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Published:Friday | September 19, 2008 | 2:14 PM

Two police men have been suspended from the Royal Grenada Police Force following allegations of rape and forgery.

Published:Friday | September 19, 2008 | 10:08 AM

The people of Antigua and Barbuda are still awaiting word from the country\'s prime minister on what steps the government intends to take to fully restore the country’s electricity supply.

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2008 | 3:06 PM

The European Union has acknowledged that negotiations for the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with some African and Caribbean Pacific regions could take another year or more.

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2008 | 3:06 PM

The Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Hubert Ingraham, has ordered the national power company to reconnect electrical power to 5,000 houses whose service was cut because of unpaid bills.

Published:Thursday | September 18, 2008 | 8:55 AM

Financial analysts in the Bahamas say the island chain will feel the impact of the US financial crisis.

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2008 | 1:49 PM

Cuba has conditionally agreed to resume formal political talks with the European Union following its decision to lift sanctions against the island in June.

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2008 | 8:56 AM

A special meeting of the Caribbean Community\'s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will be held in Trinidad tomorrow.

Published:Tuesday | September 16, 2008 | 3:05 PM

The Cuban government will now have to find billions of dollars to fund hurricane recovery efforts.

Published:Tuesday | September 16, 2008 | 9:19 AM

The authorities in Grenada have signalled their intention to introduce an Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill.

Published:Monday | September 15, 2008 | 4:11 PM

The Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, Henry Gill, said the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) must take place as scheduled in order for the countries involved to fully benefit from the deal.

Published:Monday | September 15, 2008 | 10:34 AM

In Georgetown Guyana residents said thick black smoke from a dump, which is covering parts of the city, is causing rashes on their skins and affecting their breathing.

Published:Friday | September 12, 2008 | 1:34 PM

Venezuela\'s President Hugo Chavez has ordered the United States Ambassador Patrick Duddy to leave the country within 72 hours.

Published:Friday | September 12, 2008 | 1:33 PM

Grenada\'s Finance Minister, Nazim Burke, said the two-month-old government is slashing spending as it grapples with a cash crisis.

Published:Friday | September 12, 2008 | 9:44 AM

The entire membership of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) yesterday gave the nod to a political union with Trinidad and Tobago.

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2008 | 1:46 PM

The proposed economic union between Trinidad and Tobago and three Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States countries will be discussed further at a meeting of sub regional leaders in St Lucia today.

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2008 | 1:45 PM

The death toll in Haiti from four major storms has reportedly reached 600, but is expected to climb.

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2008 | 10:11 AM

Antigua and Barbuda authorities are trying to determine the identity of eight people found dead aboard a stranded boat on the country\'s south-east coast.

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2008 | 9:53 AM

Antigua and Barbuda authorities are trying to determine the identity of eight people found dead aboard a stranded boat on the country\'s south-east coast.

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2008 | 4:53 PM

A state of emergency has been declared in the islands of Grand Turk and South Caicos in the Turks and Caicos chain following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike.

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2008 | 4:52 PM

The New National Party (NNP), in Grenada is expressing concern about a statement by the new Commissioner of Police James Clarkson.

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2008 | 1:19 PM

Three young men were reportedly shot and killed in their beds in St Lucia yesterday morning.

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2008 | 1:18 PM

Guyana\'s President Bharrat Jagdeo has proposed that CARICOM sign a goods only agreement with Europe.

Published:Tuesday | September 9, 2008 | 9:42 AM

The United Nations is planning to launch a flash appeal for Haiti, following the passage of Hurricane Ike.

Published:Monday | September 8, 2008 | 1:35 PM

Haiti is this afternoon pleading for help in its Hurricane recovery efforts.

Published:Monday | September 8, 2008 | 1:35 PM

Several communities in the Turks and Caicos Islands remain without electrical power following Ike’s onslaught early yesterday.

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