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It was second time lucky for interim President Jocelerme Privert after Parliament yesterday approved his choice for prime minister less than a week after rejecting United States-trained economist Fritz Jean. Lawmakers in this…

A JetBlue airplane made a rough landing as it touched down in Nassau, Friday afternoon. According to officials, JetBlue flight 29 reported a front-end landing gear malfunction before landing, at around 4:30 p.m READ MORE:…

Following the recent dismissal of Trinidad and Tobago's minister of housing and urban development, Marlene McDonald, for misbehaviour in public office, by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, yet more questions have arisen over parliamentary…

Following a recent claim by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Grenada that three young children had died at the General Hospital, reportedly from gastroenteritis, and a denial by the ministry of health, a local radio talk…

Cuban President Raul Castro officially received his US counterpart Barack Obama at the Revolution Palace in Havana on Monday. This is the third time the two presidents have met since the joint announcement of December 17, 2014, where they…

The US Virgin Islands Department of Health received confirmation over the weekend of a case positive for zika virus in a 39-year-old male on St Thomas. “The department anticipates additional cases will be confirmed as new lab results come…

President Barack Obama has arrived in Cuba for a historic visit to the island and talks with its communist leader. He is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility. Read more at:…

Guyanese voted in local government elections on Saturday, for the first time in more than two decades, and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo is urging the 507,633 people eligible to vote to ensure they cast their ballots. Read more:…

Allegations of a breach of the Parliament rules against the hiring of relatives gathered momentum yesterday with fresh claims that Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has broken the rules too. Reports surfaced yesterday that…

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Centre for Facilitation of Investments of Haiti (CFI) and the Export and Investment Centre of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), conducted a workshop on…

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on Thursday fired Marlene McDonald from the post of minister of housing and urban development, revoking her appointment and making several other changes to his Cabinet at the same time.…

The US Virgin Islands Department of Health has confirmed four additional cases of zika on St Croix, bringing the total to 11 cases. No new cases of dengue were reported this week; the total remains seven confirmed dengue cases. Read more…

Bermuda’s House of Assembly was closed down on Monday after legislators were locked out by protesters who formed a cordon around the building in a continuing protest against the government’s proposed immigration legislation. The…

The former prime minister of Curacao, Gerrit Schotte, and his partner Cicely van der Dijs have appealed against the convictions and sentences handed down against them on Friday morning for forgery, corruption and money laundering. Read…

Speaking on the troubling issue of rape and violence against women in observance of International Women's Day, Saint Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony said at a public meeting in Gros Islet last week he strongly believes that there are…