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Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls on Monday in a general election, largely uninformed of a worsening economic outlook. Whoever forms the government on Tuesday – the ruling People’s Partnership (PP)…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have signed a treaty establishing a maritime boundary between the two countries, the first ever of its kind. Barbados’ Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, and Prime Minister…

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda -- Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to Washington has written to three members of the United States’ Congress objecting to the country’s listing as a tax haven and describing the decision to label the island…

Nassau, Bahamas -- In its commitment to the goal of tripling protection of its marine and coastal areas by 2020 under the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI), The Bahamas has significantly expanded its network of marine protected areas. On…

St John’s, Antigua -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will present “Climate Fest” from September 6 – 8, 2015 at the Botanical Gardens, St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda. The OECS Climate Fest is an awareness building…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will send a CARICOM electoral observer mission to monitor the general elections to be held in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, September 7, 2015. The chief of mission is Orrette…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CMC) -- Barbados says the annual rate of HIV infection cases is on the decline. Health Minister John Boyce, who did not give figures, says this is due to the expanded use of anti-retroviral therapy in the HIV…

Brades, Montserrat -- The British overseas territories of Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands have both mobilised support for Dominica following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika. The government of Montserrat, with UK Department…

Bridgetown, Barbados (CDEMA) -- The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has ramped up the mobilisation of response teams following the declaration of the special disaster areas by the government of Dominica. As of Monday…

St John’s, Antigua (CMC) -- Education Minister Michael Browne says students from Dominica who were in Antigua and Barbuda during the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, will be permitted to attend schools here but with certain specifications.…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The Ministry of Health is embarking on a major $250 million project to repair residential facilities for medical staff across the island as well as patient and staff bathrooms at hospitals and health centres. Minister…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- On Monday, the government of St Kitts and Nevis signed the agreement with the government of the United States to implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Enacted by the US Congress in 2010, FATCA…

Nassau, Bahamas -- Days after ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded The Bahamas’ credit rating, another agency slashed the country’s economic growth estimate from 2.2 percent to 1.7 percent and urged the government to…

Roseau, Dominica (AFP) -- Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is pleading with world leaders to come to the rescue of his Caribbean island nation after it was battered by a tropical storm that killed at least 31 people. Another two…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Opposition Spokesman on Finance and Planning Audley Shaw, on Sunday said that the celebrated wage settlement for public sector workers is an insult to hard working workers who are now being given a minimum increase of…