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Possible criminal probe into ex TCI leader and ministers  
Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Michael Misick and four of his ministers could find themselves at the centre of a criminal investigation.
Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Michael Misick and four of his ministers could find themselves at the centre of a criminal investigation.
   Former Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Premier Michael Misick and four of his ministers could find themselves at the centre of a criminal investigation. That's one of the recommendations contained in the final report of a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of corruption by the former government.
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Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencerlamented that the promise made two years ago by the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Conference of Heads of Government, to execute a study to assess the socio-economic impact of the free movement of individuals in Antigua and Barbuda, has still not been fulfilled.(File Photo: UN) Antigua to end 'liberal' immigration policy
Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says his country can no longer continue its "liberal" immigration policy and has made it clear that, in absence of a promised study on the impact of free movement on his twin-island nation, it could also not expand the categories of workers who can move there under the Revised Treaty that established the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME).
Former Jamaica Prime Minister PJ Patterson, who was the Jamaican Prime Minister from 1992 to 2006, insisted that regional economic integration is an imperative: "There simply is no other way out, especially in these rough and perilous times," he said. (File photo) PJ Patterson receives CARICOM's highest order
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is being advised by one of the stalwarts of the regional integration movement to put an executive mechanism in place to drive the integration process forward.
Everett Christian was to begin as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Commission on Wednesday. The Baldwin Spencer Cabinet had announced last Thursday that Christian, Country Manager of the Antigua and Barbuda Investment Bank and head of the Antigua and Barbuda Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was chosen at the same time that it was decided that former FSRC boss, Leroy King, should be fired.(File photo) THANKS BUT NO THANKS: Top choice for Antigua regulator opts out
The man who was to fill the top spot at Antigua's Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) has bowed to public pressure over a potential conflict of interest and has decided not to take the job after all.
PAM leader Lindsay Grant (left) and his deputy Shawn Richards say they now only have St Kitts citizenship, after giving up their US citizenship earlier this week. St Kitts takes dual citizenship issue to parliament
The leader and deputy of St Kitts' Opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) have given up their United States citizenship, ahead of legislation that goes to the parliament today to deal with the dual citizenship issue.
Jamaica's Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw Jamaica parliament paves way for salary hikes for senior judges
Jamaica's parliament has approved a resolution cutting the link between salaries paid to high court judges and those for legal officers in the public service. The move frees government's hand to award increases to the higher judiciary, without the constraint of having to extend similar benefits to its legal officers.
The recovery of Haiti - justice system, health, education - should be planned over 10, 15, 20 years. We now have a good relationship within the region, with Argentina, Brazil and Chile, and it's a new paradigm for regional cooperation. They have their own interests, of course, but let's make the best of the opportunities that are offered to us. One on one with Haiti PM
Haitian Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis, who assumed office in September 2008, has presided over a stabilising of the security situation in the often politically unstable country, weathered the fallout and relief efforts after a trio of hurricanes killed at least 600 people last year and travelled both within Haiti and internationally to plead her government's case.
Thompson (pictured above right) has been strongly criticized by the country's Opposition, as well as others in the region including Guyana's president Bharrat Jagdeo (pictured above left) for his stance on illegal CARICOM nationals in Barbados. He has granted a six-month amnesty to those who have not regularized their status, making it clear that after the period is up, those who still remain illegally will be deported.(File photo) Barbados PM taking immigrant issue right to CARICOM heads

Barbados' Prime Minister David Thompson says he has no intention of backing down from his stance against undocumented, illegal and unchecked immigration at the upcoming Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders meeting, despite criticism over his position.
The UPP took a marginal victory in the polls, winning nine of the 17 seats. The ALP won seven, while the other was taken by the UPP-aligned Barbuda People's Movement. (File photo) Judge throws out challenges to election victories
The ruling United Progressive Party (UPP) has come out on top in an Antigua Labour Party (ALP) challenge to two of its election victories, but the Opposition also scored a victory when a judge said a case involving four other disputed seats would be heard in September.

 
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