Caribbean

The Bermuda government says it will conduct an independent review of the prison service to address officers' safety concerns regarding a new breed of criminals.

MIAMI, CMC – A United States judge has awarded the largest amount of any US lawsuit filed against the Castro government in Cuba.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC):The United Nations humanitarian office in Haiti says more than 160 evacuation sites have been opened across the French-speaking Caribbean country as Haitians deal with the damage caused by Hurricane Irene on Tuesday...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Hurricane Irene, with winds of 100 miles per hour, lashed the northern coast of the Dominican Republic yesterday, as Haitians prepared themselves for the imminent landing of the first hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season....

GENEVA (AP):Nearly a half-century after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba is head of the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament.Cuba succeeded North Korea yesterday as chair of the world's main forum against nuclear arms that has been stalemated since it...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is concerned about the loss of lives in Libya as Colonel Muammar Gaddafi government battles rebel forces seeking to end his more than four decades in power.

St. Kitts main opposition People’s Action Movement has urged the Denzil Douglas government to follow the example of Trinidad and Tobago and implement a limited state of emergency to deal with the crime situation in the federation.

PORT OF SPAIN, CMC: Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Sunday night said that President George Maxwell Richards will issue a proclamation declaring a limited state of emergency in 'hot spots' ...

Sections of Antigua and Barbuda have been drenched after showers associated with Hurricane Irene lashed the island over the past 48 hours.

Sections of Trinidad and Tobago are under a state of emergency as the Government addresses an upsurge of murders in the country.

HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):An Air Canada flight from Toronto was struck by lightning as it approached Bermuda during a severe thunderstorm on Saturday, officials said.No one was injured and the flight landed safely during the storm which triggered...

HAVANA, Cuba (CMC):Supporters of Cuba's Ladies in White group say government supporters attacked more than 40 members in what they described as the worst violence against the Havana group since the Catholic Church interceded on their behalf last...