Caribbean

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) says it is unable to identify any environmental reasons why more than 100 black vultures (Coragyps atratus) died in west Trinidad on Monday.The EMA said it is also working on the theory...

Opposition politicians have intensified their calls for Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar to dismiss Warner, who is also chairman of the ruling party, from her cabinet.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President Donald Ramotar says he is not in favour of an opposition request for an extension of the debate on the GUY$209.8 billion (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cents) budget and urged legislators to put aside their differences for the betterment of Guyana.

MIAMI (CMC): Seven young members of the internationally acclaimed National Ballet of Cuba have defected to the United States.

MIAMI (AP):More than 20 officers from Haiti's national police force are training in South Florida to combat drug trafficking in their Caribbean homeland.US State Department officials say 21 officers from the Haitian National Police Counternarcotics Unit...

Kaylan died on Saturday but the other babies are reported to be doing well at the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

GEORGETOWN (AP):Authorities in Guyana say 10 citizens have been selected to form part of a panel charged with helping improve the South American country's police force.National Security Minister Clement Rohee says...

Governor of the USVI warns that this could lead to a prolonged legal case that would be divisive and difficult to win and could inflict damage on the economies of the region.

A statement from the prime minister’s office gave no indication as to how long she would stay home.

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Interim president of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago, Suzanne Shepherd, yesterday expressed concerned at statements made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar that there were "rogue" journalists operating against her...

The court granted the appeal on the basis of qualified privilege.

The World Bank told the new government that it has been forced to take this action since seven loan repayments are more than 30 days overdue.