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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- On Wednesday, at the conclusion of a speech that laid out the reasons the current and proposed tax regime of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) government was sure to cause the people to become…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Cuba and Russia have agreed to enhance collaboration in the fight against crime. The two countries have pledged to strengthen cooperation in cracking down on crime and also discussed ways to deepen cooperation in this…

Castries, St Lucia -- Saint Lucia has confirmed its first case of Chikungunya, a mosquito borne disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same vector of dengue fever. Persons infected with the virus present symptoms after three…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The prime minister of The Bahamas, Perry Christie, has again come to the defence of international financial centres (IFCs) in the Caribbean, stating that the regimes are far more robust than the ones that exist in…

Kingston, Jamaica -- The motor vehicle examiner and two other men who were arrested in Kingston and St Thomas on Friday, March 28 were granted bail when they appeared in the Corporate Area Criminal Court on Tuesday, April 1. The three,…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Police in The Bahamas could face renewed scrutiny over their crime reporting as the United States embassy has again made public a crime that happened in the country that the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) failed to…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has accepted the resignation of Minister of Tourism, Chandresh Sharma, just one week after she fired former minister of the people Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh…

PORT OF SPAIN-Trinidad (CMC) – Less than a week after she dismissed her Minister of the Peoples and Social Development Minister Glen Ramadharsingh, Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar is being asked to dismiss yet another of her…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Cuban Parliament unanimously adopted on Saturday a new Foreign Investment Law, described as a crucial tool to consolidate the country's economic model and build a prosperous and sustainable socialist system. The…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The leader of the Lucian People’s Movement (LPM), Therold Prudent, has described as “irresponsible and cowardly” Saint Lucia’s decision to abstain from voting on a UN General Assembly resolution denouncing the recent…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The upcoming Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/Mexico conference and the sixth summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and their benefits to the region were among the areas discussed when Mexico’s…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in Saint Lucia has sought to distance itself from a local political activist group calling itself “Flambeau Activists Called to Service” (FACTS). According to a statement…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Attorney General Justin Simon QC and prominent regional attorney Anthony Astaphan SC have both weighed in on the issue of what are widely perceived to be constitutionally overdue general elections in Antigua and…

St John’s, Antigua -- Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said in a statement on Monday that his ruling United Progressive Party (UPP) was prepared to face voters in a general election, but claimed that his “hands are tied"…

Kingstown, St Vincent (CMC) -- The body of a 53-year-old British man was found on board a partly burnt raft at sea on Wednesday, police said. They have identified the man as John Edward Garner and said that the raft was found approximately…