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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…
Barbados Policeman denies Myrie was subject to…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday March 22, 2013 - A police officer accused of conducting a cavity search on Jamaican Shanique Myrie vehemently denied the allegation as she took the stand before the…
Transfer of BAICO insurance business to Sagicor…
By Caribbean News Now contributor BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Following the receipt of approvals from all nine insurance regulators and courts within the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and The…
St Lucia government services crippled by civil…
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Tuesday March 19, 2013 – Civil servants stayed away from their jobs on Monday disrupting several government services and ignoring appeals from Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony and…
British couple on Caribbean cruise shot by armed…
A BRITISH woman and man on a Caribbean cruise were recovering in hospital today after being shot by an armed robber on Barbados. Horrified tourists rushed to the unidentified pair's aid after hearing…
St Lucia police arrest Dominica nationals in major…
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Monday March 18, 2013 – Two Dominican nationals are due to appear in court later this week after police said they had seized more than 1, 400 pounds of marijuana on a pirogue south…
Cell phone argument results in death of Trinidad…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Monday March 18, 2013 – A 16-year-old secondary school student was stabbed to death during an argument over a Blackberry cellular phone, his relatives said. Relatives told the…
China to provide $2 billion for Caribbean…
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the People's Bank of China (PBC) have approved the China Co-financing Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean to support public and…
Turks and Caicos by-election to go ahead
By Caribbean News Now contributor GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands -- Several recently filed election challenges got underway in the Supreme Court in the Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday and,…