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Published:Tuesday | January 19, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Chavez to send more humanitarian brigades Venezuela, (CMC):President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that there would be new humanitarian brigades going to Haiti soon to help that country, shaken by last Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 earthquake."Venezuela is at...

Published:Monday | January 18, 2010 | 1:11 PM

Four students were killed in Trinidad yesterday in a motor vehicle crash.

Published:Monday | January 18, 2010 | 9:35 AM

The President of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, is due in Haiti today.

Published:Wednesday | January 13, 2010 | 6:14 PM

A flight from Amsterdam to Aruba was diverted to Ireland earlier today after a passenger made a bomb threat during the flight.

Published:Tuesday | January 12, 2010 | 6:57 PM

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, (MINUSTAH) is reporting that it has been able to provide jobs for unemployed young people by introducing a pilot programme recycling used tyres.

Published:Tuesday | January 12, 2010 | 6:52 PM

The state-owned Central Water and Sewerage Authority in St Vincent and the Grenadines has enforced water restrictions, due to a shortage of rainfall over the past two months.

Published:Tuesday | January 12, 2010 | 12:58 PM

The case against the wife of Trinidad’s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has been dismissed.

Published:Tuesday | January 12, 2010 | 9:26 AM

Lawyers representing the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) have now filed election petitions in the High Court challenging the outcome of the December 18 general elections.

Published:Monday | January 11, 2010 | 5:27 PM

Union leaders in Puerto Rico say they expect thousands more civil servants to be laid off within the next two months.

Published:Monday | January 11, 2010 | 5:27 PM

Law enforcement officials in Belize say a truce between rival gangs may have been broken after another grenade explosion this morning.

Published:Monday | January 11, 2010 | 1:09 PM

Cuban officials are reporting a major wastage of more than half of the water pumped through the country\'s supply network as a result of leaks and breaks in pipes.

Published:Monday | January 11, 2010 | 1:08 PM

The citizens of Martinique and French Guiana have voted overwhelmingly against more autonomy from France.

Published:Monday | January 11, 2010 | 9:56 AM

Former Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell has sought to justify the economic policies and public spending of his New National Party (NNP) administration.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 6:20 PM

The Guyanese government says the country is positioning its agriculture sector to play a more pivotal role both locally and regionally.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 6:18 PM

A top United Nations representative to Haiti says the country\'s democratic and economic development rests on legislative and presidential elections planned for this year.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 1:29 PM

Grenada’s Labour Commissioner, Cyrus Griffith has recommended that the eight workers who were fired by the Grenada Distillers Company be reinstated.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 1:28 PM

The people of St. Kitts and Nevis will be going to the polls on January 25.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 9:22 AM

The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) said it is working on finalizing several petitions to be filed in the Dominican courts, to challenge the results of the December 18 general elections.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 9:21 AM

Bermuda’s Chief Medical Officer has confirmed the island’s first death from the Influenza A H1N1 virus.

Published:Friday | January 8, 2010 | 9:21 AM

Honduran prosecutors have charged three military chiefs with abuse of power in connection with the ousting and exile of President Manuel Zelaya last June.

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2010 | 1:33 PM

Belizean Prime Minister, Dean Barrow said he has met with gang leaders in an attempt to address what\'s been described as a recent upsurge in violent crimes in the country.

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2010 | 1:32 PM

Mediation talks are scheduled to begin in Grenada today in a bid to end the country\'s first industrial dispute since the start of the year.

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2010 | 9:30 AM

A trade union in Grenada has warned that it is prepared to cause widespread disruption across the country, unless the eight workers who were dismissed by Grenada Distillers on Monday are reinstated.

Published:Thursday | January 7, 2010 | 9:29 AM

The Guyana police are probing the circumstances under which millions of dollars went missing from the Police Headquarters in Georgetown.

Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2010 | 6:21 PM

The Director of the US-Cuba Policy Initiative, Anya Landau-French, is calling for Cuba to be removed from the US State Department\'s terror watch list.

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