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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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) — The main Opposition New National Party (NNP) won yesterday's general election. Preliminary results, at press time last night, show that the NNP, headed by former Prime…

By Caribbean News Now contributor ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Voters in Grenada go to the polls on Tuesday in a general election that is widely expected to be won by the opposition New National Party…

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Venezuelan government has published the first photos of President Hugo Chavez after the head of state underwent cancer surgery in Havana last December. Venezuelan science,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Aviation Task Force -- a highly focused committee established to facilitate air transportation into and throughout the Caribbean and to…

Two years ago, to the surprise of many, Duvalier returned to his impoverished homeland after 25 years in exile in France. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Thursday February 7, 2013 – Former Haitian dictator…