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According to former Curacao prime minister and now leader of the political party Pro Korsou, Ivar Asjes, members of parliament and ministers who are considered suspects in a criminal case should in future be suspended or dismissed from…

Former Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) executive chairman Leslie Miller said on Wednesday that he does not understand why the government says it “believes in Bahamians” when it is “always bringing in the foreigners”. He was…

In a letter sent to Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan on Thursday, the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) has warned against a "backdoor" bailout of Puerto Rico being considered by the House Natural Resources Committee.…

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) held a special meeting on Friday at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, to receive a report on the special mission to Haiti, headed by Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador Sir…

As his old friend and business partner began settling into his new life in prison at the weekend, former Cayman Islands Football Association president and FIFA vice president, Jeffrey Webb, was enjoying a lavish party at his Georgia…

Haiti's third consecutive year of drought, exacerbated by the global El Niño weather phenomenon, has driven people deeper into poverty and hunger, and doubled the severely food-insecure population, the United Nations World Food Programme…

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) San Juan Field Operations announced on Wednesday the seizure of nearly 10,000 counterfeit products, valued at more than $1.6 million at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. A wide range of…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, February 11, 2016 – All customers with reservations with LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, that were booked on or before 10th February, who are concerned about travelling to destinations reported by the Centre for Disease…

On Friday, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla declared a public health emergency because of the zika virus, a government statement said. Trinidad and Tobago declared a similar national health emergency on January 29 and on…

Just 22 hours before the end of President Michel Martelly's term without an elected president to succeed him, an agreement was reached for a transitional government in Haiti. Late on Friday, Martelly officially signed the agreement with…

As President Michel Martelly ended his term in office on Sunday with no successor in place, a transitional government will be installed to rule the country for the next four months, until elections are held in April and a new president…

The former chair of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA), Canover Watson (45), has been found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to defraud, one count of conflict of interest, one count of fraud on government and one count of…

More resources are urgently needed to fight the spread of the zika virus in the Americas and the apparently related increase in microcephaly and other complications, the director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health…

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized 86 pounds (39 kilos) of cocaine found on Wednesday concealed inside the hull of a 26 foot boat. The…

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says his government is continuing to diversify the Barbados economy to ensure that the country is not dependent on any one sector. He made the comments on Wednesday night to a group of tourists attending a…