Regional

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- On Thursday, just three days after Craig Cannonier resigned as premier of Bermuda, the territory’s attorney general Mark Pettingill also stepped down. Pettingill’s resignation came shortly after reports that he had…

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's first major independent general-interest news outlet in five decades was blocked on Wednesday shortly after being launched by the country's best-known dissident blogger. More than an hour after its launch, the site…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has begun training officers in preparation for the passing of the Flexi Work legislation that is expected to be debated in parliament in August this year. Last week the…

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A senior investigative journalist with the Caribbean Communication Network (CCN) TV6, Mark Bassant, has been forced to flee the country after receiving a number of death threats, head of news at the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad (CMC) -- The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has announced the appointment of Canadian Michael DiLollo as its new chief executive officer. DiLollo, who spent 20 years at Air Transat, replaces former CAL…

St James, Jamaica -- Presiding judge in the trial of taxi man Ivan Taylor for the murder of Michelle Coudray-Greaves, in commencing his summation Tuesday, told jurors to look for 14 important facts in determining the case. Justice Courtney…

Hamilton, Bermuda -- Craig Cannonier resigned as premier of Bermuda on Monday after a long-standing political controversy finally came to a head over the weekend. Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley was sworn in as the new premier on…

Nassau, Bahamas -- The Bahamas government has sought an explanation from the United States government over claims the National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting, recording and archiving every cell phone conversation in The Bahamas,…

ST JAMES, Jamaica -- A rescue team Monday night worked feverishly to recover two nine-year-old twin brothers who were swept away by flood water in their St James community which was pounded by heavy showers earlier on the afternoon. The…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) supported the successful staging of Haitian NGO, Femmes en Démocratie’s ninth edition of its female-owned small business trade show, Femmes Création and…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- An American missionary who came to Haiti in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake has been stabbed to death in the capital of the impoverished Caribbean country, police and friends said Friday. George Knoop,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb reiterated Friday that the confederation intended to bid for the 2026 World Cup. Just days after making the point in New York, Webb told local journalists in Barbados that…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has requested that senior citizens who are accessing their certificates of title for the first time, do so at a reduced rate. Simpson Miller has asked the Ministry of Water,…

BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 rattled the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The US Geological Survey said that the…

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica -- The body of a British man was on Thursday fished from the sea at Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth after he successfully rescued his son who had got into difficulties. After the rescue, shortly after 8:45 am, the father…