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Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The Trinidad and Tobago Government has defended its decision to spend TT$2.6 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) to charter a plane to deport 15 illegal Ghana nationals saying that it was difficult to…

Roseau, Dominica, (CMC) -- Dominicans are voting in a general election for a new Government with the incumbent Dominica Labour Party (DLP) facing a strong challenge to maintain its 14 year hold on power. The main opposition United Workers…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The police say that they are following strong leads in a case where four girls were reportedly abducted along the Spanish Town Road in Kingston on Friday. Reports are that about 6:00 pm the girls were travelling in a…

Caracas, Venezuela -- Shipments of cut-rate oil from Venezuela to Caribbean and Central American countries under the PetroCaribe programme were cut by about 20% through October compared with the same period last year, ClipperData, a New…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says it will give a tax break to any firm or individual employer who pays their workers an end-of-year bonuses of EC$250 (One EC Dollar=US$0.37 cents) or more.…

Bridgetown, Barbados -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) welcomed Wednesday’s announcement by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, of further changes to the air passenger duty (APD) from next May. The chancellor…

Georgetown, Guyana -- In responding to speculation over the government’s link to the jet operated by Exec Jet Club LLC that was seized by Puerto Rican officials last month, minister of public works Robeson Benn said that all of the charter…

Quito, Ecuador -- Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar will remain at home due to political turmoil after he suspended the national assembly last month to avoid a vote on a motion of no confidence brought by the combined opposition parties, as…

Nassau, Bahamas (CMC) -- The Grand Bahama Human Rights Association (GBHRA) says it intends to challenge legally, new legislation calling on non-nationals living here to show evidence that they have permission to live or work in the country.…

Castries, St Lucia (CMC) -- Telecommunications ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will meet in St Lucia on Thursday to discuss ramifications of the planned merger of the British telecommunications company,…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Seven-week-old Ackeem Karram of Retreat, St Mary who was reported stolen on Monday, November 24, was found and reunited with his mother yesterday Tuesday, December 2. Information received is that the baby was handed…

Washington, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the permanent representative of Dominica to the hemispheric Organization, Ambassador Hubert Charles, on Tuesday signed an…

New York, USA -- JetBlue Airways has launched twice-weekly flights to its latest Caribbean destination, Curacao. The airline now offers up to 121 daily flights from the US to the Caribbean, of which up to 56 daily flights are nonstop from…

ST ANN, Jamaica – A suspect has been taken into police custody for the stabbing death of a 17-year-old girl who was found at the intersection of Bravo and Harbour streets in the St Ann’s Bay early this morning. The individual now in…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Trinidad Express) – Energy economist Gregory McGuire says the Trinidad and Tobago economy is facing a double jeopardy. This, he said, is precipitated by the fall in oil prices from US$110 a barrel in June to US$65…