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Published:Thursday | November 20, 2008 | 8:16 AM

United States President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team has signalled that a Caribbean American will be chosen as the next US Attorney General.

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2008 | 1:06 PM

Dominica\'s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has fired Public Utilities Minister Ambrose George from his cabinet.

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2008 | 1:05 PM

A powerful earthquake has struck south-western Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica.

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2008 | 8:46 AM

The governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Sir Dwight Venner, says economic union has become a necessity for the sub-region which faces peculiar economic challenges.

Published:Wednesday | November 19, 2008 | 8:28 AM

Two Bahamians who were held by members of Operation Kingfish in Long Mountain St Andrew last week have been convicted.

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2008 | 2:54 PM

Parliamentarians in the Bahamas are now debating a bill to amend the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act.

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2008 | 8:44 AM

Parliamentarians in the Bahamas are now debating a bill to amend the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act.

Published:Monday | November 17, 2008 | 11:59 AM

The police in Guyana said they have made a major dent in criminal gang activities following the recent killing and capture of suspected members of a violent gang.

Published:Monday | November 17, 2008 | 11:59 AM

Public consultations on the proposed economic union of Eastern Caribbean nations is expected to start in St. Lucia today.

Published:Monday | November 17, 2008 | 7:50 AM

Grenadan Opposition Leader Dr Keith Mitchell has called for the government to return a diplomatic passport issued to him while he was the country’s Prime Minister.

Published:Friday | November 14, 2008 | 1:43 PM

There are growing calls for the Public Works Minister in Dominica to resign, for allegedly letting himself become the victim of an Internet scam.

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2008 | 3:38 PM

A Bahamian fishing boat captain has been sentenced to six consecutive life terms for his role in the drowning of three illegal immigrants he was trying to smuggle into the United States.

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2008 | 3:38 PM

The government of Dominica has announced a two-month amnesty on illegal firearms as one of a series of measures to tackle violent crime.

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2008 | 8:46 AM

Venezuela has deported two Colombian cousins to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2008 | 8:45 AM

The government in Bermuda is to spend US$315 million to upgrade one of its health facilities over the next five years.

Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2008 | 12:40 PM

The government in Haiti has declared two days of national mourning for the students and teachers who died after a school collapsed on Friday.

Published:Wednesday | November 12, 2008 | 8:57 AM

The government in Grenada has declared a four-month amnesty for taxpayers in arrears to settle their accounts.

Published:Tuesday | November 11, 2008 | 12:05 PM

Authorities in the Dominican Republic said the four survivors of a deadly shipwreck near the Turks and Caicos Islands will be charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Published:Tuesday | November 11, 2008 | 12:04 PM

Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said the global economic slowdown is significantly affecting the country\'s tourism-dependent economy.

Published:Tuesday | November 11, 2008 | 8:48 AM

Even as Citizens celebrate St Maarten Day today, the future of the Dutch Island is uncertain.

Published:Monday | November 10, 2008 | 4:41 PM

Sub-regional Coordinator for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr. Barbara Graham is warning Caribbean leaders against complacency in the wake of the global food crisis.

Published:Monday | November 10, 2008 | 4:40 PM

The chairman of the opposition United Bermuda Party, Michael Fahy has been appointed to the Senate.

Published:Monday | November 10, 2008 | 12:42 PM

Residents of Cuba and the Cayman Islands are continuing to clean-up after the damage caused by hurricane Paloma on the weekend.

Published:Monday | November 10, 2008 | 12:41 PM

The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago, is raising concern over an unplanned visit by the Prime Minister, Patrick Manning to one of the country’s radio stations.

Published:Monday | November 10, 2008 | 10:55 AM

Rescuers at a collapsed school in Haiti are ending the search for survivors and will soon demolish the remains of the building where at least 92 people died.

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