SANTO DOMINGO (AP):Authorities in the Dominican Republic have seized more than 1,000 kilogrammes (2,200 pounds) of cocaine and heroin and arrested seven people.The director of the Caribbean country's National Drug Control Agency says the drugs were...
HAVANA (CMC): Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is on artificial respiration after undergoing a tracheotomy last week, according to reports out of Cuba.
BRIDGETOWN, (AP):Pop star Rihanna has given $1.75 million to a hospital in her Caribbean homeland of Barbados in memory of her late grandmother.Rihanna says the donation to buy three pieces of medical equipment...
Central Bank President Pedro Delgado, who is a cousin of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, apologised to the nation, the government and his family recently at a news conference.
Published:Wednesday | December 19, 2012 | 10:08 AM
ICE said Cadogan was sentenced to 151 months in a US federal prison for receiving child pornography, 120 months on two counts of possessing child pornography, and 36 months for false claim .
He agreed to call off his daily protest outside the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar last night, after holding talks with officials from the Joint Consultative Council.
In a letter sent to Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Take, Bird wrote that he wished to “demit office as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, effective immediately”.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, (CMC): Bahamas National Security Minister Dr Bernard J. Nottage has taken over the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE).
BELMOPAN, CMC: Six men, including four Belizean police officers, have been freed of drug-related charges after a Colombian plane laden with two tons of cocaine landed on a major highway in southern Belize two years ago.
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Environmentalist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh yesterday said he is prepared to end his 20-day-old hunger strike over the construction of a highway in south Trinidad on certain conditions even as a prominent attorney...
SAN JUAN (AP):The United States Department of Labour has filed a lawsuit against a banana company in Puerto Rico accusing its owners of paying workers less than the minimum wage.The government accuses Bananera Fabre of paying...
The island is observing the anniversary with the traditional military parade and the honouring some of its nationals for their contributions to the island’s development.
Former United States President Jimmy Carter (second right) and his wife, Rosalynn (right), visit a Habitat for Humanity project in Leogane, Haiti, on Monday.
THE VALLEY (CMC):Anguilla's Chief minister and minister of finance, Hubert Hughes, yesterday presented a budget of EC$193.1 million in the House of Assembly for the operation of the government ...
BULL BAY (AP):The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica's southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is at hand...
Reports say 26-year-old Jared Ranguy shot and killed his mother, Karen Skeen, his sister Teena and his 72-year-old step father, Robert Vellos Senior over the weekend.
