Regional News

  • IMF deal for Dominican Republic

    By Stabroek staff | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment


    (BBC) The International Monetary Fund has approved a US$1.7 billion loan programme to help the Dominican Republic through the economic crisis.
    In common with several Caribbean …

  • Journalists cry freedom

    By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment


    (Barbados Nation) The Barbados Association of Journalists (BAJ) is urging a speedier processing of the Freedom of Information Act and Defamation Act so that media …

  • BBC Caribbean News in Brief

    By Stabroek staff | Friday, November 6, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Cuba must make human rights gestures
    The European Union’s development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it’s serious about protecting fundamental human rights. Karel De Gucht …

  • Commish cops out

    By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment


    (Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica’s Police Chief, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has tendered his resignation to the Police Service Commission, ending weeks of speculation that a …

  • Child burns to death

    By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 0 Comments


    (Trinidad Express) – All that remained of six-year-old Khris Ramkhelawan were his burnt bones after the car in which the boy was a back-seat passenger …

  • BBC Caribbean News in Brief

    By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment


    Bleak outlook
    The Economist Intelligence Unit, a respected think tank, says economic conditions in the Caribbean may deteriorate further before they improve.
    It’s outlined a bleak but …

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