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ST JOHN’S, Antigua -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Geoffrey Bannister visited Antigua and Barbuda during April 29–May 3, to undertake the tenth and final review under the…

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday May 8, 2013 – St. Lucia was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 late on Tuesday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Tuesday May 7, 2013 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Caribbean countries will experience economic growth of just over one per cent this year, even as Latin…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its World Economic Outlook, released on Monday, predicts that Guyana is expected to see the second highest economic growth for…

NEW YORK, United States, Monday May 6, 2013 – A United States federal civil rights lawsuit claims that New York City police officers routinely stop Caribbean immigrants without cause and then charge…

LONDON, England -- Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has welcomed news that all those British Overseas Territories with significant financial centres have signed up to the UK…

SAN FRANCISCO, USA -- Late Monday, a federal court in San Francisco granted an order authorising the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a summons seeking information about US taxpayers who…

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- One of the largest hedge fund services firms in the Cayman Islands is attempting to block reforms that would make the world’s principal offshore location for…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- The government of Barbados has reiterated that it is moving with haste to build out the island's alternative energy sector now that the policy framework is in place.…

HAVANA, Cuba -- Cuba and Venezuela signed new cooperation accords on Saturday for 51 projects, as newly elected Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on his first trip to the island since his election…

QATAR -- Ties between Guyana, Qatar and other Gulf states are poised to reach new heights with the appointment of Dr Odeen Ishmael as non-resident ambassador to Qatar, the world's richest country in…

By Caribbean News Now contributor LONDON, England -- The financially troubled multi-million dollar Caribbean investment firm Harlequin Property has applied for its sales arm to go into administration.…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The OECS Secretariat will conduct a workshop in St Lucia from April 22 to 26 to perform the full testing of the operations of an electronic procurement system for the OECS…

Ex-world soccer power broker Jack Warner resigned as national security minister of Trinidad & Tobago some 48 hours after a regional soccer group's ethics panel accused him and another top former…

By Travis Cartwright-Carroll Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter NASSAU, Bahamas -- Questionable deaths in police custody and shooting deaths during police operations featured prominently in The Bahamas’…