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Published:Tuesday | May 20, 2008 | 10:47 AM

Tens of thousands of people in China\'s quake-hit Sichuan province fled their houses yesterday after a government warning of a possible major aftershock.

Published:Monday | May 19, 2008 | 4:58 PM

Caribbean tourism ministers have been called to a crucial meeting slated for May 29 in Antigua to respond to the fallout being caused by rising fuel costs.

Published:Monday | May 19, 2008 | 4:57 PM

The St. Lucia government has been plunged into a new crisis with two ruling party members of parliament withdrawing their support for Prime Minister Stephenson King.

Published:Monday | May 19, 2008 | 10:35 AM

The Chief Executive Officer of locally-owned Capital Bank International (CBI) in Grenada, which went into receivership earlier this year, will appear before a Magistrate today on three counts of fraudulent breaches of trust.

Published:Friday | May 16, 2008 | 3:28 PM

The people of the Dominican Republic are voting in presidential elections today.

Published:Friday | May 16, 2008 | 11:09 AM

There are growing calls for the Patrick Manning administration to order a commission of inquiry into the embattled Urban Development Corporation (Udecott) of Trinidad and Tobago.

Published:Thursday | May 15, 2008 | 3:24 PM

Trinidad and Tobago\'s opposition has refused to sit on the investigative team, which is to probe the use of money managed by the country’s urban development company.

Published:Thursday | May 15, 2008 | 3:24 PM

Australia\'s six-month old government has scrapped a deal under which it had agreed to accept Haitian and Cuban asylum seekers from America.

Published:Thursday | May 15, 2008 | 11:53 AM

The leader of the opposition in St. Lucia has called for fresh elections because of what he views as a crisis within the police force and within the government.

Published:Wednesday | May 14, 2008 | 4:42 PM

The signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between CARIFORUM countries and the European Union has been pushed back by another month.

Published:Wednesday | May 14, 2008 | 4:42 PM

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said the government would be putting subsidies in place to cushion the effects of rising oil prices.

Published:Wednesday | May 14, 2008 | 4:41 PM

Former St Lucian Prime Minister Dr. Vaughan Lewis has chided countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

Published:Wednesday | May 14, 2008 | 1:03 PM

The Registrar at the Barbados-based Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Dr. Didacus Jules is warning of criminal action against any employee who may have leaked Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) test papers to students in Trinidad and Tob

Published:Tuesday | May 13, 2008 | 5:09 PM

Haiti’s Parliament has rejected the president\'s choice for a new Prime Minister.

Published:Tuesday | May 13, 2008 | 5:08 PM

The government of Trinidad and Tobago is reportedly considering seeking a waiver of the Common External Tariff because of high food prices.

Published:Tuesday | May 13, 2008 | 12:30 PM

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said a report of a Commission of Inquiry has found no evidence to support claims that he received a substantial sum of money from his former trade ambassador during a trip to Europe a few years ago.

Published:Monday | May 12, 2008 | 5:05 PM

At least 11 people, including five children, have died after an overcrowded passenger ship sank off the southern coast of Haiti.

Published:Monday | May 12, 2008 | 5:02 PM

CARICOM trade ministers have expressed grave concern about the possible reduction of the tariff on bananas for the European Union’s Most-Favoured Nation.

Published:Monday | May 12, 2008 | 10:16 AM

The civil aviation authorities from Belize, the Bahamas and Jamaica will meet in Belize this week to discuss guidelines for hiring people involved in aviation security.

Published:Friday | May 9, 2008 | 4:02 PM

Grenada\'s civil society has set May 30 as the date to present a Code of Conduct to political parties and politicians contesting the upcoming general elections.

Published:Friday | May 9, 2008 | 4:02 PM

Haiti’s Senate has ratified Inter-American Development Bank official Ericq Pierre as the country’s new Prime Minister.

Published:Friday | May 9, 2008 | 12:25 PM

Guyana’s largest trade union has blasted the Bharrat Jagdeo administration for implementing relief measures, including a five percent salary hike, without consulting with labour leaders.

Published:Thursday | May 8, 2008 | 5:12 PM

United States President George W. Bush has again rejected calls for easing US trade restrictions in Cuba, saying that new President Raul Castro has made only empty gestures at reform.

Published:Thursday | May 8, 2008 | 5:11 PM

The 86 Ghanians and Nigerians who had been stranded in Barbados since mid-February have been sent home.

Published:Wednesday | May 7, 2008 | 2:57 PM

Trinidad’s Deputy political leader of the ruling People\'s National Movement (PNM), Ken Valley, is calling for the removal of Prime Minister Patrick Manning as the party\'s leader.

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