Caribbean

FLORIDA (CMC):The United States Coast Guard says the cutter, Confidence, had seized an estimated US$25 millions in drugs during a 56-day deployment in the southern Caribbean.It said the 210-foot cutter ...

BASSETERRE (CMC):Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas has called on two of his senior Cabinet ministers to either resign or be fired if they intend to vote against government policies and programmes."That is very, very constitutionally acceptable.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, who campaigned heavily in support of the Tobago Organisation of the People, has conceded defeat.

Nicolai Marfan, an airport employee, is alleged to have sent a message by telephone which was menacing in character on October 10 last year.

On Wednesday night, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas said though parliament would be dissolved, he would wait before announcing an election date so that more Grenadians of voting age could register.

In a national broadcast this evening Thomas said the delay in giving a date would allow Grenadians of voting age to register as all voter registration has to cease immediately after a date is declared

Facing what he describes as the largest fiscal deficit in the Caribbean, St Lucia's prime minister, Dr Kenny Anthony is preparing to address the nation on the economic challenges facing the island.

Antigua and Barbuda recorded its 10th murder for 2012 on Sunday after the body of a St. Vincent and the Grenadines national was found with gunshot wounds to the head.

HAVANA, Cuba (AP):Venezuela's vice-president arrived in Havana on Saturday in a sudden and unexpected trip to visit President Hugo Chávez as he recovers from cancer surgery...

ALTOS DE CHAVON, Dominican Republic (AP):Haiti's president performed a duet late Friday with Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias in a celebrity-studded concert in the Dominican Republic to help raise...

IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno, says despite the strong performance of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, the region needs to continue to pursue key reforms to ensure growth in the f

Neville Simon, 49, was accused of kicking, cursing and running away from the officer when he was being arrested.