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U.S. District Judge David Hittner said the request could be argued at a pretrial hearing this week.
The attorneys said they cannot represent the accused competently because budget restrictions are hampering their effectiveness.
The Cruise Holidays 2012 Cruise Trends survey has found that Western Caribbean was the most popular destination overall, followed by Eastern Caribbean and the Southern Caribbean.
Expert witnesses for accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford have resigned because of non-payment, his attorneys have said.
Allen Stanford’s lead lawyer, Ali Fazel, says they are now reviewing their options.
A US judge will rule next week whether the January 23 trial of accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford would proceed as scheduled.
Lawyers for the Jamaican reggae artiste say the evidence against him was inconclusive and that he was the victim of entrapment.
The accused Ponzi schemer was declared competent to stand trial by prison doctors after he ended eight months of treatment in a North Carolina federal facility.
Dominica’s Patrick John has received the harshest sentence while other CFU officials have been banned for periods ranging from two months to seven days.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration said the implementation of the worker deployment ban has been put on hold for 90 days.
