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Published:Monday | November 30, 2009 | 6:07 PM

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti wants local officials to justify a ban on 17 political groups from participating in next year\'s legislative council elections.

Published:Monday | November 30, 2009 | 6:06 PM

The Venezuela-led Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) is planning to set up a network of universities for member countries.

Published:Monday | November 30, 2009 | 1:34 PM

Operations at the Bauxite Company of Guyana have been halted indefinitely, following a week long strike by workers.

Published:Monday | November 30, 2009 | 1:33 PM

Commonwealth heads of government have agreed on a $10 billion annual contribution to assist developing countries counter the effects of global warming.

Published:Monday | November 30, 2009 | 9:36 AM

The Bermudan government has risen the age for students leaving school.

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 6:01 PM

Commonwealth leaders have opened their biennial summit in Trinidad with climate change the only item on the agenda for the first day.

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 6:01 PM

The Grenada government says it has been forced to postpone the presentation of next month\'s budget, due to a lack of funding for capital projects.

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 2:11 PM

Antigua\'s Police Chief, Thomas Bennett is expressing concern over the prevalence of illegal guns in that country.

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 2:10 PM

Antigua\'s Attorney General Justin Simon said he does not believe the rejection of the new constitution in St Vincent will prevent other countries from adopting the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their final court of appeal.

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 8:51 AM

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh are now in Trinidad and Tobago for the start of a three-day official visit.

Published:Friday | November 27, 2009 | 8:50 AM

The two opposition parties in Dominica have refused to sign an election code of conduct being pushed by the Dominica Christian Council and the Dominica Evangelical Association.

Published:Thursday | November 26, 2009 | 6:05 PM

The military in Cuba is now preparing to begin three days of exercises, the first since Fidel Castro was replaced as president by his brother Raul last year.

Published:Thursday | November 26, 2009 | 12:25 PM

Election officials in Haiti have barred the political party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide from legislative elections scheduled for February.

Published:Thursday | November 26, 2009 | 9:25 AM

Early results from yesterday’s referendum indicate that citizens of St Vincent and the Grenadines have voted to keep their 30-year-old Constitution.

Published:Thursday | November 26, 2009 | 9:23 AM

The police in Grenada are investigating how a prison inmate was able to set up and run an escort service from his cell for two months.

Published:Wednesday | November 25, 2009 | 6:08 PM

Lawyers representing two opposition legislators in St Kitts and Nevis have filed a court challenge to stop the government from changing the island\'s constituency boundaries.

Published:Wednesday | November 25, 2009 | 6:07 PM

Banana producing countries from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have accused the European Union (EU) of sacrificing their interests by reaching a deal with Latin America.

Published:Wednesday | November 25, 2009 | 12:55 PM

Vincentians are voting today in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution.

Published:Wednesday | November 25, 2009 | 12:53 PM

Guyana\'s Labour Ministry has intervened in a pay dispute between bauxite workers and their employer United Rusal.

Published:Wednesday | November 25, 2009 | 9:12 AM

Vincentians are to go to the polls today to vote in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution.

Published:Tuesday | November 24, 2009 | 5:52 PM

Leaders of CARICOM member states are planning to raise concerns about the controversial Air Passenger Tax with UK officials attending the Commonwealth summit in Trinidad later this week.

Published:Tuesday | November 24, 2009 | 5:51 PM

Dozens of Haitians have been arrested in the Dominican Republic on charges of cutting down trees and plants in a national park, for agricultural purposes.

Published:Tuesday | November 24, 2009 | 1:15 PM

The Caribbean Community is intensifying efforts to tackle rising crime in the region.

Published:Tuesday | November 24, 2009 | 1:14 PM

The Electoral Commission in St Vincent and the Grenadines said it will extend the opening times of polling stations to ensure all voters get the chance to have their say in tomorrow’s historic constitutional referendum.

Published:Tuesday | November 24, 2009 | 8:59 AM

The Baldwin Spencer administration has signaled that it will be tightening the money laundering laws following the alleged multi billion US dollar fraud involving Texan investor Allen Stanford.

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