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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - FORMER Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur is warning of social disintegration within the Caribbean if new lifestyles and consumption patterns promoted through globalisatio

The Caribbean High Commissioners in the United Kingdom (UK) are gearing up to lobby the British Government for an ease in the Airline Passenger Duty (APD) and have secured £40,000 to assist them

BRUSSELS, CMC – The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries will be among matters discussed at the three-d

BRUSSELS, CMC – The 79-member African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping has unveiled a new flag and anthem that the authorities say represent the solidarity and shared vision of its member sta

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Despite recent suggestions from an international investment agency that Caribbean territories devalue the Eastern Caribbean currency, a top OECS official is advising otherwis

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua - Today, the nine countries, comprising the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, will reflect on how far they have come since that red letter day of June 18, 1981, when th

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Barack Obama, the American president, is a history buff who likes to bone up on the policies and strategies of his predecessors.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it still wants the name and reputation of its former parliamentarian, Joseph Hibbert, cleared even though he died of a massive heart a

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed concerns that handing over her electronic devices to the police investigators may jeopardise national security and ha

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A United states information technology expert says the emails purporting to show that members of the Trinidad and Tobago government, including Prime Minister Kamla

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Thirty years after establishing diplomatic relations, Antigua & Barbuda and Venezuela on Saturday took their already cordial affairs in a new direction.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin says 70 per cent of Bermuda's adult population is overweight or obese and the island is counting the cost of additional strains be

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KINGSTON, Jamaica - It now seems that our money is going to be controlled once more by external governments and their regulations.

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has established a Working Group to ensure that financial institutions which operate within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union are prepared to comply wi

Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dajabón merchants kept Haitians from crossing into the Dominican side  on Sunday, the day before the market held Mondays and Fridays, as part of the called shutdo

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - THE report that LIAT has acquired the first ATR 72-600 aircraft as part of a programme to upgrade its fleet is good news for the island-hopping airline.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Antigua & Barbuda’s ambassador to the United Nations, John William Ashe, was elected president of the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday.