Caribbean

The people in Montserrat are voting to elect a new government.

A Trinidad and Tobago defence lawyer has praised the Grenada government for not seeking to prevent the release of seven persons convicted of murdering former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, in 1983.

Health officials from CARICOM are to meet in Georgetown, Guyana later this month to discuss a number of initiatives related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region.

A resort developer has obtained a court order requiring Google Inc. to help uncover the identities of anonymous contributors to an online newspaper that posted articles linking him to government corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Trinidad and Tobago government says it will remove nearly 6,000 persons from a programme that provides support for vulnerable members of society after a review found that one out of five recipients did not meet the criteria for aid.

The government of the Cayman Islands say it will not introduce direct taxes to narrow a budget deficit.

The Guyanese government has defended the recent decision to deport members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints even as the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform, PNCR described the move as arbitrary.

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association is opposing the mandatory death penalty sentence for persons convicted of capital murder on the island.

A UK newspaper is reporting that the government of the Cayman Islands may be heading toward bankruptcy.

A UK newspaper is reporting that the government of the Cayman Islands may be heading toward bankruptcy.

After more than a decade of strong economic performance, the Trinidad and Tobago government is expecting a budget deficit for the second consecutive year.

An independent legislator in St Lucia is calling for a debate in parliament on how the island will benefit from PetroCaribe, the Venezuela-led initiative which supplies energy products to Caribbean countries.