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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…

March 3, 2011

PM says Trinidadians will hang opposition for not supporting ‘hanging bill’

Minutes after Trinidad and Tobago House Speaker Wade Mark announced the government's death penalty bill had "failed", Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the population would "hang the PNM" for not supporting the legislation. The bill…

March 3, 2011

Drug submarine sighted in Caribbean waters

There's more lamenting in the Caribbean over a decision by the British government to scale down its naval presence in the region, A BBC Caribbean Report stated on Tuesday that the Antigua and Barbuda National Security Minister, Dr Errol Cort,…

March 3, 2011

St Lucia also considering resumption of hanging

The leader of the opposition in St Lucia has responded to an invitation from the prime minister to work with the government to remove obstacles to hanging. BBC Caribbean reported that Prime Minister Stephenson King issued the invitation as the…

March 2, 2011

Golding may miss Manatt enquiry

PRIME Minister Bruce Golding is asking the Dudus/Manatt commission of enquiry to consider his…

March 2, 2011

Chinese military team in talks with Defence Force

  A six-member high-powered team from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is on a three-day visit to Trinidad and Tobago for discussions with the Defence Force. The team, headed by General Ma Xiaottian, Deputy Chief of General Staff, paid a…