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Nassau, Bahamas -- Prime Minister Perry Christie said he will be judged by how his administration deals with crime when The Bahamas heads into the next general election. Christie, who spoke to reporters last week, predicted that the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, announced on Friday that her government will again be seeking to reintroduce the “hanging bill” next year, even though it was defeated in Parliament four…

Harare, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's festive season is marked by continued political infighting and financial austerity, as the president fired two more cabinet ministers and the country's civil servants learned they will not get annual…

New York (AP) -- The gunman who fatally ambushed two New York City police officers in their squad car had a long criminal record, a hatred for police and the government and an apparent history of mental instability that included an attempt…

New York, USA -- On Friday, Standard & Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit ratings on Barbados to 'B' from 'BB-'. The outlook is negative. The country’s 'B' short-term sovereign credit rating was…

NIA Charlestown Nevis -- Deputy Premier and Minister of Health on Nevis Hon. Mark Brantley, thanked the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board for a donation to the Ministry of Health for the Alexandra Hospital. He described it as…

ZIZ News -- Mr. Bagnall is the 2014 TDC Groovy Soca Monarch while popular radio deejay, Sugar Bowl, is the new ZIZ Power Soca Monarch. 17 of the Federation's top soca artists went head to head in Friday's Groovy and Power Monarch finals…

Basseterre, St. Kitts -- The People Employment Programme (PEP), which was launched in December 2012 by Prime Minister the Rt Hon Dr Denzil Douglas, is a model programme that continues to receive commendations from local, regional and…

(ZIZ News) -- The wait is over as the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party and the Nevis Reformation Party signed an agreement on Thursday that will strengthen their ties. NRP candidate and present Federal Representative for Nevis 11, the Hon.…

Kingston, Jamaica -- Following talks with Energy Minister Phillip Paulwell, petroleum marketing companies licensed to operate in Jamaica have given assurance that they intend to pass on the full reduction of the weekly refinery billing…

St John’s, Antigua -- Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has welcomed the historic decision announced on Wednesday by US President Barack Obama to ease restrictions on the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad -- Minister of national security, Senator Gary Griffith, has stated that there is no evidence that there is illegal wiretapping by Trinidad and Tobago’s Strategic Services Agency (SSA). He also noted that should it…

Montreal (AP) -- A Canadian woman who caused a fatal traffic accident after stopping her car to help ducks on a busy highway has been sentenced to 90 days in prison. Emma Czornobaj was convicted by a jury on two counts of criminal…

Washington (AP) -- A lack of unanimity in both political parties toward President Barack Obama's sudden move to re-establish ties with Cuba complicates any congressional effort to scuttle the most significant change in US policy toward the…

Freetown, Sierra Leone (AP) -- One of Sierra Leone's most senior physicians died Thursday from Ebola, the 11th doctor in the country to succumb to the disease, a health official said. In neighbouring Guinea, a fire destroyed medicine…