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Published:Tuesday | March 27, 2012 | 11:12 AM

A leading human rights group in the United States is urging the Cuban government to immediately halt repression aimed at silencing dissents before and during Pope Benedict the sixteenth’s visit .

Published:Monday | March 26, 2012 | 1:22 PM

The chief executive officer of the state-controlled Telecommunication Services of Trinidad and Tobago Roberto Peon has confirmed that he has resigned.

Published:Sunday | March 25, 2012 | 10:16 AM

Nevis Premier Joseph Parry has called for calm among citizens after a High Court ruled on Friday that the result for the St John’s District from last year’s Nevis Island Administration (NIA) elections

Published:Friday | March 16, 2012 | 9:03 AM

At least 35 people were reported injured when a minibus overturned on Thursday.

Published:Thursday | March 15, 2012 | 5:03 PM

Two men are now dead after a cargo plane on a bread-delivery run to several Caribbean islands, crashed into a lagoon shortly after take-off from Puerto Rico's Luiz Munoz Marin Airport.

Published:Tuesday | March 13, 2012 | 5:16 PM

An opposition legislator in St. Vincent is calling for new regulations after a Jamaican artiste refused to perform in the country last weekend because the show organiser was unable to meet his contrac

Published:Tuesday | March 13, 2012 | 11:49 AM

A Pakistani military tribunal has convicted two United Nations peacekeepers for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy.

Published:Tuesday | March 13, 2012 | 11:43 AM

Scores of people are missing after a ferry with some 200 people aboard sunk in a river in southern Bangladesh.

Published:Monday | March 12, 2012 | 3:08 PM

Jurors in the recent trial of convicted Texas financier Allen Stanford say his arrogance and greed, as well as compelling evidence by his former chief financial officer were primarily responsible for

Published:Sunday | March 11, 2012 | 11:16 AM

Cuban officials say a drug which is being hailed as a miracle treatment for cancer, will be made available there starting next week.

Published:Saturday | March 10, 2012 | 10:47 AM

A special prime ministerial sub-committee on cricket will sit with the West Indies Cricket Board to mediate in the ongoing dispute with the former West Indies captain Chris Gayle.

Published:Friday | March 9, 2012 | 3:12 PM

Despite being re-elected to the government Prime Minister of Belize Dean Barrow says he’s disappointed with the election victory.

Published:Wednesday | March 7, 2012 | 9:24 AM

A prominent Haitian banker has been killed in the capital of Port-au-Prince.

Published:Monday | March 5, 2012 | 9:10 AM

Former West Indies batsman Runako Morton has died in a car crash after colliding with a pole next to a Trinidad highway, police said Monday.

Published:Monday | March 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP):They cast snail shells to read their fortunes, proudly wear colourful necklaces to ward off illness, dress all in white and dance in "bata" drum ceremonies.

Published:Monday | March 5, 2012 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS (AP): Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez revealed Sunday that a new tumour recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same type of cancer as a baseball-sized growth extracted from that part of his body about eight months ago....

Published:Monday | February 27, 2012 | 2:02 PM

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday summoned the MPs of the People’s Partnership, local government representatives and senior party officials to a meeting at her home.

Published:Monday | February 27, 2012 | 1:29 PM

At least nine people have been killed after an alleged Taliban suicide car bomber detonated a bomb at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan.

Published:Saturday | February 25, 2012 | 12:34 PM

Regional education ministers are to meet in Suriname next week to hold discussions aimed at strengthening the role of teachers.

Published:Friday | February 24, 2012 | 4:31 PM

Government sources in Haiti are reporting that the prime minister Garry Conille has offered to resign.

Published:Friday | February 24, 2012 | 11:19 AM

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation has signalled that it intends to sue former FIFA vice president Jack Warner, to recover millions of dollars in funds.

Published:Monday | February 20, 2012 | 4:22 PM

Police in Antigua have launched a manhunt for the killers of a Dominican woman, who was shot during a robbery at a gas station over the weekend.

Published:Monday | February 20, 2012 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (CMC):A prominent Cuban dissident wants Pope Benedict XVI to use his power and visibility as a world leader to shine light on alleged human-rights abuses and political oppression in Cuba.Dr Oscar Elias Biscet told the United States (US) House...

Published:Monday | February 20, 2012 | 12:00 AM

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): Former Grenada Prime Minister George Brizan, a co-founder of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), died last Saturday at the General Hospital following a prolonged illness...

Published:Monday | February 20, 2012 | 12:00 AM

CHARLESTON, Nevis (CMC):Police in Nevis reported on Saturday that they had identified a "person of interest" in the February 9 robbery of United States (US) Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer while vacationing with his family and friends.

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