Caribbean

Guyana’s Prime Minister, Sam Hinds said the economic crisis is forcing two international companies to rethink billion-dollar investment projects in the country.

An avalanche in northeast Turkey has killed 10 climbers, while seven others from the same group managed to survive.

President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), Enrique De Marchena, is calling for a united Caribbean protest against a new British tax on long-haul flights.

Leader of the opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP), Lester Bird, is promising that there will be no investigation of the financial transaction of the governing United Progressive Party (UPP) if his party wins the general election.

The Prime Minister of St Lucia, Stephenson King said the country\'s economic growth prospects might be harmed by rising crime.

Speculation that the health of former Cuban President Fidel Castro has worsened has been dismissed by two top regional leaders.

President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Enrique De Marchena said hoteliers are working to keep the region competitive during the global economic downturn.

The governing United Progressive Party (UPP) in Antigua is accusing the opposition party of importing a printing press machine to produce bogus voter ID cards ahead of upcoming elections.

Prime Minister of Antigua Baldwin Spencer has announced that the scheduled renaming of the country’s highest peak in honour of US president Barack Obama will take place on August 4, which is Obama’s birthday.

Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson has announced plans for an early budget to respond to the global financial crisis.

Authorities in Cuba said they have shut down more than 400 buildings used in the black market trade over the past five months.

Candidates for both parties contesting the Tobago House of Assembly elections were on the weekend making a final push for votes ahead of today’s poll.