The Caribbean is receiving close to $12 million worth of assistance from Britain and Canada, to prepare for disasters and reduce damage caused by storms.
The leaders of the 42-member grouping, Alliance of Small Island States will meet in New York on Monday to plan their agenda for the upcoming international summit on climate change.
The receiver for Allen Stanford’s businesses has reportedly asked a US appeals court for permission to sue investors for gains they realized before the suspected 7 billion Ponzi scheme collapsed.
The Antiguan Government has indicated that it will be seeking to borrow US$56 million in financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The ministries of Health and Education in St Lucia are now investigating an outbreak of a flu-like illness at a secondary school in the north of the island.
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2009 | 5:10 PM
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Baldwin Spencer has ended months of speculation with an announcement that representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are to begin negotiating an assistance package for the twin-island nation next month.
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2009 | 1:03 PM
Several Haitians fighting for more favourable immigration treatment from authorities in the United States have planned a demonstration in front of the White House.
Published:Wednesday | September 16, 2009 | 10:01 AM
Antigua and Barbuda\'s opposition Labour Party has renewed its call for the government to abandon its plans to enter into an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Public Service Commission (PSC) in Grenada has suspended a primary school teacher who is at the center of allegations that he sexually molested some of his female students, according to a report on www.cananews.net.
The Bar Association of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) wants regional governments to amend their constitutions to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the region\'s final court of appeal.
Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur has vowed to stay on the political scene to ensure that the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is returned as the government of this country, according to a report on www.cananews.net.
Grenada\'s former deputy prime minister, Bernard Coard, while revealing that he was tortured in prison said he regrets the murders of ex prime minister, Maurice Bishop and members of his Cabinet, according to a report on www. caribbean360.com.
Caribbean nationals were again encouraged to impact the next census by simply writing down their ancestry or nationality on census forms, according to a report on www.gleanerextra.com.
The United States Coast Guard says 160 Haitian migrants have been repatriated after they were intercepted aboard an overloaded, 40-foot freighter about 30 miles west of Great Inagua, a southernmost island in the Bahamas archipelago.
