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Published:Monday | November 23, 2009 | 6:31 PM

A group of investors is calling for an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect the assets of the bank at the center of an alleged fraud scheme by Allen Stanford.

Published:Monday | November 23, 2009 | 6:30 PM

Police in the Dominican Republic have dismantled a ring providing forged identification documents for illegal Haitian immigrants.

Published:Monday | November 23, 2009 | 12:52 PM

The government and business community in Trinidad and Tobago have condemned calls by a pressure group to stage protest action this week ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit.

Published:Monday | November 23, 2009 | 12:50 PM

The leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have pledged to sign a new treaty before year-end.

Published:Monday | November 23, 2009 | 8:56 AM

Vincentians are slated to go to the polls on Wednesday in a referendum that will decide whether they will accept a new constitution.

Published:Friday | November 20, 2009 | 5:51 PM

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said nine million people have been added to the poverty list for this year.

Published:Friday | November 20, 2009 | 5:46 PM

The Dominican government has announced December 18 as election day in the country.

Published:Friday | November 20, 2009 | 1:47 PM

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said part of the economic woes in the Caribbean is due in part to the reduction in the amount of foreign direct investment that’s flowing into the region.

Published:Friday | November 20, 2009 | 1:46 PM

The governing Labour Party in St Kitts and Nevis said it expects a redrawing of boundaries work to continue despite the resignation of two of the five members of the country\'s Constituency Boundaries Commission.

Published:Friday | November 20, 2009 | 9:36 AM

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$5 million loan aimed at strengthening Guyana\'s financial sector.

Published:Friday | November 20, 2009 | 9:34 AM

Speculation is rife that Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, will shortly announce the date for the general election, which is constitutionally due in 2010.

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2009 | 6:14 PM

A 26-year-old man has been charged in Puerto Rico for the slaying of a gay teenager whose decapitated, partially burnt body was found last week.

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2009 | 6:12 PM

Leaders from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are this week furthering talks on plans to establish an economic union, at their meeting in Anguilla.

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2009 | 2:06 PM

The Ministry of Finance in Grenada has waived a scheduled increase in petrol prices.

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2009 | 2:05 PM

The United Nations Agency for Refugees, (UNHCR), is today hosting a meeting in Costa Rica to discuss the plight of refugees in the Caribbean.

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2009 | 9:21 AM

A new Human Rights Watch report said Cuba is continuing to violate human rights and is using draconian laws to repress its citizens.

Published:Thursday | November 19, 2009 | 9:20 AM

The son of Bermuda’s Youth and Sport Minister is out on bail after being implicated by police in a shooting incident, which left two persons hospitalised.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2009 | 6:07 PM

Former employees of Allen Stanford are seeking help from the Antiguan government to secure their severance and retirement funds.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2009 | 6:05 PM

Guyana\'s opposition parties say they will continue to actively pursue the international community to hold an inquiry into alleged abuses.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2009 | 1:36 PM

European trade negotiators say they are close to an agreement that could end the 16 years banana dispute with the World Trade Organisation.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2009 | 1:35 PM

The Alliance of Small Island States is urging developed nations to continue building on actions already undertaken to reduce global warming.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2009 | 10:16 AM

Amnesty International said the authorities in Haiti must enact legislation to protect children working as domestic help in conditions that amount to slavery. The lobby group was speaking ahead of Universal Children’s Day.

Published:Wednesday | November 18, 2009 | 10:15 AM

A United States federal appeals court has ruled that hundreds of investors can keep the millions of dollars they put into disgraced Texas Financier, Sir Allen Stanford\'s alleged US$7 billion Ponzi scheme.

Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2009 | 6:37 PM

The Guyana Power and Light Company and the Georgetown City Council are at odds over the disconnection of electricity at the council.

Published:Tuesday | November 17, 2009 | 6:35 PM

A high court judge in Antigua is to continue hearing evidence in cases brought by the opposition Labour Party, challenging the results of this year’s general election.

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