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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…

By Nerissa Golden BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- The United Kingdom is making good on its commitment to support Montserrat’s redevelopment and move towards financial independence. In a letter to Premier…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and special agents of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), seized a total of…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- The European Union has given a grant of $8.6 million euros to support a regional project to improve Caribbean food security in the context of climate change. The project,…

WEDNESDAY MAY 15, 2013; KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Ten member countries of the Association of Sports and Cultural Clubs of Caribbean Port Authorities (ASCCCPA) will converged upon…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Regional carrier LIAT, is currently negotiating a US$60 million loan with the Caribbean Development Bank, to assist with the replacement of its ageing Dash 8 fleet with…

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Former Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has a warning for Grenadians. He wants them to beware of the politics of the New National Party (NNP), which defeated Thomas’ incumbent…

By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit married his longtime girlfriend, Melissa Poponne, Saturday afternoon. The news was announced in a statement from the Prime…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Thursday opened the second day of the regional forum “Strengthening Regulation of…

By Sharon Austin BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The role of money in election campaigns nowadays has increased exponentially, to the point where large numbers of voters have become accustomed to a…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Geoffrey Bannister visited Antigua and Barbuda during April 29–May 3, to undertake the tenth and final review under the…

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday May 8, 2013 – St. Lucia was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 late on Tuesday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Tuesday May 7, 2013 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Caribbean countries will experience economic growth of just over one per cent this year, even as Latin…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook, released on Monday, predicts that Guyana is expected to see the second highest economic growth for…

NEW YORK, United States, Monday May 6, 2013 – A United States federal civil rights lawsuit claims that New York City police officers routinely stop Caribbean immigrants without cause and then charge…