SAN JUAN (AP):The mayor of Puerto Rico's capital says he'll sleep on a bus on the streets of San Juan to prove the city is safe. Jorge Santini says he and his family will spend several nights aboard a bus...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):A new report advises against the swift departure of a United Nations mission in Haiti despite debate over the peacekeeping force's eight-year presence.The International Crisis Group's study released yesterday noted that discussion...
MIAMI (AP):Forecasters say a tropical depression is speeding toward a chain of small, popular vacation islands in the Caribbean Sea.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said yesterday afternoon that the system formed in the Atlantic Ocean...
An organisation in Haiti is among 10 community-based organisations worldwide honoured for their innovative and outstanding community work in the response to the AIDS epidemic.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):The results of the secondary schools entrance examination sat by primary school students in May have been posted on the secret-spilling Wikileaks website a day ahead of their official release, prompting a police...
Heavy overnight rains and an overflow at the mouth of the Berbice River have left several homes and other buildings under water in parts of New Amsterdam near Guyana's Atlantic coast, 99 kilometres (62 miles) southeast of here.
SANTO DOMINGO (AP):One of the world's largest gold mining operations is about to open in the Dominican Republic, where the industry has a toxic legacy of pollution that stained rivers a searing red and failed to lift the fortunes of this largely poor...
SAN JUAN (AP):A federal prosecutor in Puerto Rico says a prominent jockey has been arrested on charges of failing to pay thousands of dollars in child support for two of his children.Julio Garcia is accused of owing more than $165,000 for support of two...
A rift in Grenada’s ruling National Democratic Congress appears set to widen as the government and the party announce separate events to celebrate the administration’s fourth anniversary.
The United States (US) Coast Guard says it has seized more than 3,800lb of cocaine, worth an estimated US$48 million, during a number of sting operations in the Caribbean Sea.
Former US president Bill Clinton is to leave Haiti today, following a visit during which he contributed US$2.6 million to the re-development of the country after the 2010 earthquake.
NASSAU (CMC):Law-enforcement officials said that more than US$40 million worth of marijuana had been discovered during a joint operation involving the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the Royal Bahamas Police Force Drug Enforcement Unit on the...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The International Press Institute (IPI) yesterday called for the abolition of 'insult laws' and criminal-defamation legislation in the Caribbean.In a declaration adopted during its 61st World Congress, IPI noted that media outlets...
WASHINGTON (CMC):A leading human-rights group here has warned that the United States Supreme Court's decision to uphold part of Arizona's immigrant law puts Caribbean and other immigrant families in Arizona and...
The Inter-American Development Bank is to finance a comprehensive, US$66 million project to improve Guyana’s main road network of nearly 4,000 kilometres.
A self-employed Bermudian mechanic has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting to import US$10 million worth of drugs and ammunition into Bermuda.
