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Published:Tuesday | December 29, 2009 | 1:20 PM

The opposition Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) says the high rate of joblessness in the country is the result of the failed policies of the Hubert Ingraham Government.

Published:Tuesday | December 29, 2009 | 9:12 AM

The son of a former Dominican Prime Minister has been convicted after he pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and three rounds of ammunition in an Antigua Court.

Published:Monday | December 28, 2009 | 6:05 PM

Fire officials in St. Lucia say they are investigating the possibility that a lit candle may have caused the blaze that resulted in the death of a woman and severe burns to her son over the weekend.

Published:Monday | December 28, 2009 | 1:13 PM

At least 25 people are now injured in Suriname following clashes between locals and Brazilian gold miners.

Published:Monday | December 28, 2009 | 1:12 PM

The Cuban Government is stepping up preventive measures amid reports that a second wave of the H1N1 virus has killed 41 people and infected about 1,000.

Published:Thursday | December 24, 2009 | 12:55 PM

Puerto Rico has adjusted the legal limit for which a person can be prosecuted for drunk driving.

Published:Thursday | December 24, 2009 | 12:54 PM

St. Lucia is challenging the criteria for disbursement of some 200 million Euros, intended to help banana dependent economies in the African Caribbean and Pacific States, deal reduced European tariffs for imports.

Published:Thursday | December 24, 2009 | 8:48 AM

Chief Magistrate, Ivan Walters has set January 25 as the date for the start of extradition proceedings against former head of the Antigua and Barbuda’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Leroy King.

Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2009 | 6:09 PM

Dominica\'s opposition United Workers Party (UWP) says its three elected Members of Parliament will not take the oath of office.

Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2009 | 6:09 PM

Lawyers practicing in Guyana could soon be found guilty of professional misconduct if they fail to submit their tax returns.

Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2009 | 12:32 PM

Lawyers practicing in Guyana could soon be found guilty of professional misconduct if they fail to submit their tax returns.

Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2009 | 12:30 PM

Dominica\'s opposition United Workers Party (UWP) says its three elected Members of Parliament will not take the oath of office.

Published:Tuesday | December 22, 2009 | 6:11 PM

A former senior government minister in Dominica is rejecting calls by the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) for fresh general elections following Friday’s polls.

Published:Tuesday | December 22, 2009 | 1:23 PM

US immigration officials have paid more than US$47,000 to a detained Haitian woman who was denied treatment for uterine fibroids.

Published:Tuesday | December 22, 2009 | 1:22 PM

The leader of one of Trinidad and Tobago’s trade unions, who was arrested during a demonstration with the police, is to go to court on January 13.

Published:Monday | December 21, 2009 | 6:06 PM

Roosevelt Skerrit was this morning sworn in as Dominica’s Prime Minister for the third time in six years.

Published:Monday | December 21, 2009 | 6:05 PM

A Guyanese woman has been indicted in the United States on a charge of smuggling Indian nationals into the US.

Published:Monday | December 21, 2009 | 9:35 AM

The leader of the opposition, United Workers Party (UWP) in Dominica, Ron Green, has vowed to challenge his loss in the La Plaine constituency following a recount on Saturday.

Published:Friday | December 18, 2009 | 6:34 PM

The police in Guyana are reporting a drop in arms trafficking into the country.

Published:Friday | December 18, 2009 | 6:25 PM

The Polls have now closed in Dominica.

Published:Friday | December 18, 2009 | 1:45 PM

A controversial property tax bill is scheduled to be discussed in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament today.

Published:Friday | December 18, 2009 | 9:32 AM

Dominica’s electoral officials say all is in place for today’s general elections.

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2009 | 6:10 PM

A teenager in Bermuda is facing a life sentence after he was convicted by a Supreme Court for the gruesome murder of two homeless men last year.

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2009 | 1:25 PM

Antiguan Senator, Colin Derrick is urging his government to co-operate with US investors who have lost money from investments they made with former Texan Financier, Allen Stanford.

Published:Thursday | December 17, 2009 | 1:24 PM

The interim government in the Turks and Caicos Islands said the territory has reached the internationally agreed standard of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for the exchange of tax information.

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