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May 19, 2011

Venezuela demands extradition of accused Cuban terrorist

The president of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice, Luisa Estella Morales, said in Havana on Monday that the government of the United States should immediately extradite accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. In a press…

May 17, 2011

St Kitts-Nevis seeing signs of economic recovery, says PM

St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas says there are signs of economic recovery…

May 17, 2011

Investigation to be launched in Trinidad into $27m Caribbean Airlines contract

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said an investigation will be launched into allegations that a $27 million Caribbean Airlines (CAL) contract was awarded to an insurance firm, to which CAL chairman George Nicholas has…

May 17, 2011

Former foreign minister of Chile chosen as next UN envoy for Haiti

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed Mariano Fernández, a former foreign minister from Chile, as his next Special Representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean nation. Fernández…

May 16, 2011

Haiti swears in new president

Michel Martelly was sworn in on Saturday as president of Haiti in a…

May 16, 2011

British women ambushed and raped on isolated beach

Two men were assisting police in their investigations after two female British nationals were reportedly ambushed and raped by six masked men while on an isolated beach on the island’s north east coast. Police said that the women, whose names…

May 14, 2011

Barbados economy on the rebound, says PM

Figures for 2010 show the Barbados economy has stopped contracting and there was…

May 14, 2011

$8m cocaine seized

A couple and a Venezuelan national were arrested by police after officers raided a house in Barataria on Thursday and seized hundreds of rounds in ammunition and $8 million in pure cocaine. Up to late yesterday, the couple, ages 31 and 36, and a…

May 12, 2011

OECS works to preserve special border tax arrangements

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are working towards securing flexibilities they have obtained in the negotiations on agriculture and non agriculture tariff liberalization…

May 12, 2011

Bahamas visitor satisfaction up

Visitors to The Bahamas who are very likely to recommend the destination to others are reporting greater visitor satisfaction in 2010 compared to five years earlier. The information, released by the Ministry of Tourism on Tuesday, was based on…