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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, November 9, 2016 (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda economy is expected to grow by three per cent this year, underpinned by the continued recovery in the tourism sector and investments in new and tourist ...

By Kenton X. Chance Caribbean Correspondent KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, November 9, 2016 (CMC) – Rescue teams have recovered the body of a pre-teenager, Phillip Compton, from the northern Grenadine island of Bequia, today, after he was swept away by flood ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, November 4, 2016 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has filed its first anti-corruption case against former officials of the former People’s Partnership government that was removed from office in the September 7 ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, November 4, 2016 (CMC) – The United States, today, denied reports that Trinidad and Tobago nationals no longer required visas to enter the North American country. The US embassy, here, said the reports that ...

By Kenton X. Chance CMC Caribbean Correspondent PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, November 3, 2016 (CMC) — Half way through the four-hour drive between Port-au-Prince and Haiti’s hurricane-ravaged southern peninsular, the traffic suddenly begins to back up. “It’s a UN convoy,” says the ...

UNITED NATIONS, New York October 26, 2016 (CMC) – The United States, today, abstained from a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote on a resolution calling for an end to the decade’s old trade embargo it has imposed on Cuba, ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 26, 2016 (CMC) – The Guyana government, today, described as a “collective victory”, the decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to remove the country from the organisation’s compliance document. But Attorney General, Basil Williams, warned ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, October 21, 2016 (CMC) – At least five people were killed and one other was reported missing as torrential rains caused fresh flooding in Haiti, which is still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Matthew, earlier ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, October 21, 2016 (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), today, said it had launched an investigation into the death of Adil Gilbert, 34, who was shot and killed by police officers ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, October 21, 2016 (CMC) – The main opposition, United Progressive Party (UPP), today, said it would stage a boycott of the independence celebrations, after accusing the Gaston Browne administration of using the occasion to push its own ...