Caribbean

The new leader of Trinidad and Tobago\'s United National Congress, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, may have a fight on her hands to become the country\'s parliamentary opposition leader.

St Kitts (AP): Thousands of islanders celebrated in the streets yesterday after an election gave Prime Minister Denzil Douglas' party a fourth consecutive term.

In St Kitts and Nevis, former Nevis Premier, Vance Amory was declared the winner of Constituency 10, as the first result in yesterday’s election was announced.

Heavily-armed police and soldiers were today called in to restore order in one of the constituencies being contested in the elections, in St Kitts & Nevis.

Voters in the twin island Federation of St. Kitts are to go to the polls today to elect a new government.

UNICEF Advisor, Jean Luc Legrand said the UN has already documented 15 cases where children have left hospitals and not with family members.

The Bermuda government has waived all airport and landing fees for planes stopping in the country en route to Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) disclosed yesterday that it has employed almost 400 Haitians to give the local economy a boost and swiftly deliver urgently needed humanitarian aid following the catastrophic...

NEW YORK (CMC):Days after the Obama administration granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to tens of thousands of Haitians living illegally in the United States, a Jamaican-born legislator is calling for "total amnesty" for the undocumented immigrants...

The Trinidad and Tobago government is moving to strengthen its anti-terrorist legislation.

Canada, (CMC):Canada will host an emergency meeting of countries that are leading the rescue effort in Haiti, as world leaders struggle to craft a longer-term plan for rebuilding the earthquake-ravaged country.Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said that...