Posts in category Caribbean News

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Like a small-town booster, Randall Perkins proudly shows off his base camp: air-conditioned bedrooms and offices for 120 managers, a mess …

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Security forces with M-16s and rotating machine guns at the ready on Sunday, May 30 patrolled a hostile slum in Jamaica’s …

On a beautiful island where tourists flock to enjoy sandy beaches and hear reggae music wafting through airwaves, a huge cloud of smoke could be …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — In one of the few offices of Teleco Haiti that survived January’s catastrophic earthquake, the customer service agents sit idle. The …

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — After a slum raid that left nearly 50 people dead in four days of gunbattles, the reputed drug kingpin who was …

At least 30 people have been killed and at least 31 wounded in an assault on a suspected drug lord’s compound in the Jamaican capital …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho businesswoman accused of trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the deadly January earthquake has been returned …

ARCAHAIE, Haiti (AP) — Surrounded by waving banners of blue and red, Haitian President Rene Preval pledged Tuesday, May 18 to step down as scheduled …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police fired tear gas outside the ruins of Haiti’s national palace Monday, May 10 to control 2,000 demonstrators calling for President …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government should emphasize education to help the country recover from its devastating earthquake, Wyclef Jean said recently. The …