC):House Speaker Michael Carrington said Tuesday he would not be rushed to institute a gun policy for Parliament on the "whims and fancy of one or two members" as opposition lawmakers boycotted the sitting to press their case for...

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):Trinidad and Tobago's two main political parties stepped up their campaign on Monday night in preparation for the May 24 general election, as potential voters rushed...

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2010 | 6:05 PM

St Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King has presented a US$444 million budget to Parliament.

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2010 | 6:03 PM

Barbados’ Speaker of the House Michael Carrington is adamant that he will not be rushed to institute a gun policy for Parliament just because opposition lawmakers have boycotted the sitting.

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2010 | 12:59 PM

A folk singing Cuban scientist has won a prestigious environmental prize in the United States for challenging the role of state bureaucrats in Cuban agriculture.

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2010 | 12:59 PM

The United States military is to end its disaster relief mission in Haiti at the beginning of June.

Published:Tuesday | April 20, 2010 | 9:03 AM

The main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) says it will boycott today’s sitting of Parliament over the handling of an incident outside the parliament building last month.

Published:Monday | April 19, 2010 | 6:51 PM

The government in St Kitts and Nevis says it has upgraded its diplomatic presence in Taiwan.

Published:Monday | April 19, 2010 | 6:48 PM

Three women aboard a boat are reported to have drowned in the Dominican Republic when a boat sank in waves produced by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake yesterday.

Published:Monday | April 19, 2010 | 12:44 PM

Several Caribbean airlines are expressing disappointment with the flight ban that has been implemented after ash from a volcano in Iceland contaminated the atmosphere.

Published:Monday | April 19, 2010 | 9:18 AM

Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has called for the membership of his National Democratic Congress (NDC) to vote out constituency leaders who have been accused of under-performing.

Published:Friday | April 16, 2010 | 4:30 PM

The people of Trinidad and Tobago are to go to the polls on May 24 to elect a new government.

Published:Friday | April 16, 2010 | 1:18 PM

A Dutch national will be sentenced in Ireland next week after pleading guilty to causing a mid-air bomb scare on board a flight on the way to Aruba from Amsterdam.

Published:Friday | April 16, 2010 | 1:18 PM

The Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank governor, Ewart Williams, says the country\'s economy has survived the global downturn very well.

Published:Friday | April 16, 2010 | 9:32 AM

The LIAT Pilot\'s Association says it will stage immediate industrial action if the airline goes ahead with plans to base its crew in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Port-of-Spain.

Published:Thursday | April 15, 2010 | 5:47 PM

Two Cubans have been charged by authorities in Florida with smuggling 15 immigrants from Jamaica, Haiti and Sri Lanka into the United States.

Published:Thursday | April 15, 2010 | 5:46 PM

Former US President Bill Clinton believes Haiti will be able to hold elections this year in spite of the destruction caused by the earthquake in January.

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