Caribbean

Persistent rains associated with the passage of Tropical Storm Ophelia have resulted in widespread flooding in Dominica.

Bermuda’s High Court judge Carlisle Greaves has sentenced convicted murderer Antonio Myers to a minimum of 30 years in jail after he was found guilty of murdering a rival gang leader.

The first in a series of Progressive Labour Party primaries has produced two upsets and more familiar faces of the ruling party may soon disappear from Bermuda's political scene.

There is news this morning that the health of former Belize Prime Minister George Price has worsened.

BELIZE CITY, Belize (CMC):Former Belize Prime Minister George Price, 92, is reported to be "brain dead", according to a senior official in the party he cofounded, but his family yesterday remained tight-lipped about his medical condition.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):The main opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), while promising free education up to secondary school, has backed away from stating its position on university tuition, the Demerara Waves online news...

Almost one year since she became St. Maarten’s first Prime Minister, Sarah Wescot-Williams says she has not ruled out full independence for the Dutch nation.

The United Nations Development Chief Helen Clark has warned that high levels of crime and insecurity, fuelled by organised gangsters, is threatening to undermine social and economic growth in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Brazilian Tourism Minister Pedro Novais has resigned over allegations that he misused public funds.

The Antigua and Barbuda government says it is working in collaboration with the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat to source funds for renewable energy projects within country.

St. Lucia’s Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet says promised aid to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States from Libya is now under threat, as a result of the continued efforts by rebel forces.

Tropical Storm warnings have been discontinued across the Leeward Islands as weather forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Maria could become a tropical depression or degenerate to a tropical wave