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December 30, 2010

Royal Caribbean crew tried to smuggle heroin, cocaine from Dominican Republic

Crew members on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship attempted to smuggle heroin and cocaine into Baltimore from the Dominican Republic, according to criminal complaints filed by US officials on Tuesday. According to accounts by agents of the Department…

December 29, 2010

New York governor grants pardons to Caribbean nationals

New York Governor David Paterson has granted pardons to 24 immigrants, including Caribbean…

December 29, 2010

Three Dominican Republic migrants arrested in Puerto Rico

Three citizens of the Dominican Republic appeared before federal District Magistrate Judge Marcos Lopez in Puerto Rico on Tuesday facing charges for violation of immigration law after entering illegally into the island. The three defendants are…

December 29, 2010

Haiti faces spike in HIV/AIDS

After Haiti's devastating earthquake nearly a year ago, volunteers and medical professionals scrambled to care for overwhelming medical needs. In the chaos, those helping the sick and injured may have unwittingly contributed to the spread of…

December 29, 2010

Cuba to boost coffee, cocoa and honey production

Cuban Agriculture Minister Gustavo Rodriguez said the government will grant loans to cooperatives in an effort to increase the production of coffee, cocoa and honey, which at the moment are bought in the international market. During the second…

December 29, 2010

Guyana rice industry records highest ever exports in 2010

The rice industry in Guyana recorded its highest export of 320,000 tonnes with a production of 360,000 for 2010, due to the input of farmers and technical and extension services, inclusive of water management by the Agriculture Ministry, despite…

December 24, 2010

Officials: 45 people lynched in Haiti amid cholera fears

At least 45 people, most of them voodoo priests, have been lynched in Haiti…

December 24, 2010

Controversial activists arrested in Guyana

Two controversial Guyanese, Mark Benschop, a social and political activist and Freddie Kissoon, a university lecturer and columnist of the Kaiteur News newspaper, who were arrested for two minor offences and were locked up for two nights, went on…

December 24, 2010

Trinidad public servants threaten to shut down country on January 4

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Public Service Association (PSA) Watson Duke has declared an intensified war on the government in the New Year. He said he had asked public servants to stop working on January 4 and he was calling for a…

December 24, 2010

Jamaica could ditch both Privy Council and CCJ

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has suggested the possibility of Jamaica establishing its own final Court of Appeal…