Posts in category Caribbean News

By DAVID MCFADDEN and JOAN LOWY Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescue crews searching off Jamaica’s coast on Saturday said they could no longer …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — A young Jamaican gay rights activist who brought an unprecedented legal challenge to the Caribbean island’s anti-sodomy …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Roger Clarke, a Jamaican government minister whose affable personality often bridged the Caribbean island’s deep political divide, …

CUBA Beyonce trip legal HAVANA —The U.S. Treasury Department’s inspector general has determined Jay-Z and Beyonce’s fifth anniversary trip to Cuba last year was legal …

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA — Yet another revolutionary tradition has been broken in Cuba: A lawmaker voted “no” in parliament. And it wasn’t …

By BEVAN SPRINGER Special to South Florida Times GEORGETOWN, Grand Cayman — A patient suffering from heart failure now has a new lease on life …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — A major Florida-based cruise line has signed a letter of intent to develop a new port on …

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC New traffic plan SANTO DOMINGO — The Inter-American Development Bank is trying to help reduce fatal traffic accidents here in the Dominican Republic …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE — The broad avenues in the government’s promotional material are clean and unbroken, dotted with palm trees, parks and …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE — Leading opposition factions are alleging that the presidentially appointed electoral council is stacking the deck in favor of …