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November 17, 2011

Study suggests homicides dropping in Haiti capital

Haiti's capital has seen a significant drop in homicide rates in…

November 10, 2011

Gov’t denies targeting PNP politicians in tax-dodgers hunt

The Government has rejected claims that it is using the tax…

November 10, 2011

Dispute continues between LIAT management and unions

A war of words has erupted between LIAT management and unions after talks on proposed job cuts failed to take place last Friday. Airline CEO Brian Challenger has rejected union claims that management was responsible for the breakdown in…

November 10, 2011

7 bodies found on sports field in Mexican village

Police say the naked bodies of six men and a woman have been found on an outdoor basketball court in northern Mexico. Police say the bodies, which bore signs of violence, were found in a village outside the city of Durango. The victims were…

November 10, 2011

St Lucia, Guyana in same day election

WHILE new Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness continues to keep alive speculations of a snap parliamentary poll, possibly before Christmas, the Prime Minister of St Lucia Stephenson King announced last Sunday a general election for November……

November 10, 2011

Chavez: navy detects submarine off Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez said yesterday that his navy detected a submarine in Venezuelan waters and that it quickly sped off. The submarine was detected on Tuesday near the Venezuelan island of La Orchila in the Caribbean north of Caracas, where…

November 9, 2011

Haiti cholera victims demand UN damages

Lawyers representing 5,000 cholera victims in Haiti are seeking hundreds of millions of…

November 9, 2011

Chinese looking to work closer

BARBADOS IS ONE OF THE FIRST countries in the Caribbean to have established diplomatic relations with China, and the Chinese government is prepared to work with Barbados to promote high-level exchanges between the two countries. This was…

November 9, 2011

Venezuela’s envoy slams critics of govt

In a Guardian exclusive, Venezuela’s Consul General in New York, Carol Delgado, hailed the newly-created Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) as a counter to the United States meddling in the region and its lopsided influence…

November 9, 2011

Mariela Castro Twitter debut sparks Cuba dissident spat

The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has made her debut on Twitter, only to be confronted by a dissident demanding free speech. Mariela Castro is the head of Cuba's sexual education institute and a supporter of gay rights on the island.…