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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- The United Nations and its partners in Haiti have expressed “deep regret” that for the fourth time in as many weeks, the country's National Assembly was unable to deliberate on the provisional governance…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Monday July 18, 2016 – The accounts of a Brazilian-owned offshore bank in Antigua have been frozen, after a Brazilian court found a prima facie case of money laundering by nationals of the South American country. Read…

Delta Air Lines and Seaborne Airlines, an airline based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have announced a codeshare agreement that will provide customers from both airlines with increased travel options to and from the United States and the…

London’s Daily Mail newspaper has reported that a British doctor was brutally raped during a vacation to Saint Lucia in February of this year and then offered a manicure and massage to cheer her up by the company who arranged the trip. Dr…

Barbados’ pop princess Rihanna has claimed 13th place on Forbes annual list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities, coming in way behind first-placed Taylor Swift, but well ahead of such entertainment heavyweights as Katy Perry and Calvin…

A 61-year-old man has been charged with killing his Guyanese neighbour in the US state of Maryland. Police arrested 61-year-old Robert James Crosby and charged him with the first degree murder and robbery of 62-year-old Lenise Fredericks.…

The Bahamas ministry of foreign affairs has denied a suggestion that it was acting for political reasons when it issued a travel advisory on the heels of the fatal shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota last week, and after…

Counsel representing the Trinidad and Tobago opposition United National Congress (UNC) in its election petition currently being heard by the high court in Port of Spain said the challenge has always focused on the process not the outcome.…

Jannet Almeida, a local representative of the Panamanian law firm of Mossack Fonseca, which is at the center of the Panama Papers offshore scandal, has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities in Caracas. "The woman was in charge of seeking…

The life of former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Patrick Manning was honoured on Saturday in a State funeral at which hundreds shed tears, but also smiled and even laughed, as family and close friends shared their memories and spoke…

The University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre recorded three earthquakes between Saturday and yesterday, none of them causing any damage or injuries. The latest and biggest was a 4.4 magnitude tremor that occurred off…

Guyana has sought the help of a university in the United States to figure out why farmers on the East Bank of Berbice are being hit by sudden poultry deaths. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority…

The final resting place of late prime minister Patrick Manning could be a crypt, if his family’s wish is granted. The first of its kind request has been made to the Holy Trinity Cathedral by the relatives of the late leader who died last…

It’s the kind of fish lovers don’t want to hear. But according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), global fish stocks can’t keep up with record consumption, with the average person now consuming 20 kilograms of fish a…

During the first half of this year, Venezuela's state-run oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has slashed its oil exports to Cuba, where some joint ventures and state-owned firms were recently ordered to reduce power usage as a…