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Close down Cayman Islands access to British…
By Caribbean News Now contributor LONDON, England -- An all-party group of British members of parliament, established to further the interests of the Cayman Islands, should be closed down, a senior…
CARICOM secretary general welcomes court opinion…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, has welcomed the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in respect of the process to be…
Caribbean fast ferry service needs private sector…
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Thursday May 30, 2013 - Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says implementing a fast ferry service in the southern Caribbean is a risk the private sector must take, with…
Former Guatemalan president extradited to US to…
WASHINGTON, USA -- US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) administrator Michele Leonhart and other federal officials on Tuesday announced the extradition of Alfonso Portillo, the former president of…
BVI premier sets the record straight on offshore…
LONDON, England -- Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Dr Orlando Smith, set the record straight regarding some misperceptions about the financial services industry and the role the BVI plays in…
Bahamas doctor arrested in Panama on Canadian…
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Managing director of The Cancer Centre in The Bahamas, Dr Arthur Porter, has been detained by Panamanian authorities, along with his wife Pamela, several months after Quebec police…
Caribbean urged to address fiscal challenges
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Warren Smith, has emphasized the need for the adoption of economic principles of its first president and fiscal maturity and…
Montserrat premier calls for regional approach to…
By Nerissa Golden BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- Premier of Montserrat Reuben Meade has called for a regional approach to deal with an increasing number of international regulations regarding financial…
Report released on first geothermal drilling in…
. By Nerissa Golden BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- The government of Montserrat has released the first official report on the findings of the geothermal assessment conducted by Dr Graham Ryan of the…
US doctors indicted for federal tax crimes in the…
FLORIDA, United States, Tuesday May 21, 2013 – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a federal grand jury has indicted a married couple for federal tax crimes in the Caribbean. The DOJ…
Email scandal rocks Trinidad and Tobago government
By Marcia Braveboy Caribbean News Now contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- A thread of scandalous and potentially incriminating emails said to have been exchanged between top ranking government…
Dominica PM attends groundbreaking at medical…
PORTSMOUTH, Dominica -- The prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new student centre on the campus of Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM)…
Earthquake shakes northeastern Caribbean
ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- On Saturday night, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 was felt in several islands in the northeastern Caribbean, including Antigua and Barbuda, but there were no immediate…
Accu Weather joins bad hurricane season bandwagon
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, – Adding its voice to predictions of some pretty wild weather for the Caribbean and the United States in the forthcoming months, private weather firm AccuWeather has concurred…
Trinidad and Tobago to collaborate with Canada to…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada have agreed to collaborate and share best practice and policies with respect to prison and forensic services. Both…