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Published:Friday | April 11, 2008 | 3:21 PM

The East Caribbean Flour Mills Company has announced that the retail price of a pound of flour will be increased by 16 percent.

Published:Friday | April 11, 2008 | 12:13 PM

Prime Minster Dr. Keith Mitchell has dismissed charges by LIAT Chief Executive Office that the airline’s ability to become profitable is being hampered by landing fees and government taxes.

Published:Thursday | April 10, 2008 | 3:36 PM

Several lawmakers in Haiti are demanding that Prime Minister, Jacques-Edouard Alexis resign to make way for a new government.

Published:Thursday | April 10, 2008 | 3:36 PM

Election Officials in Guyana said they are in the final stages of compiling a new voter’s list in that country.

Published:Thursday | April 10, 2008 | 11:30 AM

The Privy Council has dismissed an appeal brought by Trinidad and Tobago’s opposition leader, Basdeo Panday.

Published:Wednesday | April 9, 2008 | 2:57 PM

The United Nations Security Council has called for emergency aid to relieve hardship in Haiti.

Published:Wednesday | April 9, 2008 | 2:57 PM

The St. Kitts and Nevis government has announced plans to combat the increase in food prices.

Published:Monday | April 7, 2008 | 2:53 PM

A former Dominican Prime Minister, Edison James, has warned against fragmenting the banana industry in the Windward Islands.

Published:Monday | April 7, 2008 | 2:52 PM

The Government of Guyana said it wants to limit its rice exports to meet local demand, in the face of pressure to supply foreign markets.

Published:Monday | April 7, 2008 | 11:41 AM

Premier of Bermuda, Ewart Brown has struck a new deal with leading American baseball team the New York Mets to market Bermuda as a tourist destination.

Published:Friday | April 4, 2008 | 2:27 PM

Haitian demonstrators have attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in protest over the rising cost of living in their country.

Published:Friday | April 4, 2008 | 2:27 PM

Antigua’s Prime Minister, Baldwin Spencer said CARICOM heads of government are very serious about tackling widespread criminal activity in the region.

Published:Friday | April 4, 2008 | 11:44 AM

The European Commission (EC) and the government of Guyana have signed a US$140 million agreement to aid Guyana’s sugar industry.

Published:Thursday | April 3, 2008 | 2:54 PM

The twin island republic’s Prime Minister, Patrick Manning said his administration is aggressively tackling the country’s crime problem.

Published:Thursday | April 3, 2008 | 2:53 PM

The police in Trinidad are continuing investigations into an explosion that rocked a part of the capital late last night during which one person was seriously injured.

Published:Thursday | April 3, 2008 | 12:38 PM

The government of Cuba has started to lend unused state land to private farmers and cooperatives for the growth of tobacco, coffee and other crops.

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2008 | 3:46 PM

Several Caribbean and developing countries say they will not sign a global warming pact, if they do not get assistance from industrialised nations to deal with the effects of climate change.

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2008 | 3:44 PM

The Ministry of Health in Dominica will take up an offer by the Cuban government to train 250 nurses by next year.

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2008 | 3:39 PM

The Jamaican man who was held at the Orlando International Airport in Florida yesterday is to reappear in a US Federal court tomorrow.

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2008 | 3:30 PM

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in Antigua has withdrawn several charges against a Jamaican man.

Published:Wednesday | April 2, 2008 | 11:06 AM

Prime Minister of Barbados, David Thompson will today be inducted into the Park in Honour of University of the West Indies (UWI) Graduates who are or have been Heads of Government.

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2008 | 2:56 PM

Banana farmers in St. Lucia are expressing uncertainty about the sale of their produce.

Published:Tuesday | April 1, 2008 | 1:34 PM

Johnny Briceno is to be sworn in as leader of the opposition at the next sitting of Parliament in Belize.

Published:Monday | March 31, 2008 | 2:58 PM

Several members of Grenada\'s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) are facing civil lawsuits in connection with the alleged beating of a police officer.

Published:Monday | March 31, 2008 | 2:58 PM

The government of Bermuda said it would be recruiting at least 100 police officers from the Caribbean in a bid to increase the capacity of the country’s police force.

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