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Published:Thursday | March 20, 2008 | 3:15 PM

Several regional police commissioners and military chiefs are now meeting in Guyana to discuss ways of tackling the escalating crime in the Caribbean.

Published:Thursday | March 20, 2008 | 11:53 AM

A noted attorney in Dominica dismissed calls by opposition parties for the government to reform the electoral process before the next general elections due in 2010.

Published:Wednesday | March 19, 2008 | 2:19 PM

Trinidad and Tobago\'s opposition leader Basdeo Panday said the people of the country must take credit for forcing the government to abort plans to purchase an executive jet.

Published:Wednesday | March 19, 2008 | 2:07 PM

The opposition Peoples United Party in Belize is poised to get a new leader following the decision of former Prime Minister, Said Musa to step down.

Published:Tuesday | March 18, 2008 | 11:39 AM

An alliance of environmentalists in Dominica has announced plans to protest the construction of an oil refinery, which is to be financed under Venezuela’s Petrocaribe energy programme.

Published:Monday | March 17, 2008 | 2:53 PM

Trinidad and Tobago’s ceremonial President, George Maxwell Richards will be sworn in today for a second term of office.

Published:Monday | March 17, 2008 | 2:51 PM

The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) is accusing the government of suppressing the country\'s most recent unemployment data.

Published:Monday | March 17, 2008 | 12:58 PM

The trade union, which represents workers at telecoms giant, Cable and Wireless Grenada, has described government’s decision to sell two-thirds of its shares in the company as a backward social step.

Published:Friday | March 14, 2008 | 1:43 PM

Cuba\'s new President, Raul Castro is to lift a ban on a wide range of consumer electrical appliances.

Published:Friday | March 14, 2008 | 9:45 AM

A lawyer in St. Vincent said the Attorney General might take legal action against the female police officer who accused Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of raping her.

Published:Thursday | March 13, 2008 | 4:34 PM

A Columbian man has been ordered extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to the United States to face 40 charges of money laundering.

Published:Thursday | March 13, 2008 | 4:33 PM

United States First Lady Laura Bush is visiting Haiti on her first official tour of the impoverished, French-speaking Caribbean country.

Published:Thursday | March 13, 2008 | 10:14 AM

The opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) decided not to contest the by-election to choose a candidate to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Agriculture Minister, Charlesworth Samuel in January.

Published:Wednesday | March 12, 2008 | 10:20 AM

A former Guyanese army official, Oliver Hinckson has been brought before the court on sedition and terrorism charges.

Published:Tuesday | March 11, 2008 | 9:59 AM

The opposition Antigua Labour Party (ALP) is to announce if it will contest the March 27 by-election in the All Saints East and St. Luke constituency.

Published:Monday | March 10, 2008 | 3:10 PM

The nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) countries are pooling their resources to establish a new initiative aimed at stamping out the illegal drugs trade in the sub-region.

Published:Friday | March 7, 2008 | 12:07 PM

Police in St. Vincent are investigating the origin of a bomb threat issued at the Milton Cato Memorial hospital yesterday.

Published:Thursday | March 6, 2008 | 5:19 PM

All teachers in Puerto Rico are back on the job following a 10-day strike.

Published:Thursday | March 6, 2008 | 5:18 PM

Public health doctors in the Dominican Republic are on a 48-hour strike to support proposals for pay increases.

Published:Thursday | March 6, 2008 | 10:51 AM

A new UN report has given the Caribbean mixed grades in its battle against drug trafficking.

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2008 | 1:52 PM

Members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) allegedly assaulted a plain clothed policeman after he was caught spying on their meeting.

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2008 | 1:49 PM

Banana workers in Suriname are threatening strike action if their demands for increased wages and better working conditions are not met.

Published:Wednesday | March 5, 2008 | 10:53 AM

An Election Court yesterday upheld the January 15 general election result in the disputed St. Michael West Central constituency.

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2008 | 3:52 PM

The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT) and the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) are promising that there will be no job cuts as a result of the proposed merger of the entities.

Published:Tuesday | March 4, 2008 | 3:51 PM

Britain\'s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are now in Trinidad and Tobago at the start an 11-day tour of the Caribbean.

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