Caribbean

The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer has warned citizens not to expect an election budget with goodies.

Finance ministers in the Commonwealth are calling for tighter regulations in the world\'s banking sector.

The Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Housing is pledging to build more than 8,000 houses in the coming fiscal year.

Grenada\'s Finance Minister Michael Church said his government might need help in tackling the impact of the global credit crunch.

Commonwealth finance ministers meeting in St. Lucia have made an urgent appeal for strong action to boost the economies of member countries.

The Grenada Police Force has established an anti-corruption unit, in response to near a dozen complaints levelled against officers within the past month alone.

The Grenada government said it will not be pushing for a further review of a land deal involving British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton.

Guyana has joined its neighbour Suriname in implementing a ban on milk from China, recalling one specific product and actively searching for other contaminated goods, which may have entered that Caribbean country. The Health Ministry issued a recall for \

The likely impact of the US financial crisis on regional agriculture is expected to top the agenda of the 2008 Caribbean Week of Agriculture being held in St Vincent and The Grenadines.

At least 1,500 criminal gang members from the Caribbean have reportedly been detained by immigration officials in the United States.

Security experts from around the world are to meet in Antigua today for a two-day meeting with United Nations disarmament officials and civil society representatives.

Guyana’s Education Minister Shaik Baksh has announced that draft legislation is currently in place to reintroduce corporal punishment in schools.