The Barbados Parliament has approved the setting up of a new layer of local government in Barbados, with the passage of the Constituency Councils Act 2009.
The results of a recently conducted public opinion poll in Antigua and Barbuda favours a return of the governing United Progressive Party (UPP) in the March 12 general elections.
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has fired 700 police officers and forcibly retired 31 military personnel in a bid to rid the government of corruption.
Opposition Leader Mia Mottley has filed a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister David Thompson over his handling of what has become known as the CLICO affair.
An agreement to increase the salaries of some of the lowest paid workers in Guadeloupe was not enough to end a six-week strike that has paralysed the economy of the French Caribbean island.
A senior Stanford official named in a multi-billion dollar fraud investigation has been arrested and charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with obstructing a probe by US financial regulators.
Opposition parties in Guyana have raised concern over the stability of the country\'s financial sector following a High Court order placing CLICO (Guyana) Limited under judicial management.
Supporters of the two main political parties in Antigua are gearing up for general elections next month after candidates filed nomination papers yesterday.
The Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Gordon Wetherell is expected to receive by Saturday, a report from the Commission of Inquiry set up to probe allegations of widespread corruption in the government.
President Bharrat Jagdeo believes there should be a delay in implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) trade deal with Europe because of challenges created by the global financial crisis.
A carnival-like atmosphere filled the streets of St John’s as supporters of the two main political parties descended upon the capital after candidates filed nomination papers ahead of general elections next month.
The Antigua and Barbuda government will today move to implement steps to acquire more than 250 acres of land owned by the Stanford Financial Group of Companies.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is reporting a slowdown of the St Vincent and the Grenadines economy last year as a result of the global economic crisis.
Over 200 Haitians have been returned to their country by the US Coast Guard after they were intercepted in a makeshift sailing freighter just east of Cuba.
The Antigua and Barbuda government said it has avoided a financial disaster with the formation of a new conglomerate that has taken over Sir Allen Stanford\'s Bank of Antigua.
Guadeloupe umbrella trade union LPK has given the government until the end of today to address its request for salary increases for workers in the country.
The opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is threatening to bring a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister and Finance Minister David Thompson in light of the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) debacle.
A special sitting of the Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda is to be held this week to address issues surrounding developments involving Sir Allen Stanford and his properties in the Caribbean territory.
