Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding is among leaders from the Caribbean and Latin America who are meeting in Mexico this week to discuss the formation of a regional group that would serve as an alternative to the Organisation of American States (OAS).
The intervention of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Haiti is among the items to be discussed at a meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement, this week.
The Prime Minister of Haiti is expressing fears that his government could collapse because of the criticism of its response to last month\'s earthquake.
The St Kitts Prime Minister, Denzil Douglas, has hit back at France for including the twin-island federation on a French black list of countries considered to be uncooperative tax havens.
A senior official of the Antigua and Barbuda government has described as unbelievable a class action lawsuit filed in the US by a group of disgruntled investors against the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and the government.
St Lucian authorities are preparing to declare a water emergency, as the island grapples with drought like conditions affecting several parts of the Caribbean.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging medical aid agencies to remain in Haiti as long as possible while health care is rebuilt following last month\'s earthquake.
A group of investors in the US city of Dallas has filed a class-action suit seeking compensation for what it calls the unlawful seizure of the Bank of Antigua, the commercial bank previously owned by Allen Stanford.
A new study by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) says it will cost as much as US$14 billion to rebuild Haiti following last month’s powerful earthquake.
Taiwan has dismissed an allegation by the main opposition St. Lucia Labour Party that it had provided a significant sum of money to members of the ruling United Workers Party.
The Roman Catholic Church in Grenada is criticising the decision to introduce a new lottery game saying it will result in more Grenadians becoming addicts to gambling.
A Barbados-based company has announced a campaign to raise a minimum of US$7 million to assist with restoration efforts in Haiti, which is struggling to cope in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake last month.
The president of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has been included on a high-level United Nations panel to try to raise money to help developing nations tackle climate change.
A committee set up by the Antigua and Barbuda government to look at the issue of unlawful migration has recommended that a six-month amnesty be introduced during which illegal immigrants are allowed to leave the country voluntarily.
Flights across the Eastern Caribbean were disrupted yesterday as a result of a partial dome collapse at the Soufriere Hills Volcano that spewed vigorous ash plumes with thunder and lightning 40,000 feet into the air.
