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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,…
War of words between Britain and Turks and Caicos…
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- In a statement to the House of Assembly in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) on Thursday, Premier Rufus Ewing accused…
Britain slams Turks and Caicos premier’s…
By Caribbean News Now contributor LONDON, England -- In a strongly worded letter on Tuesday, Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague described Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Dr Rufus Ewing’s…
Court halts Antigua-Barbuda electoral boundary…
By Caribbean News Now contributor ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- On Monday morning, a high court judge granted an injunction preventing the Constituencies Boundaries Commission in Antigua and Barbuda from…
Grenada likely to default on some government bonds
ST GEORGE ‘S, Grenada -- The government of Grenada said on Friday that circumstances have forced it to undertake a comprehensive and collaborative restructuring of its public debt, including its…
Crucial by-election in Turks and Caicos turns into…
By Caribbean News Now contributor PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands -- After what seemed to be an orderly start to a crucial by-election in the Turks and Caicos Islands scheduled for March 22,…
Former Grenada PM called on to resign as party…
ST GEORGE ‘S, Grenada -- A leading Grenada publication has called for the resignation of former prime minister Tillman Thomas as leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In the latest edition…
Caribbean banks issue credit card alert
By Caribbean News Now contributor CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- According to the Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB), banks and other financial institutions across the Caribbean have been impacted by a…
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez dies aged 58
Mr Chavez had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year, undergoing several operations in Cuba, and had not been seen in public for several months. Vice-President Nicolas Maduro made the…
Grenada and BVI to co-host leadership summit on…
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Newly elected prime minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, has pledged his commitment to co-host the leadership summit for the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) in the…
Consultation to formulate small-scale fisheries…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Across the Caribbean, the fisheries sector employs over 182,000 persons, directly or indirectly. Whereas commercial fisheries play a key role in helping to secure foreign…
Two Resigned Two to be Sacked
Antigua St. John's - Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has addressed the issue of the Senate vote, in which 4 senators voted against the controversial Citizenship by Investment (CIP) Bill. The Prime…
DLP retains government in Barbados general…
Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Friday Barbados, February 22, 2013 - Barbadian voters kept with tradition and provided the incumbent party with a second consecutive term in power following a nerve jangling…
Barbados Elections Results – Ruling Party…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 22, CMC - Barbadian voters kept with tradition and provided the incumbent party with a second consecutive term in power following a nerve jangling general elections here on…