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Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, the newly elected member of parliament for Caroni Central in Trinidad, has formally withdrawn his candidacy as Trinidad and Tobago’s nominee for the post of Commonwealth secretary general.…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Barbados’ Commerce Minister Donville Inniss has given the United States a tongue lashing for continuing to support Puerto Rican and US Virgin Islands rum producers with a “cover-over” tax at the expense of Caribbean…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The United National Congress (UNC), ousted from government in the September 7 general election in Trinidad and Tobago, was on Friday granted leave to file election petitions to challenge the validity of the…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Barbados-based CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) has a new chief executive officer (CEO), who will lead that organisation through its Second Funding Cycle, 2015-2020. He is Rodinald Soomer, an economist, who was…

Kingstown, St Vincent -- The persistent problem of crime against visiting yachts in Canouan, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and the apparent failure on the part of local authorities to address the situation, has been taken up by local…

Castries, St Lucia (GIS) -- Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs, Planning and Social Security, Dr Kenny Anthony, has said that the island’s economy is on the rebound. At a recent press conference,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Jamaican police officers are heading to Haiti to help clamp down on the drugs for guns trade between the two countries. Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams disclosed the move to strengthen collaboration between law…

St George’s, Grenada (GIS) -- Grenada and China are pressing ahead with plans to formalize an air services agreement. Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell made the announcement following his return from China, saying tourism was also among…

Bridgetown, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite has sought to set the record straight on the issue of the outstanding legal fees totalling over US$1 million to the attorneys for Jamaican plaintiff Shanique Myrie…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago’s newly sworn-in attorney general, Faris Al-Rawi, has asked for more time to consider the United States’ extradition case against former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner to face multiple…

St John’s, Antigua -- Montserrat students have been offered a scholarship to pursue studies at the American International College of Arts and Sciences (AICASA) or the American University of Antigua – College of Medicine (AUA). Following…

Georgetown, Guyana -- The secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, met with a delegation from St Maarten – one of five Caribbean countries seeking associate membership in CARICOM – on Monday at CARICOM…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware dealt embattled developer Sarkis Izmirlian and Baha Mar Ltd a brutal blow on Tuesday when the court threw out Chapter 11 cases for all the Baha Mar companies based in The Bahamas,…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Sworn-in as Attorney General just last week following the People’s National Movement victory in the September 7th General Elections, Faris Al-Rawi has asked for more time to make a decision on signing the document…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite says Barbados is not refusing to pay the legal fees for attorneys who represented Shanique Myrie in the case she won against this government. But he says there are queries about…