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Tobago man charged in machete attack on UK couple
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8.7.2009 : 8:57 pm
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Police charged a 25-year-old man Friday with attempted murder in a machete attack on a British couple inside their home in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Fire kills 2 kids, leaves 12 homeless in Jamaica
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8.7.2009 : 4:43 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A fire has consumed a Jamaican tenement, killing two children and leaving about a dozen people homeless.
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2 alleged drug dealers die in Jamaica plane crash
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8.3.2009 : 7:20 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A small plane crashed in a sparsely populated industrial zone of Jamaica on Monday, killing two suspected drug traffickers on board.
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Jamaican policeman shot dead by gunmen, son hurt
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8.2.2009 : 6:19 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican police say an off-duty officer has been shot dead and his son wounded by gunmen who riddled their car with bullets.
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Cocaine cache seized in Jamaica
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8.2.2009 : 3:08 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican authorities say they have seized more than 35 pounds (16 kilograms) of cocaine concealed inside a shipping container from Panama.
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Grenada PM picks new attorney general
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8.2.2009 : 12:10 pm
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has appointed a legal officer for a political grouping of eastern Caribbean states to be the country's attorney general.
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Castro says Cuba to cut spending, communism secure
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8.1.2009 : 11:04 pm
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HAVANA -- Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a foundering economy.
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Grenada: Gov't reshuffle will not boost payroll
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8.1.2009 : 3:42 pm
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Grenada says a new lineup of government ministers will not result in a higher payroll, rejecting opposition claims that public salaries have become bloated.
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Cayman Islands to get Doppler weather radar system
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7.31.2009 : 6:08 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Cayman Islands is getting its first weather surveillance system to track hurricanes and other storms, and improve aviation safety.
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Cuba shuts factories, cuts energy to save economy
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7.31.2009 : 3:13 pm
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HAVANA -- It's hard to find a spare tire in Cuba these days, or a cup of yoghurt.
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Protesters scorn DomRep non-Catholic marriage view
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7.29.2009 : 7:25 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- More than 100 evangelists are demanding that the Dominican Republic recognize as civil marriages those performed outside the Catholic church.
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Officials say 3 miners die in Haiti landslide
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7.29.2009 : 6:51 pm
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PORT-OF-PRINCE, Haiti -- Authorities in Haiti say at least three miners died when part of a mountain collapsed near a poor neighborhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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Barbados bank says island economy is in recession
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7.29.2009 : 9:49 am
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The governor of the Barbados Central Bank says the Caribbean island's economy is in recession.
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Dozens missing after Haitian boat sinks; 15 dead
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7.28.2009 : 7:47 pm
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos -- Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants fleeing the poverty of their homeland.
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USVI judge orders new trial in American's slaying
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7.27.2009 : 7:09 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- A judge ordered a new trial Monday for a man convicted of killing a Pennsylvania man in this U.S. Caribbean territory because prosecutors suppressed exculpatory evidence.
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Rights groups say 2 Guyana suspects were tortured
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7.27.2009 : 5:21 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Two suspects detained for questioning about a fire that destroyed a government building in Guyana were severely beaten in custody, a human rights group charged Monday.
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Jamaica targets old mining grounds for crop use
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7.26.2009 : 4:17 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Jamaica says it has thousands more acres of former mining sites that can be converted into fields under a program aimed at boosting food production.
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Widow of Jamaica's first prime minister dies at 97
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7.26.2009 : 12:12 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Gladys Bustamante, the widow of Jamaica's first prime minister and a staunch supporter of women's and workers' rights, died Saturday. She was 97.
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Raul Castro says Cuba must put land to better use
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7.26.2009 : 11:12 am
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HOLGUIN, Cuba -- Raul Castro said Sunday that the global economic crisis means tougher times ahead for Cuba, but the country has no one to blame but itself for poor farm production that leads to frequent shortages of fruits, vegetables and other basics.
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Jamaica targets child pornography with new bill
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7.25.2009 : 6:20 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Legislators in Jamaica have tentatively approved a bill that would crack down on the possession, production and distribution of child pornography.
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Antigua probes loan repayment to Japanese company
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7.25.2009 : 2:14 pm
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- Antigua is investigating the repayment of a Japanese loan that was used to build a $33 million desalination and power plant.
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Suspect in killing of Guyana official dies in jail
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7.25.2009 : 1:34 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A suspected gang member accused of helping kill Guyana's former agriculture minister has died in custody, prompting suspicions he may have been poisoned and raising questions about the integrity of the South American country's judicial system
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US military to investigate arson in Guyana
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7.24.2009 : 3:39 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A U.S. military contingent on a humanitarian mission to Guyana is helping investigate a fire that destroyed the country's Health Ministry building.
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Guyana again scraps elections not held since '94
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7.24.2009 : 3:30 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana has scrapped plans for November municipal elections that would have been the first in 15 years.
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Judges sentences former DomRep bank director
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7.24.2009 : 2:47 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The president of a collapsed Dominican bank has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud and ordered to pay more than $82 million in compensation.
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Oxford press apologizes for 'maroon' definition
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7.24.2009 : 10:17 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Oxford University Press has apologized for not mentioning a band of eighteenth-century Jamaican freedom fighters in a dictionary definition for "maroon" — an entry one island official describes as a national insult.
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Antigua financial regulatory commission seeks help
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7.23.2009 : 8:38 pm
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- Antigua's troubled financial regulatory commission is seeking assistance from a regional agency that targets and helps prevent money laundering.
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Jamaica cop detained after woman accidentally shot
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7.23.2009 : 8:32 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A police officer in Jamaica has been detained after authorities said he accidentally shot a woman while playing with his gun in a barber shop.
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Turkish company to open Guyana's first casino
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7.23.2009 : 4:13 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A Turkish company will build Guyana's first casino by October, a spokesman said Thursday.
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Group alleges Dominican cops use onions to torture
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7.22.2009 : 7:32 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police in the Dominican Republic have been seizing people off the streets and torturing them by choking them with onions to obtain information about crimes, a human rights group alleged Wednesday.
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Heavy storms kill 1, flood 200 homes in DomRep
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7.22.2009 : 2:26 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A heavy storm moving across the Caribbean has killed a man in the Dominican Republic and damaged some 200 homes.
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Body of missing pilot found in Puerto Rican river
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7.21.2009 : 4:58 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Authorities in Puerto Rico have found the body of a pilot who went missing during a solo flight over the weekend, but there is no sign of his airplane.
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Amnesty says police killings rising in Jamaica
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7.21.2009 : 12:06 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- An increase in fatal shootings by police is setting back efforts to curb violence and build faith in the Caribbean nation's justice system, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
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Gays live _ and die _ in fear in Jamaica
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7.19.2009 : 9:21 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors.
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Jamaica police detain 7 in lotto scam probe
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7.19.2009 : 3:37 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police in Jamaica say they have detained seven people involved in a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that targets Americans.
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Jamaica cops surround community following violence
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7.19.2009 : 2:46 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Dozens of police have been dispatched to an impoverished Jamaican community due to a resurgence in gang violence.
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Grenada lawyer calls for juvenile offender prison
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7.19.2009 : 2:01 pm
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- A leading criminal attorney on the island of Grenada is calling for the government to build a prison for juvenile offenders.
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Cuba state media detail Spanish priests' slayings
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7.19.2009 : 1:05 pm
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HAVANA -- A church statement with details about the slaying of two priests was published Sunday by Cuba's Communist Party youth newspaper — an unusual step in a country where state-controlled media rarely report on religion or common crime.
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Dominican officer detained in fatal shooting of 2
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7.19.2009 : 11:36 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A prosecutor in the Dominican Republic says a police officer has been detained in the killings of two people who were protesting the country's rolling blackouts.
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Jamaican pastor accused of molesting 2 boys
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7.18.2009 : 5:43 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A high school principal in Jamaica has been accused of sexually molesting two boys who lived with him.
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ATF left US Virgin Islands after disputed shooting
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7.17.2009 : 6:05 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A federal law enforcement agency pulled its agents out of the U.S. Virgin Islands last year after a fatal shooting that led to charges against one of its officers, officials confirmed Friday.
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Alleged killer of Bahamas designer faces retrial
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7.17.2009 : 5:36 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- A jury in the Bahamas has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused murdering a handbag designer whose creations were popular with celebrities.
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2 killed during protest over Dominican blackouts
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7.17.2009 : 3:54 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Protesters in the Dominican Republic are blaming police for the death of two people, including a 13-year-old, during clashes over rolling blackouts.
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Puerto Rico police kill shooting suspect
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7.17.2009 : 2:33 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police in Puerto Rico say they killed a man hours after he fatally shot a truck driver in the island's western region.
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Cuba honors 2nd Spanish priest slain in 5 months
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7.17.2009 : 12:37 pm
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HAVANA -- Mourners packed the pews at Cuba's National Cathedral and wiped away tears on Friday as they honored the Rev. Mariano Arroyo, the second Spanish priest killed on the island in five months.
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Eridania Suisse deal helps Jamaica sugar estates
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7.16.2009 : 1:56 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A deal with an Italian-owned company will keep several of Jamaica's debt-ridden sugar estates running until the government finds a buyer for them, the agriculture minister said Thursday.
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2 missing boys found in Bahamas after 5 weeks
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7.15.2009 : 7:56 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Two young boys who were reported missing more than a month ago in the Bahamas have reappeared, saying they were trapped in a cave, but police said Wednesday they planned to question them about the story.
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Jamaica official resigns amid probe of UK firm
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7.15.2009 : 10:14 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A Jamaican government minister has stepped down because he was mentioned in a U.K. corruption probe, but he vows to clear his name.
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Sotomayor is mum on PR statehood vs. independence
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7.15.2009 : 1:59 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wrote as a Princeton undergraduate that she supported independence for Puerto Rico — a radical, fringe position, even today.
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Guyana and Venezuela to restart border talks
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7.13.2009 : 8:54 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana and Venezuela will soon restart talks aimed at settling a long-running border dispute.
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4 St. Vincent police face brutality charges
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7.13.2009 : 11:36 am
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KINGSTOWN St. Vincent -- Four patrolmen in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have been charged with using excessive force to restrain two teenage robbery suspects, the latest in a series of police abuse allegations across the tiny island chain in recent months.
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Jamaica cop accused of raping officer faces trial
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7.12.2009 : 1:55 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A police officer in Jamaica will stand trial on charges of raping a female colleague.
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Jamaica police seize nearly 600 kilos of marijuana
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7.12.2009 : 1:18 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police in Jamaica have detained five men after seizing more than 1,300 pounds (590 kilograms) of marijuana in a rural southwestern parish.
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Haiti resumes search for bodies after ferry sinks
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7.12.2009 : 12:40 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian officials say local fisherman have resumed searching for victims of a ferry that capsized along the southern coast, killing at least five people.
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Jamaica pastor sentenced in orphanage abuse case
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7.11.2009 : 12:39 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A pastor accused of sexually molesting a boy at an orphanage has received a 12-month suspended sentence.
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Slain US woman's ex, widower arrested in Guyana
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7.11.2009 : 12:18 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Police in Guyana have detained the ex-husband and the widower of a slain U.S. woman who was allegedly the target of an extortion plot.
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2 men in St. Lucia face new trial in church deaths
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7.10.2009 : 6:41 pm
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- Two men who were sentenced to hang for setting worshippers on fire and killing a priest and a nun during a New Year's Eve Mass will be retried, a prosecutor said Friday.
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Bermuda rejects cruise ship gaming bill
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7.10.2009 : 4:39 pm
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HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Bermuda lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have allowed cruise ship passengers to play gaming machines on vessels making port calls at night in the British Atlantic territory.
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Canada tells its tourists that Haiti is safer
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7.10.2009 : 1:36 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Canada is relaxing its Haiti travel advisory because of improving security in the impoverished Caribbean nation.
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Jamaica budget shortfall halts highway project
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7.10.2009 : 10:23 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A budget crunch in Jamaica has halted construction of a highway to link the capital with the Caribbean island's rural parishes.
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'Bounty Killer' turns himself in to Jamaica police
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7.9.2009 : 10:44 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican rapper Bounty Killer has turned himself in after police accused him of assaulting a man outside a nightclub.
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Caribbean struggles to recover from '08 hurricanes
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7.9.2009 : 10:42 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Caribbean is still struggling to recover from last year's hurricanes, with crews scrambling to rebuild homes and replant crops as the region faces a new season of storms.
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Cemex fined $32K for alleged tax evasion scheme
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7.9.2009 : 2:27 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Dominican customs authorities have fined cement producer Cemex $32,000 for allegedly scheming to avoid paying fuel taxes.
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New Zealand man shot to death in Jamaica robbery
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7.8.2009 : 7:54 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police in Jamaica say they are investigating the fatal shooting of a New Zealand man during a street robbery.
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3 PR cops accused in fatal, drug-tied carjacking
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7.8.2009 : 7:44 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Three police officers are among a dozen people charged in a deadly carjacking in which thieves posed as federal agents and staged a fake traffic stop to steal cocaine from a driver, authorities said Wednesday.
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Bahamas man questioned in US woman's killing
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7.8.2009 : 4:38 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Bahamian police said Wednesday that charges are imminent for a 22-year-old Nassau man held in the slaying of a Florida woman whose badly decomposed body was found in a plastic bag along a road
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Bermuda makes 2nd arrest in Emerald fraud probe
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7.8.2009 : 12:55 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Bermuda police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a fraud investigation involving an offshore investment group in this wealthy mid-Atlantic British enclave, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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Faith healer remains free on bail in Jamaica
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7.7.2009 : 6:28 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A New York-based Pentecostal faith healer has received a bail extension in his native Jamaica, almost a month after being charged with sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.
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Dominica PM campaigns against island's brain drain
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7.6.2009 : 6:06 pm
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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Dominica's prime minister is urging his country's best and brightest to stop pursuing jobs elsewhere and stay on the island, one of the Caribbean's poorest nations.
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In Puerto Rico, Austrialian enters not guilty plea
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7.6.2009 : 3:23 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An Australian man has pleaded not guilty to federal sex offense charges after being arrested at a hotel in Puerto Rico with a 14-year-old girl.
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Local elections in Trinidad face possible delay
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7.5.2009 : 3:41 pm
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad officials say they hope to delay local elections for a fourth consecutive year to overhaul the municipal system.
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Jamaica official charged for son's death in car
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7.4.2009 : 5:18 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police in Jamaica say they have charged an elected official with manslaughter for allegedly leaving his 5-year-old son alone in a car. The boy died when the inside of the locked vehicle overheated.
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Cayman Islanders still seek help after '08 storm
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7.4.2009 : 4:07 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The Cayman Islands has raised about half the money it says it needs to rebuild homes destroyed by a Category 4 hurricane last year.
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Bermuda to disclose tax information to Germany
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7.4.2009 : 1:51 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Bermuda has agreed to share tax information with Germany in another bid to distance itself from its tax haven status.
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Venezuela eyes 49 pct stake in Dominican refinery
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7.3.2009 : 8:49 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Dominican Republic is selling a large share of its oil refinery to Venezuela.
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Ruling favors Antiguan receiver in Stanford case
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7.3.2009 : 6:13 pm
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ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank won control Friday of assets in the U.K. worth more than $100 million, a defeat for a U.S.-appointed receiver in an ongoing fight over jurisdiction in the case.
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Spiritual bath catches fire, burns Puerto Rican
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7.3.2009 : 3:34 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A self-described spiritual healer accidentally dropped a candle into a tub where a client was bathing in alcohol Friday, leaving her with burns over half her body, police said.
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Convicted child molester gets 155 years in USVI
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7.2.2009 : 8:06 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A convicted child molester with a knack for eluding authorities was sentenced to 155 years for sexually abusing two boys, including a prepubescent youngster whom he was living with in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said Thursday.
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4 killed in drive-by shooting at Jamaica nightclub
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7.2.2009 : 2:58 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican police say a drive-by shooting has left four people dead at a nightclub outside the capital.
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Former Turks and Caicos PM faces criminal probe
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7.2.2009 : 2:28 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- British officials looking into corruption allegations in the Turks and Caicos Islands have called for a criminal investigation of Premier Michael Misick, authorities said Thursday.
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Amphibious bus crash injures 30 tourists in USVI
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7.1.2009 : 8:59 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- An amphibious tour bus veered off a road Wednesday, injuring about 30 cruise ship passengers who were taking a shore excursion in the U.S. Virgin Islands, police said.
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Cocaine-laden plane crashes off Dominican; 1 dies
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7.1.2009 : 12:18 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A small plane carrying 265 pounds (120 kilograms) of cocaine plunged into the ocean and killed one person, Dominican authorities said Wednesday.
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Hovensa refinery in USVI dismisses 270 workers
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6.29.2009 : 11:56 am
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- The Hovensa oil refinery has dismissed 270 contract workers in response to the global economic downturn, a company spokesman said Monday.
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Puerto Rico police: Toll from stray bullets rises
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6.28.2009 : 8:09 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rican authorities say the toll from stray bullets has spiked sharply across the violence-wracked U.S. island, with about a dozen bystanders killed or wounded in recent days.
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Cayman Islands police seize marijuana cache
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6.28.2009 : 2:06 pm
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Cayman Islands police say a drug raid in the capital has netted nearly 200 pounds (90 kilograms) of marijuana.
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2 Bermuda cities to lose municipal governments
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6.27.2009 : 4:53 pm
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HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Bermuda plans to dissolve the local governments that run two main municipalities because it says the framework is outdated.
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USVI governor submits lean budget amid crisis
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6.27.2009 : 3:31 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands says he was late in submitting an $854 million budget because of the strain on the local economy.
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Australian charged with sex offense in Puerto Rico
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6.25.2009 : 5:42 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An Australian man authorities say was arrested at a hotel in Puerto Rico with a teenage girl has been charged with federal sex offenses.
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Small Caribbean bar owner honored by British queen
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6.25.2009 : 5:12 pm
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -- Queen Elizabeth II has made the unofficial patriarch of an idyllic Caribbean island a Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Sarkozy visits French Caribbean territories
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6.25.2009 : 5:01 pm
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FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Martinique Thursday as part of a two-day trip to French Caribbean territories whose economies were paralyzed earlier this year by violent strikes.
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New search set for missing US woman in St Maarten
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6.24.2009 : 9:59 pm
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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- Investigators are preparing to launch an extensive underwater search for an American woman who vanished more than 17 months ago in this Dutch Caribbean territory.
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Puerto Rico tackles decades-old status issue
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6.24.2009 : 5:32 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A decades-old quest to define Puerto Rico's status once and for all has been renewed.
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Jamaica sells 2 debt-ridden sugar estates
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6.24.2009 : 4:40 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica sold two debt-ridden sugar estates for $2 million and continues to seek buyers for three, the agriculture minister said Wednesday.
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Puerto Rico considers cell phone ban for drivers
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6.24.2009 : 10:42 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico may soon join a handful of U.S. states in banning hand-held cell phones for drivers.
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13-year-old girl charged with murder in St Lucia
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6.23.2009 : 4:54 pm
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- A 13-year-old girl in St. Lucia has been charged with murder in a barroom stabbing, police said Tuesday.
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USVI sues gaming company for overdue taxes
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6.22.2009 : 11:34 am
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- The U.S. Virgin Islands sued a gaming company on Monday for allegedly failing to pay taxes on lucrative video lottery machines for nearly six years.
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Haitians mostly ignore Senate run-off elections
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6.21.2009 : 7:18 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitians fed up with chronic poverty and unresponsive leaders stayed away from Senate run-off elections Sunday, ignoring government efforts to improve on the paltry voter turnout that undercut the first round of voting in April.
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2 Guyana gov't agencies adopt smoke-free policy
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6.20.2009 : 2:38 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Two government agencies in Guyana are agreeing to ban smoking in the workplace as the South American country encourages smoke-free zones.
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USVI juror charged with bribery, contempt
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6.20.2009 : 12:21 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal officials say a juror in the U.S. Virgin Islands is accused of demanding cash to acquit an Illinois car dealer charged with tax-evasion, conspiracy and wire fraud.
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USVI monitors cell phone use of emergency workers
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6.19.2009 : 6:36 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- This U.S. territory has begun monitoring the use of cell phones and other electronic devices by emergency workers after grisly pictures appeared on the Internet showing the body of a teenage carnival queen killed in a car wreck.
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Antigua: 2 to stand trial for Welsh couple killing
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6.19.2009 : 3:32 pm
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ST. JOHN'S, Antigua -- Two men accused of killing a British couple on the last day of their honeymoon were ordered Friday to stand trial.
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Student protesters in Haiti burn UN police car
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6.17.2009 : 10:38 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Student demonstrators attacked and burned a U.N. police vehicle in the Haitian capital on Wednesday, adding to security concerns ahead of this weekend's scheduled Senate elections.
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NY minister faces sex-abuse charges in Jamaica
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6.17.2009 : 10:31 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A New York-based Pentecostal faith healer who has led crusades around the world was charged Wednesday with sexually abusing a teenage girl in his native Jamaica.
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Trinidad judge bars aluminum smelter construction
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6.17.2009 : 5:40 pm
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- A judge has suspended the government's construction of an aluminum smelter on this Caribbean island, a potential victory for environmentalists and residents who feared for their health.
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Cops: Puerto Rican returns 88 panties to neighbor
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6.17.2009 : 11:54 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico police say they have arrested a man accused of snatching 88 pieces of underwear from a neighbor's clothesline.
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Jamaica ruling party keeps majority in parliament
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6.17.2009 : 9:41 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica's ruling party has held on to its slim majority in parliament after a by-election that was prompted by a legislator's dual citizenship.
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FBI, DEA seize property from Puerto Rico warehouse
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6.16.2009 : 7:48 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal authorities have raided a warehouse in Puerto Rico and seized millions of dollars in items as part of a drug-trafficking probe.
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Montserrat gov't dissolved, new elections planned
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6.16.2009 : 5:59 pm
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OLVESTON, Montserrat -- The government of the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat was dissolved Tuesday, as its British governor called for new elections two years ahead of schedule at the request of the prime minister.
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Lightning kills DomRep farmer, injures 4 others
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6.16.2009 : 1:36 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A bolt of lightning has killed a farmer in the Dominican Republic and injured four others who were huddled underneath a tree.
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Jamaica arrests 3 suspected in lottery scams
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6.15.2009 : 4:35 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican police have arrested three men suspected of involvement in lottery scams targeted at Americans.
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Jamaica cop charged after 3 die in car crash
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6.14.2009 : 4:03 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican authorities say a police officer has been charged with dangerous driving after three people died in a car crash.
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Guyana pays debt to help end garbage-worker strike
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6.13.2009 : 12:42 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Garbage collectors in Guyana are expected to end a nearly weeklong strike after local officials received $350,000 in outstanding property taxes from the government to pay the workers.
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Protests, clashes precede Haiti senate elections
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6.12.2009 : 8:56 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A bystander was killed in a clash between rival Haitian political parties this week, adding to growing concerns about potential violence ahead of next week's Senate elections, police said Friday.
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900 pounds of Jamaican marijuana seized near Haiti
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6.11.2009 : 2:41 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Police say they have seized nearly 900 pounds (400 kilograms) of marijuana from a Jamaican boat off Haiti's south coast.
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UN expert says Haitian children working as slaves
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6.10.2009 : 7:51 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A U.N. human rights expert says Haiti is suffering a "modern form of slavery" in the widespread use of children as house laborers.
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Air Jamaica receives $8M loan, faces privatization
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6.10.2009 : 2:07 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica has approved an $8 million loan for the island's national carrier as the deadline for privatizing it nears.
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DomRep bars consecutive presidential re-elections
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6.10.2009 : 11:03 am
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The president of the Dominican Republic cannot seek re-election when his term ends in three years.
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Eastern Caribbean awaits Libyan embassy, bank
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6.9.2009 : 12:31 pm
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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent -- A Libyan official says the country plans to open an embassy and a bank on an eastern Caribbean island that has not yet been identified.
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Guyana garbage collectors demand $250K in back pay
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6.9.2009 : 11:45 am
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Garbage collectors in the South American country of Guyana have gone on strike to demand $250,000 in back pay.
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Miners to aid Guyana corruption probe
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6.8.2009 : 8:35 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana has ferried a group of miners from the remote northwest to the South American country's capital to aid an investigation into corruption among military and police officials, officials said Monday.
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Police: Carnival queen dies in USVI car crash
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6.8.2009 : 5:24 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- A teenager who was crowned queen of the U.S. Virgin Islands' carnival season died early Monday in a single-car crash a few hours after graduating from high school.
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Daughter of ex-governor wins election in PR
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6.7.2009 : 7:35 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The daughter of an ex-governor has won a special election to fill a Senate seat vacated by a once-prominent lawmaker who pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges.
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Dominica PM brushes off calls for resignation
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6.7.2009 : 6:24 pm
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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Dominica's leader is brushing off opposition calls for his resignation amid a dustup over his government's purchase of trash bins for the capital's city council last year.
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Caribbean islands renew catastrophe insurance pool
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6.7.2009 : 4:22 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Caribbean governments have renewed policies in an insurance pool that triggers payouts of emergency cash to regional islands after devastating hurricanes or earthquakes.
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Guyana drafts bill to stem rise in sexual abuse
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6.6.2009 : 1:35 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Guyanese officials are finalizing a bill that they say would better protect children and disabled people from sexual abuse.
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Boy, 10, shot by police during Haiti protest
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6.5.2009 : 8:59 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A 10-year-old boy was injured Friday when police fired warning shots to control a protest.
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Puerto Rico protesters target government layoffs
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6.5.2009 : 7:02 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Thousands of Puerto Ricans are marching in the island's capital to protest government layoffs aimed at closing a budget deficit.
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Public workers call off 8-day strike in St Lucia
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6.5.2009 : 5:54 pm
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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Public workers in St. Lucia are ending an eight-day strike after resolving a dispute over pay increases.
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Homeless man beheaded in latest Suriname attack
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6.5.2009 : 5:47 pm
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A homeless man was beheaded in Suriname's poverty-stricken capital, police said Friday, the latest in a series of attacks on poor vagrants that has left roughly a dozen dead since 2006.
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Boy, 11, fatally stabbed in Jamaican juvenile home
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6.5.2009 : 3:42 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican authorities have detained a teenager for allegedly stabbing an 11-year-old to death at a juvenile home.
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30 cow carcasses found in PR, floods blamed
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6.5.2009 : 3:24 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Authorities in Puerto Rico have found the carcasses of nearly 30 cows floating near a river mouth in the island's western coastal region.
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Haiti police fire shots to deter protest; 1 hurt
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6.4.2009 : 4:38 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Police fired tear gas and gunshots Thursday to deter protesters in Haiti's capital, and at least one student was wounded.
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US tourist drowns in Virgin Islands
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6.4.2009 : 12:43 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A U.S. woman vacationing in the Caribbean apparently has drowned and another is missing in Bahamas.
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4 Jamaican officers detained in kidnapping
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6.4.2009 : 11:15 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican authorities have detained four police officers in connection with the alleged abduction of two men who have never been found.
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Guyana soldiers accused of stealing gold on patrol
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6.4.2009 : 10:50 am
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's military says it has detained a lieutenant and three soldiers for allegedly raiding a mining camp and stealing large amounts of gold and cash.
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Grenada to repeal law that exposed protected land
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6.3.2009 : 1:53 pm
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- A prominent Grenadian legislator filed a proposal Wednesday to repeal a law allowing the government to strip protected areas and landmarks of their designation.
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Chinese miner orders Guyana layoffs amid crisis
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6.3.2009 : 11:35 am
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A Chinese mining company says it is laying off dozens of workers at its Guyana mines as the global economic crisis slows demand for bauxite.
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Judge orders USVI to improve prison conditions
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6.3.2009 : 9:40 am
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- A federal judge has given the U.S. Virgin Islands government one year to improve conditions at two correctional facilities in St. Thomas.
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Guyana to buy generators with Venezuelan help
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6.2.2009 : 11:54 am
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana is tapping Venezuela's Petrocaribe fund to buy $30 million in generators and help end rolling blackouts.
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Puerto Rico man gets 105 years in tourist killing
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6.1.2009 : 3:29 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A Puerto Rico judge sentenced the son of a convicted killer to 105 years in prison Monday for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a pregnant Georgia tourist who made a desperate phone call to her fiance from the trunk of her assailant's car.
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4.6 quake hits north of Virgin Islands; no damage
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6.1.2009 : 10:01 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Seismologists say an earthquake has struck north of the Virgin Islands but no injuries or damage have been reported.
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New legal battle in Guantanamo
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5.31.2009 : 8:53 pm
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A session of the Guantanamo war crimes court that began Sunday will likely show the difficulties President Barack Obama faces in changing the system and closing the prison by January.
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Barbados set to offer immigration amnesty
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5.31.2009 : 4:33 pm
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- This prosperous Caribbean island is preparing to launch an amnesty for immigrants from the region.
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2 French men found near Dominica after boat blaze
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5.30.2009 : 3:31 pm
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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Authorities in Dominica say they have rescued two French men off the northern coast of the tiny Caribbean island after their catamaran caught on fire.
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Jamaica taps high schoolers for emergency response
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5.30.2009 : 12:22 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Jamaica is training hundreds of high schoolers to help in emergencies as part of a $1 million plan to bolster the island's disaster management agency.
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PR judge dismisses suit by widow accused in death
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5.29.2009 : 8:56 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A judge in Puerto Rico has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the widow of a slain Canadian businessman seeking millions from his estate.
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Court orders Curacao oil refinery to cut pollution
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5.29.2009 : 3:36 pm
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- A court has ordered a Curacao refinery run by Venezuela's state-owned oil company to cut pollution or face heavy fines, a victory for activists who have complained for years about the thick haze of smoke that often blankets the capital in the Dutch Caribbean island.
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USVI names new police chief amid rise in killings
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5.28.2009 : 5:53 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands appointed a new police chief Thursday amid criticism that the department has failed to stem an increase in killings.
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2 die after helicopter crashes in DomRep
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5.28.2009 : 5:05 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A pilot and passenger aboard a helicopter owned by a former presidential candidate died after the aircraft crashed in the Dominican Republic.
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PR ex-gov grants 1st interview, plans at book
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5.28.2009 : 12:25 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's former governor says he plans to write a book about his four years in office — but not the corruption case that followed.
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Fired police chief sues Cayman Islands
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5.27.2009 : 9:27 pm
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- A fired police commissioner has filed a wrongful termination suit against the Cayman Islands governor and other officials, and is threatening to divulge "extraordinary revelations" about the British Caribbean territory at a trial.
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Bahamas reports 5 percent drop in tourist arrivals
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5.27.2009 : 4:52 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Tourist visits to the Bahamas have decreased by nearly 5 percent this fiscal year as the global recession batters the vast Atlantic archipelago's key industry, the prime minister announced Wednesday.
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PR mortgage company probed for alleged $19M fraud
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5.27.2009 : 1:31 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal authorities raided the offices of a Puerto Rico mortgage company Wednesday to investigate an alleged fraud totalling nearly $20 million.
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Canadian businessman killed in southern Haiti
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5.26.2009 : 7:07 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian police are investigating the slaying of a 74-year-old Canadian citizen who was working as a mango exporter.
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Bermuda premier wants more police after shootings
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5.26.2009 : 4:13 pm
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HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Bermuda's premier is urging the British territory's London-appointed governor to deploy more police patrols following a series of drive-by shootings that killed a 27-year-old man and injured three others last weekend.
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Police: Apparent murder-suicide in USVI
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5.25.2009 : 9:14 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Police in St. Croix say a woman and man are dead after an apparent murder-suicide.
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St. Vincent group alleges brutality by police
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5.25.2009 : 3:43 pm
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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent -- A human-rights watchdog group in St. Vincent and the Grenadines accused the Caribbean island chain's police commanders Monday of failing to hold officers accountable for alleged brutality.
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US-Cuba thaw may mean compensation for lost assets
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5.24.2009 : 8:21 pm
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HAVANA -- After 47 years, Mario Sanchez's memory of the house near the Havana Zoo where he was born has faded. But he has not forgotten the address, and can look at the roof using satellite imaging on his computer at his Florida home, 370 kilometers (230 miles away) away.
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Jamaica PM orders investigation of deadly fire
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5.24.2009 : 3:45 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica's prime minister has appointed a commission to investigate a fire that killed five teenage girls at a juvenile lockup.
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4.7 quake east of Barbados shakes island
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5.24.2009 : 1:00 pm
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- A moderate earthquake has struck off Barbados.
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Med students clash with UN, police in Haiti
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5.23.2009 : 7:28 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A protest over curriculum changes at a Haitian medical school has escalated into a clash with police and U.N. peacekeepers.
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St. Vincent opposition wants police shooting probe
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5.23.2009 : 6:12 pm
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KINGSTON, St. Vincent -- The head of St. Vincent's political opposition called Saturday for an independent investigation into the fatal shootings of three fugitives by regional police.
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Guyana president approves first drunk-driving law
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5.22.2009 : 8:56 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The South American country of Guyana has approved its first-ever drunk driving law.
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Barbados names gov't offices for US attorney gen
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5.22.2009 : 8:45 pm
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's visit to Barbados is only for three days, but his name will remain even after he leaves.
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Shooting in Jamaica injures Canadian tourist
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5.22.2009 : 7:16 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A gunman shot up a minivan full of Canadians driving into Jamaica's gang-ridden capital, police said Friday. One of the tourists suffered minor injuries from flying glass.
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New constitution approved for Cayman Islands
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5.22.2009 : 6:21 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Voters in Cayman Islands have approved a new constitution that would allow the territory to gain more autonomy from Britain.
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PR judge sentences 3 in federal corruption case
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5.22.2009 : 5:31 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Two former associates of Puerto Rico's ex-governor have avoided prison sentences after pleading guilty in a corruption case. A third will face about a year behind bars.
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St. Lucia PM blames crisis for small wage increase
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5.22.2009 : 5:18 pm
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- St. Lucia's prime minister says the island is facing an economic crisis and the government cannot increase wages as promised.
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Trinidad blames jet fuel problem on bad equipment
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5.22.2009 : 11:21 am
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad is blaming faulty fuel processing equipment for causing flight delays that affected hundreds of passengers this week.
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Voters opt for new government in Cayman Islands
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5.21.2009 : 7:47 pm
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Voters ousted the Cayman Islands sitting government, choosing an opposition party to lead the British territory through volatile economic times, according to official parliamentary election results released Thursday.
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3 Haitians plead guilty in American's kidnapping
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5.21.2009 : 6:29 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Three Haitian men have pleaded guilty to federal U.S. charges in the 2006 kidnapping of two teenage girls, one of them an American citizen, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Human 'mules' haul coveted goods from US to Cuba
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5.21.2009 : 1:32 pm
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HAVANA -- The human mule is in her 70s, gaunt and hunched over with short, white hair and the deeply wrinkled face of a chain-smoker.
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Martinique gas station owners hold price strike
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5.21.2009 : 12:33 pm
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FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique -- Owners have shuttered nearly all gas stations on the French Caribbean island of Martinique to pressure the government to raise prices.
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USVI cop indicted on raft of charges
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5.20.2009 : 8:55 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- A U.S. Virgin Islands police officer was indicted Wednesday on felony charges including attempted murder and operating a criminal enterprise that trafficked cocaine and organized dog fights.
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Police: US tourist drowns in Bahamas
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5.20.2009 : 7:02 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Police say a 62-year-old man from Arkansas apparently drowned while on vacation in the Eleuthera islands of the Bahamas.
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Report: 4 Haitians die in floods
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5.20.2009 : 5:00 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A Haitian radio station says steady rains triggered floods that have killed four people.
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Jamaica PM warns Alpart might close permanently
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5.20.2009 : 4:56 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica's prime minister says a local bauxite and alumina producer might not reopen because of its owner's unstable financial status.
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Guyana pursues daring drivers over property damage
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5.20.2009 : 11:16 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Guyana is strengthening its traffic laws to crack down on reckless drivers who have caused millions of dollars in damage to public property in the last two years.
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Jamaica to launch missing children alert system
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5.19.2009 : 8:36 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica is launching an island-wide alert system for missing children, named after a schoolgirl whose beheaded body was found last year.
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UN chief names Bill Clinton as Haiti envoy
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5.19.2009 : 10:54 am
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The United Nations named former President Bill Clinton Tuesday as its special envoy to Haiti, with a mission to help the impoverished nation achieve some measure of stability after devastating floods and other crises.
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PR doctor arrested in prescription drug case
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5.18.2009 : 7:18 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal agents say they have arrested a doctor suspected of illegally selling prescription drugs in northern Puerto Rico.
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British Virgin Islands signs tax treaties
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5.18.2009 : 6:29 pm
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -- The British Virgin Islands is closer to getting off an international "gray list" of global tax havens.
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Bahamas PM: Resort shutdown poses big challenge
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5.18.2009 : 4:31 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said Monday the looming shutdown of a sprawling luxury resort poses a "tremendous challenge" to the tourism-dependent economy of Exuma, a central Bahamian district made up of scores of small islands.
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Jamaica officials seize drug cache at airport
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5.17.2009 : 6:17 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaican authorities say they have seized 165 pounds (75 kilograms) pounds of cocaine and 175 pounds (79 kilograms) of compressed marijuana at Montego Bay's airport.
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2 Dominican teens drown during school excursion
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5.16.2009 : 6:18 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Two teenagers in the Dominican Republic have drowned while swimming in a rain-swollen river on a school trip.
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Curacao referendum approves increasing autonomy
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5.15.2009 : 10:28 pm
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- Curacao's voters narrowly endorsed a plan to gain more political autonomy from the Netherlands as tens of thousands of islanders turned out for a nonbinding referendum Friday.
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Rocket departs French Guiana on Big Bang mission
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5.15.2009 : 12:22 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A rocket carrying the largest telescope ever has launched into space on a mission that European scientists hope will help unravel the mystery of the universe's creation.
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Guyana warns TV station airing religious claims
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5.14.2009 : 2:25 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana is threatening to pull the license of a privately owned TV station if it keeps airing daily church services in which pastors claim they have healing powers.
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Brother suggests suspect in slay of Bahamas banker
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5.13.2009 : 6:35 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- The brother of a slain investment banker in the Bahamas says he has provided police with the name of someone who had a grudge against the dead man.
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Curacao refinery near return to full operations
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5.13.2009 : 4:50 pm
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- A Venezuela-run oil refinery in Curacao is expected to resume full production by the end of the week as it recovers from a total shutdown caused by a power outage.
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Cayman Islands charges Jamaican in fund failure
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5.13.2009 : 3:26 pm
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- An investment manager in the Cayman Islands has been charged in the collapse of four hedge funds based in the Caribbean offshore financial center, police said Wednesday.
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Caymans: 2nd guard suspended after prison break
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5.13.2009 : 1:55 pm
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Authorities say a second prison guard has been suspended and could be fired after a convicted boat thief escaped from a Cayman Islands lockup by sawing through the bars of his cell window.
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Chief negotiator of Caribbean trade group resigns
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5.13.2009 : 10:34 am
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The chief negotiator for a Caribbean-based group criticized over its handling of recent trade deals is stepping down.
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Guyana to trace guns with US datebase
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5.12.2009 : 7:43 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- American and Guyanese officials have signed a pact allowing investigators here to access a U.S. weapons database to trace illegal firearms recovered from crimes in the impoverished South American nation.
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Shark sleuths: Basking sharks winter in Caribbean
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5.12.2009 : 6:28 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Shark sleuths have discovered that Atlantic basking sharks winter in the tropical Caribbean Sea, far from the cold waters off Cape Cod and Canada where the rarely seen gentle giants had been thought to linger year-round.
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Plantain bandits strike Puerto Rico farms
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5.12.2009 : 8:53 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police say thieves have pilfered 138 bunches of plantains from farms in central Puerto Rico.
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Official: Disaster aid needed in Martinique
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5.11.2009 : 9:46 pm
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FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique -- France's minister for overseas departments says he will urge the government to quickly authorize emergency funds to help Martinique recover from torrential rains that flooded towns and touched off landslides last week.
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Despite abortive gig, St. Lucia thanks Winehouse
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5.11.2009 : 5:23 pm
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- This Caribbean island's top tourism official was disappointed British singer Amy Winehouse cut short her performance at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival last week because of heavy rain, but he praised the troubled retro-soul star for bringing buzz to the event.
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Caricom official urges prison upgrades
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5.11.2009 : 2:54 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- A top official with the Caribbean Community is urging regional governments to improve prison conditions, saying inmates in poor nations are detained in what he considers "dehumanizing conditions."
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Jamaica cops threaten strike to demand pay raise
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5.10.2009 : 6:22 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Leaders of Jamaica's rank-and-file police union have hinted that officers may walk off the job this week to demand pay raises, but Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Sunday his government will not be "bullied" by threats of a work stoppage.
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Guyana businesses to extend hours, boost economy
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5.9.2009 : 5:21 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Guyana is allowing businesses to open every day including Sundays and holidays to boost consumer spending amid a global economic crisis.
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Puerto Rico investigates 7th shooting of child
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5.9.2009 : 12:57 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police say a 14-year-old boy has been shot in Puerto Rico even as authorities are investigating the unrelated fatal shootings of six other children in the last week.
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Guyana approves anti-strike legislation
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5.8.2009 : 11:43 am
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana has approved legislation making it more difficult for public employees to strike in the country where an airport walkout halted night flights for a week earlier this year.
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Alcoa subsidiary in Suriname cuts output by 40 pct
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5.7.2009 : 8:58 pm
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A Surinamese subsidiary of U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa will slash alumina production by 40 percent because the global economic slowdown has lowered demand.
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St. Maarten ruling party loses majority in council
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5.7.2009 : 3:05 pm
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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- The ruling party of the Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten has lost its one-seat majority after a convicted politician stepped down.
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PR cops kill man accused of running over father
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5.7.2009 : 1:25 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Authorities in Puerto Rico have shot and killed a 21-year-old man who they say ran over his father and then slammed into a patrol car when police arrived.
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Family attacked in Puerto Rico drive-by shooting
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5.6.2009 : 9:18 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Police have detained three men in the killing of a 2-year-old girl, her father and a 16-year-old boy. The men also are suspected of wounding a 3-year-old boy and his mother in the drive-by shooting.
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4 Trinidad cops accused of stealing 1,000 animals
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5.5.2009 : 8:39 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Four police officers in Trinidad intercepted a smuggling boat at gunpoint and stole 1,000 endangered birds and monkeys along with 400 pounds of wild animal meat, authorities said Tuesday.
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Mental exam sought for Jamaica hijack suspect
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5.5.2009 : 5:02 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A Jamaican man accused of trying to hijack a Canadian jetliner will remain in jail pending a defense attorney's request for a psychiatric evaluation, a court ruled Tuesday.
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Puerto Rico teachers told to work on their holiday
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5.5.2009 : 3:49 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Teacher's Day in Puerto Rico is no longer a paid holiday for teachers.
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St. Kitts to help workers buy land, get benefits
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5.5.2009 : 1:40 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- St. Kitts and Nevis is offering struggling workers some relief amid a slumping economy.
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Taiwan thanks St. Lucia for backing its WHO role
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5.4.2009 : 5:14 pm
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- Taiwan's ambassador to St. Lucia is praising the tiny country's leader for supporting the Asian island's newly granted observer status in the World Health Assembly.
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Suriname ex-official sentenced in drug money case
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5.4.2009 : 5:03 pm
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- A former justice minister was sentenced Monday to a year in prison after being convicted of money laundering and participating in a criminal organization on behalf of a cousin in the Netherlands.
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Guyana's top judge rejects corruption claim
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5.4.2009 : 4:23 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's top judge is denying accusations he was improperly paid more than $100,000 to reduce a lengthy backlog of pending court cases in this South American nation.
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New Jersey man rescued at sea off Puerto Rico
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5.4.2009 : 11:38 am
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued a New Jersey man whose boat caught fire in the Caribbean.
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Alleged drug ringleader arrested in Puerto Rico
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5.2.2009 : 4:03 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal agents have arrested the alleged leader of a Puerto Rico drug trafficking ring who escaped a dragnet that landed 59 suspects last year.
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Jamaican workers to get minimum wage increase
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5.2.2009 : 3:32 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Jamaica is hiking the minimum wage by 10 percent to stimulate the economy and help poor families.
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China to loan Guyana $40M to update power system
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5.2.2009 : 12:37 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana is turning to a $40 million loan from China to overhaul its crumbling electrical system and end rolling blackouts.
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Haiti police break up protest with tear gas
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5.1.2009 : 5:04 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitian police used tear gas to break up a protest near the national palace where demonstrators were calling for a higher minimum wage.
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Thousands of Puerto Rico workers protest layoffs
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5.1.2009 : 1:38 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Tens of thousands of workers shut down San Juan's financial district Friday as they marched to protest the impending layoffs of 30,000 government employees.
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Alcoa to take over Billiton subsidiary in Suriname
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4.30.2009 : 4:15 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Alcoa says it will become the only aluminum producer in Suriname by purchasing Australia-based BHP Billiton's operations in the South American country.
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Grenada man jailed for curses, threats at church
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4.30.2009 : 2:41 pm
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- Authorities in the tiny spice island of Grenada have sent a man to prison for using curses and threats beside a church.
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Puerto Rico cuts nearly $2 billion from new budget
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4.29.2009 : 9:18 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The governor of Puerto Rico presented a budget on Wednesday that is nearly $2 billion smaller than last year's as the island enters its third year of recession and faces a 15 percent unemployment rate.
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Guyana debates benefits for former presidents
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4.29.2009 : 1:52 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyanese lawmakers are for the first time trying to decide exactly what a president of the South American country is entitled to once he steps down.
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Guyana customs officers charged over beer shipment
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4.28.2009 : 5:26 pm
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana police have charged more than a dozen customs officials with fraud and bribery over a $1.5 million shipment of Venezuelan beer.
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Jamaicans put up roadblocks to protest fuel tax
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4.28.2009 : 4:50 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Demonstrators in Jamaica are burning tires and putting up roadblocks to protest a new tax on gasoline.
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St. Maarten official sentenced on fraud charges
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4.28.2009 : 4:41 pm
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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- A judge in St. Maarten has sentenced the island's former commissioner of labor and culture to nine months in prison after he was found guilty of fraud.
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11 killed in bus collision on Dominican highway
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4.28.2009 : 12:59 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- At least 11 people have been killed in a highway collision between a bus and a truck in the Dominican Republic.
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Caribbean news briefs
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4.27.2009 : 6:58 pm
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A senior U.S. diplomat was expected to meet Monday with Cuba's top Washington representative, but a State Department spokesman cautioned that the session did not signal a renewed U.S. push to improve relations.
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Canadian company to explore for gold in Haiti
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4.27.2009 : 6:57 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A Montreal-based mining company has announced plans to explore the mountains of northeastern Haiti for gold and copper.
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Police investigate judge's death in Virgin Islands
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4.27.2009 : 12:47 pm
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands -- Police in the U.S. Virgin Islands are investigating whether foul play was involved in the death of a Superior Court judge.
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Largest UN force in Haiti to focus on development
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4.25.2009 : 8:29 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The largest and most visible contingent of a 9,000-member U.N. peacekeeping force is switching its focus to development thanks to improving security in the Caribbean country, an official said Saturday.
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PGA plans to build Bahamas resort, create 900 jobs
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4.25.2009 : 2:09 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Bahamas is hoping a PGA-financed resort will create 900 jobs and boost tourism despite the economic crisis.
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Bahamas cops pursue shooting of financial adviser
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4.24.2009 : 8:52 pm
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NASSAU, Bahamas -- Police in the Bahamas are investigating the execution-style shooting of a 55-year-old financial adviser who previously oversaw two banking institutions.
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PR education department errs, sends 25,000 letters
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4.24.2009 : 6:56 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's education department says it mistakenly sent 25,000 letters to teachers urging them to accept buyouts as the government battles a $3.2 billion deficit.
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Haitian lawmaker fears public money lost to fraud
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4.24.2009 : 5:17 pm
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A lawmaker is investigating whether Haitian public money was lost in the alleged Ponzi scheme run by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford.
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Bacardi cuts 77 jobs at Puerto Rico rum plant
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4.24.2009 : 4:05 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Bacardi Corp. says it is eliminating 77 jobs at its rum distillery in Puerto Rico as part of a restructuring.
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Trinidad bank lowers '09 forecast, seeks stimulus
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4.24.2009 : 2:56 pm
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Trinidad's Central Bank has lowered its 2009 economic growth forecast from 2 percent to less than 1 percent as the global economic crisis hits key sectors.
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Jamaican gasoline tax hike sparks riot fears
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4.23.2009 : 10:54 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaicans are flooding to gas stations and bracing for potential protests after the government announced a 15 percent increase in gasoline taxes on Thursday.
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Trinidad cops search for 3 after factory shooting
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4.23.2009 : 8:19 pm
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Police in Trinidad are searching for three alleged gang members they say opened fire at a plastics factory and killed three men.
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Teen who faced deportation to stay in Puerto Rico
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4.23.2009 : 6:25 pm
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- An immigration official says that a 15-year-old Chinese girl who had faced possible deportation can remain in Puerto Rico.
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Dominican amendment bans human trafficking
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4.22.2009 : 10:07 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Dominican constitution has been amended for the first time to prohibit human trafficking in all its forms, earning praise from human rights watchers.
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Seeming mixed signals from Cuba's Castro brothers
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4.22.2009 : 4:37 pm
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HAVANA -- Raul Castro seems ready to discuss improving relations with Washington. Brother Fidel is clearly uncomfortable with the idea.
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Mayor says Puerto Rico port will create 5,000 jobs
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4.22.2009 : 3:49 pm
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PONCE, Puerto Rico -- Local officials say a new port will generate about 5,000 jobs when it opens in southern Puerto Rico next year.
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DomRep reaffirms opposition to abortion
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4.21.2009 : 9:19 pm
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A large majority of Dominican legislators have reaffirmed their opposition to abortion, which is illegal in this predominantly Catholic country.
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Nicaragua's Ortega meets with Fidel Castro
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4.21.2009 : 9:01 pm
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HAVANA -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has briefed Fidel Castro on last weekend's Summit of the Americas — a gathering that the former Cuban president earlier ridiculed in an essay.
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Canadian PM: Grant will help Jamaican courts
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4.21.2009 : 6:19 pm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Canada has approved grants of $15 million to help Jamaica upgrade its cash-strapped and outdated justice system.
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Airplane hijacker captured in Jamaica; no injuries
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4.20.2009 : 9:05 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman forced his way though airport security and hijacked a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight hours before police and soldiers stormed the aircraft on Monday and captured the man.
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Airplane hijacker captured in Jamaica; no injuries
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4.20.2009 : 8:55 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman forced his way though airport security and hijacked a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight hours before police and soldiers stormed the aircraft on Monday and captured the man.
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Plane hijacked in Jamaica's Montego Bay; crew held
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4.20.2009 : 7:25 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman hijacked a Canadian commercial jet at the airport near the Jamaican resort city of Montego Bay and was holding six crew members hostage Monday after forcing his way past security, officials said. No injuries were reported.
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Plane hijacked in Jamaica's Montego Bay; crew held
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4.20.2009 : 7:10 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman described as "mentally challenged" hijacked a Canadian jet on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding six members of the flight crew hostage after releasing the passengers unharmed, officials said Monday.
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Plane hijacked in Jamaica's Montego Bay; crew held
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4.20.2009 : 5:59 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman described as "mentally challenged" hijacked a Canadian jet on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding members of the flight crew hostage after releasing the passengers unharmed, officials said Monday.
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Gunman holds plane, crew at airport in Jamaica
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4.20.2009 : 5:07 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman described as "mentally challenged" hijacked a Canadian charter plane on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding the flight crew hostage, officials said Monday.
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Gunman holds plane, crew at airport in Jamaica
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4.20.2009 : 4:38 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman hijacked a Canadian charter plane on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding the flight crew hostage, the airline said Monday. Nobody had been injured, officials said.
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Plane hijacked at airport in Jamaica's Montego Bay
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4.20.2009 : 4:18 am
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A gunman hijacked a Canadian charter plane on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding the flight crew hostage, the airline said Monday. An airport spokeswoman said nobody had been injured.
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