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Caribbean

Published:Monday | May 18, 2009 | 12:58 PM

St. Vincent Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace says Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves overreacted when he threatened to withdraw St Vincent and the Grenadines from the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

Published:Monday | May 18, 2009 | 8:44 AM

Customers of rival mobile phone service providers, Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, will soon be able to send text messages across the networks, following a year-long dispute.

Published:Friday | May 15, 2009 | 6:03 PM

A senior officer of the Stanford Financial Group has pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Published:Friday | May 15, 2009 | 6:02 PM

The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is urging Caribbean countries to do more to reduce violence and end discrimination against persons with HIV.

Published:Friday | May 15, 2009 | 12:56 PM

The progression towards the break-up of the Dutch Antilles moves a stage further today with a referendum in Curacao, one of the five islands making up the federation.

Published:Friday | May 15, 2009 | 12:56 PM

Police chiefs from the Caribbean have pledged to intensify training and intra-regional cooperation at the just concluded annual conference in Guyana.

Published:Friday | May 15, 2009 | 9:26 AM

St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says his government could reconsider participation in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in the awake of reports of discriminatory treatment of Vincentians in some Caribbean countr

Published:Friday | May 15, 2009 | 9:19 AM

International credit ratings agency, Moody’s Investor Service has warned that mounting government debt could lead to a possible downgrade in the economic assessment for Barbados.

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2009 | 6:14 PM

The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves is insisting that his government does not condone police brutality.

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2009 | 6:12 PM

St Lucia\'s tourism minister Allen Chastanet is predicting what he describes as a bleak summer for the hospitality sector.

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2009 | 12:52 PM

Another luxury resort in the Bahamas will close this month, continuing a tough year for the country’s tourism sector.

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2009 | 12:51 PM

Antigua and Barbuda\'s finance minister Harold Lovell is reporting a 25 percent shortfall in government revenues with key sales tax and tourism receipts down.

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2009 | 9:04 AM

A suspected case of the deadly influenza H1N1 virus onboard a cruise ship docked at the Bridgetown Port in Barbados has caused some concern among health officials.

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2009 | 9:03 AM

A United States federal grand jury has indicted the chief investment officer at the Stanford Financial Group, owned by Sir Allen Stanford.

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2009 | 5:58 PM

The United States’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said liquidators at the Antigua-Based Stanford International Bank may prevent it from collecting back taxes owed by Texas-born financier Sir Allen Stanford.

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2009 | 5:57 PM

Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Galmo Williams is calling for a referendum on the restoration of British rule.

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2009 | 1:16 PM

The authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands have published updated rules under which crown lands can be bought.

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2009 | 9:51 AM

CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington has called for more interaction between regional leaders and local government entities to allow for greater participation in the regional integration movement.

Published:Wednesday | May 13, 2009 | 9:50 AM

Barbadian Prime Minister and Finance Minister, David Thompson is on Monday scheduled to outline his administration’s spending and revenue generation plans for the year ahead, in the 2009 national budget.

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2009 | 5:54 PM

The Ministry of Health in Trinidad and Tobago is warning against the practice of private laboratories conducting tests for the deadly H1N1 virus.

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2009 | 5:54 PM

The Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) Ambassador Henry Gill has resigned.

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2009 | 2:40 PM

Cuba has confirmed its first case of the HINI virus or swine flu in the Caribbean.

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2009 | 2:39 PM

The Leader of the Opposition in St Lucia, Dr. Kenny Anthony, has asked Eastern Caribbean governments to be open about their involvement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Published:Tuesday | May 12, 2009 | 9:37 AM

The head of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago is supporting calls for President George Maxwell Richards to step down over the recent Integrity Commission fiasco.

Published:Monday | May 11, 2009 | 6:10 PM

Telecommunications company, Digicel says it has started legal proceedings challenging the monopoly enjoyed by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).

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