Caribbean

SAN JUAN, (AP):The United States Coast Guard says it has detained five men who were aboard a boat near Puerto Rico with US$190,000 in cash and 300 rounds of ammunition.The agency said in a statement last Friday that the unmarked boat was travelling...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): For political historians, 2011 has provided lots of fresh fodder.Never before in the history of the region have there been general elections in two Caribbean countries on the same date; coupled with a state of emergency ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) has condemned, "in the strongest possible terms", the police raid on the newsroom of a leading television station in search of evidence linked to an ongoing criminal investigation.

Syrian activists have called for massive street demonstrations today against President Bashar al-Assad, as Arab observers continue their mission.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - President Michel Martelly has extended condolences to the families of at least 38 Haitian migrants who died when their boat sank off Cuba on Christmas Eve.

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC):The United States says it is "disappointed" that the Trinidad and Tobago government had decided not to appeal a High Court ruling against extraditing two financiers of the ruling United National Congress (UNC) on fraud and laundering...

A Texas jury has awarded $150 billion to the family of a boy, who died of skin cancer 12 years after being set on fire and badly burnt.

A majority of the members of the Haitian Government are facing a 25 per cent reduction in pay over their failure to file their assets in accordance to the law.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC):The majority of the member of the government of Haiti face a 25 per cent reduction in pay over their failure to file their assets in accordance to the law.The director general of the Unit Fighting Corruption (ULCC), Amos...

GEORETOWN, Guyana (AP): A presidential adviser for Guyana's ruling party says he will be charged with assault following an election day altercation at a polling station.Odinga Lumumba said last Saturday that prosecutors recommend that he be charged with...

The CARICOM Secretariat says it is involved in a water, sanitation and hygiene project in support of the efforts by the Haitian authorities to deal with cholera outbreak.

ST GEORGE'S (CMC):A strike by workers at the Grenada Breweries Limited (GBL) is affecting local restaurants and bar owners who complain they are unable to stock up for the profitable Christmas season.Nearly 100 workers downed tools since Monday and...