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Published:Friday | February 20, 2009 | 8:22 PM

Popular St Lucian soca entertainer Johathan Ninja Dan St Rose has been charged with murder.

Published:Friday | February 20, 2009 | 1:43 PM

Guyanese police are to undergo lie detector tests, as part of a major crack-down on corrupt members of the force.

Published:Friday | February 20, 2009 | 1:41 PM

Former Antigua Prime Minister Lester Bird wants the government to consider nationalising the Bank of Antigua, owned by Sir Allen Stanford.

Published:Friday | February 20, 2009 | 7:29 AM

The governor of the US Virgin Islands has said the territory stands to benefit significantly from President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan.

Published:Thursday | February 19, 2009 | 1:44 PM

The Bankers Association in Antigua is worried that the country’s entire banking system could be destabilised if customers continue to withdraw their deposits.

Published:Thursday | February 19, 2009 | 1:43 PM

The opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) is expressing concern about the March 12 election date, which has been announced by the Government.

Published:Thursday | February 19, 2009 | 10:09 AM

The French government is to dispatch more than 200 military officers to Guadeloupe after the killing of a protester amid a crippling month long strike.

Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2009 | 5:23 PM

The Bahamas and China have renewed their bilateral cooperation with the signing of an economic and technical agreement that will make available some 10 million US dollars for projects in The Bahamas.

Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2009 | 5:23 PM

Finance ministry officials in Antigua are seeking to assure residents that their bank deposits are safe following a rush on the institutions.

Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2009 | 1:13 PM

Antigua and Barbuda\'s Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is worried that the fraud charges against Texan billionaire Allen Stanford will have implications for the country.

Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2009 | 1:13 PM

Another cabinet minister has joined the race to succeed Michael Misick as premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Published:Wednesday | February 18, 2009 | 9:17 AM

Voters in Antigua and Barbuda are to go to the polls on Thursday March 12 to elect a new government.

Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2009 | 7:18 PM

Organizers of the Plymouth Jazz Festival in Trinidad and Tobago said the event has been cancelled as the country grapples with the effects of the deepening financial crisis.

Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2009 | 7:18 PM

Texan billionaire and cricket promoter Sir Allen Stanford has been charged in relation to an eight billion dollar investment fraud.

Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2009 | 1:37 PM

The foreign ministers of Spain and Trinidad and Tobago have signed a double taxation agreement, which is designed to make the Trinidad market more attractive to Spanish investors.

Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2009 | 1:36 PM

Guyana\'s Prime Minister Samuel Hinds is expressing concern that the global slump in alumina demand will force the closure of a key bauxite plant in the south-eastern part of the country.

Published:Tuesday | February 17, 2009 | 9:25 AM

A High Court judge has granted leave to Opposition Leader Dr. Kenny Anthony to pursue a case against the St Lucia Government.

Published:Monday | February 16, 2009 | 6:07 PM

And the Spanish monarch, King Juan Carlos and his wife Queen Sofia, are now in Trinidad and Tobago at the start of a two-day state visit to the twin island republic.

Published:Monday | February 16, 2009 | 6:07 PM

United States immigration officials have ordered the deportation of 30 thousand Haitians.

Published:Monday | February 16, 2009 | 2:17 PM

A court in Australia has lifted a ban on identifying an arson suspect in the country’s deadly bushfires, despite fears of possible vengeance attacks by angry residents.

Published:Monday | February 16, 2009 | 2:16 PM

Antigua\'s Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer is expressing concern that the investigations into Allen Stanford\'s banking business will damage the island\'s image.

Published:Monday | February 16, 2009 | 10:55 AM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has declared victory in referendum that will allow him to run for a third six-year term in 2012.

Published:Friday | February 13, 2009 | 6:24 PM

Twelve employees of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank are to be made redundant, as part of an ongoing restructuring exercise at the financial institution.

Published:Friday | February 13, 2009 | 1:22 PM

Negotiations between French mediators and the organisation behind a more than three-week old strike in Guadeloupe have stalled.

Published:Thursday | February 12, 2009 | 6:29 PM

Nearly 40 employees are facing a loss of their jobs at the Bermuda headquarters of insurer XL Capital as the company seeks to cut costs.

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