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Former Turks and Caicos premier re-arrested in…
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- Former TCI premier Michael Misick was re-arrested by Brazilian Federal Police on Saturday in Sao Paulo, on the authority…
Britain targets banks in Cayman and British Virgin…
LONDON, England -- Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is reportedly finalising measures to clamp down on two Caribbean tax havens. Under tough anti-evasion measures…
Two perish in Guyana plane crash
(Caricom News Network)- GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 13, 2013 - One pilot and one technical expert have been killed after their United States-registered airplane crashed into a house at Sparendaam…
Former Cayman Islands premier appears in court
By Caribbean News Now contributor GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Former premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, appeared in the Summary Court in Grand Cayman on Friday morning, when 11 charges…
No political witch-hunt, says new Grenada…
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (GIS) -- Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell says his seven-week old administration in Grenada has resisted the culture of political witch-hunt and victimization. Mitchell made the…
Turks and Caicos election challenges withdrawn
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- When the hearing of the election challenges brought by Acting Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles resumed on…
Constitutional reform on the agenda in St Lucia
CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The final report of the Saint Lucia Constitutional Reform Commission has been tabled in Parliament by Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony. When the House of Assembly met on Tuesday…
British resort company closes down Barbados…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- British company Harlequin Property has halted work on its two multi-million dollar resorts in Barbados, owing employees two months’ salary, the Barbados National Insurance…
Search to begin for new owners to resume refinery…
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Governor John de Jongh confirmed on Saturday evening that the government of the US Virgin Islands and the owners of the HOVENSA refinery on St Croix have reached an agreement that…
Drought and tropical storms hinder food supply in…
NEW YORK, USA -- A growing number of people in Haiti do not have enough to eat, according to the United Nations relief wing, mostly as a result of drought and the impact of recent tropical storms.…
Youth charged with attempt to assassinate Guyana…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday April 3, 2013 – A 17 year-old Irish youth will re-appear in court on April 30 on a charge of threatening to assassinate President Donald Ramotar. Cillian James Crosson, a…
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said…
NEW YORK, United States, Wednesday April 3, 2013 – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging Caribbean and other developing countries to keep alive the promise of the Millennium…
Effectiveness of St Lucia anti-gang legislation…
By Caribbean News Now contributor CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Lucian People's Movement (LPM) says that, while it views the eradication of criminal activities as paramount in achieving peace and security…
Turks and Caicos may abandon CXC
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- Fresh off a by-election that saw the Progressive National Party (PNP) maintain its hold on the government, minister of…
OECS assembly gets down to business
ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- Sub-regional parliamentarians assigned to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly were due to meet in a seminar on Monday to finalise rules and procedures of…