Caribbean

St Lucia deputy Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre has been hospitalised, following complaints of being unwell.

BRIDGETOWN (CMC):A 22-year-old Trinidadian, Cornelius Neale, has been named the 2013 Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholar.Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave, the chairperson of the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, said...

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): A Commission of Inquiry probing the events of the 1990 unsuccessful coup against the Trinidad and Tobago government has formally written to the dire...

ST JOHN'S (CMC):A 28-year-old Jamaican woman faces the possibility of two years in jail if she fails to pay EC$36,000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) by the end of the week, after she was found guilty of smuggling...

HAVANA (AP):Adela Hernandez, a biologically male Cuban has lived as a female since childhood.

WASHINGTON (AP):An American imprisoned in Cuba for nearly three years is suing his former Maryland employer and the United States (US) government for US$60 million, saying they didn't adequately train him or disclose risks he was undertaking by doing development work on the Communist island.

The photo was also being circulated in Jamaica earlier this week and the local police issued a similar warning.

KINGSTON (CMC):Jamaica's Agriculture and fisheries minister, Roger Clarke, says substantial new resources, ideas and new ways of doing business are needed to address the challenges of climate change in the region.

HAVANA (AP):The United Nations yesterday announced a humanitarian aid mission to eastern Cuba in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, saying it could end up being the most damaging storm to hit that part of the island in 50 years.

SAN JUAN, (AP):A group of masked men kidnapped a six-year-old boy yesterday in a working class neighbourhood of the Puerto Rican capital, the FBI said.The four assailants fled with the child, identified as Alfry Infante Perez, in a grey Jeep Cherokee.

ST LUCIA CASTRIES, (CMC):St Lucia marked the second anniversary of the passage of Hurricane Tomas yesterday with Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony saying that October 30 must always remained etched in the minds of citizens."I urge St Lucians to take a...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States-based National Centre for State Courts (NCSC).