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March 9, 2011

In Haiti, officials promise fixes ahead of March runoff election

Inside a former gym turned elections headquarters, 120 operators field calls from confused Haitian voters needing to know where to cast their votes on election day. The 24-hour call center is among several fixes Haitian elections officials have…

March 9, 2011

Police kept busy during Trinidad carnival

The 2011 carnival celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago were very successful and on Monday nearly all the ministers and other lawmakers had their fun tramping on stage. The US Ambassador Beatrice Wilkinson Welters joined in the merrymaking,…

March 6, 2011

Extradition request flawed, insists Jamaican minister

Jamaican’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne,…

March 6, 2011

Caribbean leaders welcome move to settle border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela

Caribbean leaders have endorsed and welcomed the appointment of University of the West Indies (UWI) professor, Dr Norman Girvan, as personal representative of the secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel…

March 6, 2011

Guyana opposition presidential candidate agrees to coalition

Retired Brigadier David Granger, who was last weekend elected as the presidential candidate for Guyana’s main opposition People's National Congress Reform (PNCR), said he remains committed to his party's position to an opposition coalition to…

March 6, 2011

Cuba puts American on trial

The trial of an American telecommunications contractor started in Cuba on Friday. The contractor, Alan Gross, faces a possible 20-year sentence for what the Cuban government calls an "act against the integrity and independence" of the country.…

March 6, 2011

Jamaica’s 44 magistrates on strike for better remuneration and working conditions

Jamaica's 44 resident magistrates stayed off of the job on Thursday in a rare protest against working conditions, including security, and remuneration. The strike kept clerks of court across the island busy rescheduling cases and extending bail…

March 3, 2011

Nearly 260 Haitian migrants picked up at sea in Bahamas

Almost 260 Haitian migrants were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force…

March 3, 2011

Hundreds of Caribbean teachers in a quandary in New York

Hundreds of teachers who left the Caribbean several years ago to work in New York are now in a quandary, since they were misled when recruited by New York City schools. A BBC Caribbean report stated that promises of “green cards” (legal…

March 3, 2011

Protesters defy police at rally in Trinidad

Public servants in Port of Spain, Trinidad, defied the police and risked arrest on Tuesday when they formed a human barricade at the public entrance of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and later converged near the Parliament's entrance at…