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Published:Tuesday | June 16, 2009 | 1:51 PM

Grenadian health authorities refused to allow a cruise ship to dock after several persons aboard exhibited symptoms of the influenza A H1NI virus.

Published:Tuesday | June 16, 2009 | 12:21 PM

Eleven people who traveled with Suriname\'s national volleyball teams to a tournament in Trinidad returned home with swine flu, officials in the South American country said Monday, according to a report on www.etaiwannews.com.

Published:Monday | June 15, 2009 | 5:21 PM

Antigua Opposition Leader Lester Bird has indicated that he will forego his salary in protest against the socio-economic policies of the current government.

Published:Monday | June 15, 2009 | 2:05 PM

The Chief Minister of Monsterrat Dr. Lowell Lewis has fired two of his Cabinet ministers.

Published:Monday | June 15, 2009 | 2:04 PM

Venezuela\'s President Hugo Chavez wants a closer cooperation between his country and CARICOM.

Published:Monday | June 15, 2009 | 10:01 AM

The Cayman Islands will move a step closer to getting its own Constitution this week.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 5:40 PM

CARICOM Ministers of Finance and Trade will meet in Kingston tomorrow to discuss regional matters.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 5:39 PM

Britain\'s Department for International Development has established an US$8.2M trust fund at the Caribbean Development Bank to help African, Caribbean and Pacific states.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 5:39 PM

The Prime Minister of St. Kitts, Dr. Denzil Douglas has ordered an investigation into last night’s incident of faulty lighting at the island’s Robert Bradshaw International Airport.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 2:29 PM

Members of Venezuela\'s PetroCaribe energy initiative are now meeting in Basseterre, St. Kitts to assess the impact of oil prices on the agreement.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 10:10 AM

Chief Minister Dr Lowell Lewis on Friday advised the Governor of Montserrat (a British Overseas Territory) to dissolve the Legislative Council, paving the way for a fresh general election on September 8, according to a report on CANANEWS.net.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 9:48 AM

Parliamentarians in St. Lucia have withdrawn the Civil Status Bill designed to regulate births, marriages, deaths and change of names.

Published:Friday | June 12, 2009 | 9:48 AM

Antigua’s National Security Minister Dr. Errol Cort says the Government will be making more resources available to the police to curb incidents of rape and other violent crimes.

Published:Thursday | June 11, 2009 | 6:18 PM

St. Lucia and Antigua have turned away a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship because of fear of contamination by the swine flu.

Published:Thursday | June 11, 2009 | 6:16 PM

A former US Embassy employee in Haiti has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $800, 000 from the State Department.

Published:Thursday | June 11, 2009 | 6:14 PM

Energy ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean are meeting today in St. Kitts to prepare for tomorrow’s PetroCaribe Summit.

Published:Thursday | June 11, 2009 | 1:13 PM

Caribbean officials are concerned that the outcome of the recent European elections may hurt their future relations with that bloc.

Published:Thursday | June 11, 2009 | 9:20 AM

International ratings agency Standards and Poors has downgraded Barbados’ credit rating.

Published:Thursday | June 11, 2009 | 9:19 AM

The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis is dismissing claims that the proposed union between Trinidad and Tobago and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will destabilise the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Published:Wednesday | June 10, 2009 | 6:15 PM

Leaders of Caribbean countries benefiting from the Petro Caribe deal will meet this Friday in St. Kitts to plan a strategy to confront the current global financial crisis.

Published:Wednesday | June 10, 2009 | 6:14 PM

A joint university study has found widespread destruction of coral reefs throughout the Caribbean.

Published:Wednesday | June 10, 2009 | 1:47 PM

Prosecutors in Belize say they will be appealing against a high court decision to dismiss a corruption charge against a former Prime Minister, Said Musa.

Published:Wednesday | June 10, 2009 | 9:36 AM

Former Prime Minister Said Musa has been cleared of theft charges.

Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2009 | 6:18 PM

The Cuban government has declared that it does not want to rejoin the Organization of American States, OAS.

Published:Tuesday | June 9, 2009 | 2:05 PM

Guyana\'s Amerindians are being consulted on the government\'s plans to keep most of the country\'s tropical rainforest intact in exchange for millions of dollars from the international community.

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