Caribbean

Haiti's presidential candidates have reiterated that they have no objection to the return of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide to the country.

The World Figure Skating Championships, set to take place in Japan March 21-27, have been postponed following the earthquake and tsunami.

The five candidates who were defeated in the first round of Haiti's presidential election say they believe pop singer Michel Martelly is the candidate most likely to promote democracy and development.

Former Guyana president, the late Janet Jagan has been named among the 16 most rebellious women in the world. The influential American publication, Time Magazine, said in a special publication that the Chicago-born Jagan followed her future husband, the late Dr Cheddi Jagan....

CASTRIES (CMC):As St Lucia braces for the possible fallout from an attack on three gay men from the United States, as they showered together in a cottage in the west-coast town of Soufriere, tourism officials...

The Cuban government has freed a jailed dissident who refused to go into exile in Spain as a condition for release.

The Joint Electoral Observation Mission of the Organisation of American States (OAS), and CARICOM has deployed 50 electoral observers in Haiti’s eleven electoral departments.

Member nations of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are being urged to press on with efforts to help lessen the time and cost taken to move goods within the regional grouping.

A jury in Puerto Rico has convicted a senator and a businessman of bribery.

DOMINICA (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said yesterday that the visit of the vice-head of Communist Party of China, Chen Fengxiang, underscores the growing friendly relations between Dominica and China.

ANTIGUA (CMC): The Antigua Trades and Labour Union (AT&LU) is calling on workers to turn out in large numbers for the planned 'National White March' today...

Barbados Culture Minister, Stephen Lashley, has issued an appeal to Barbadians to stop criticising Grammy-winning singer, Rihanna and instead embrace her as a daughter of the soil.