Fidel Castro has accused US authorities of torturing a convicted Cuban spy, telling a meeting of communist youths the agent had been placed in solitary confinement in California.At the meeting was...

Fidel Castro accused U.S. authorities of torturing a convicted Cuban spy, telling a meeting of communist youths that the agent had been placed in solitary confinement in...

It is time for the United States to stop trading with China and ban Americans from traveling there. Why? Look at the U.S. Department of State's most recent annual report on human rights around the...

HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro accused U.S. authorities of torturing a convicted Cuban spy, telling a meeting of communist youths that the agent had been placed in solitary confinement in California. At...

Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos is pledging his country's support to Haiti on a brief visit with earthquake survivors.Santos' Friday tour included a tent camp home to thousands who lost...

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Ecuador on Thursday called for a presidential summit of the Unasur group of South American nations to deal with the diplomatic breakdown between Bogota and Caracas over...

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- US market regulators on Thursday accused two Texas businessmen in a huge insider trading scheme involving Cayman Islands trusts and companies, saying they reaped undisclosed...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Given the void at national levels for policy formulation, implementation and evaluation, including the lack of data management systems for policy analysis, the Caribbean...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (IICA) -- The representatives of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) based in Haiti...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) disbursed the equivalent of USD124.5 million to its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) in the first half of 2010. This is up from the...

Born in Dangriga Town, the cultural capital of Belize, Wellington Ramos has BAs in Political Science and History from Hunter College, NY, and an MA in Urban Studies from Long Island University. He is...

By Jean H Charles President Barack Obama built his career as a lawyer and as a constitutional law professor; yet, his short credential as a social work/cum community organizer was his preferred...

By Gillian Applewhaite BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the...

Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Fidel Castro on Friday accused the United States of "torturing" a Cuban agent imprisoned there, saying Cuba is being pressured to release its...

When a block of Hunter St. comes alive with Caribbean music next Thursday, it will be like a taste of home for Dreams of Beans owner Johanna Sinclair."I was born in Bermuda," she said. "And I miss it...

By John Chapo Lincoln, NE - The Lincoln Children’s Zoo announced that flamingos have returned to the Zoo. A young flock of eleven Caribbean flamingos, originally from the San Antonio Zoo in Texas,...

Oriente is the steamy, jungle-dense, tourism-free side of Cuba – it is also where Fidel Castro grew up. Lydia Bell visits his family's finca and his revolutionary...

As I write this I am returning from a two-day trip to the Caribbean. Our company works with small airlines leasing aircraft, providing maintenance support services, parts support and training. We do...

Wyclef Jean released a statement Friday saying he will make a public announcement next week on whether he will run for president of Haiti. Meanwhile, his uncle has resigned his post as Haiti's...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman July 30, 2010 MEDIA NOTE International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Assistant Secretary Johnson Travels to Haiti Assistant Secretary of...

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - The United States urged Cuba on Friday to free a U.S. contractor held in Havana for nearly eight months on suspicion of espionage and subversion, saying he was unwell and...

Actress Nicole Kidman, wrapping up a visit to Haiti today in her role as United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, stressed the need to tackle gender-based violence and support initiatives that advance...

From left: Bishop Rowan Edwards, Rev Gary Harriott, Rev Lenworth Anglin and Rev Peter Garth at the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches press conference at the Courtleigh Hotel yesterday. - Ricardo...

In a time where not many would dare to attempt leadership, one man from Tivoli Gardens is coming forward to express his interest in filling the shoes of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.The character, Mr...

The St Catherine North police say they are working with new information as they work to lay charges against a woman who is believed to be linked to several murders, shootings and robberies in the...

A man accused of assaulting a woman told the court that he did it because she was spreading rumours that he engaged in oral and anal sex. The accused, Wesley Taylor, appeared in the Corporate Area...

The accused said he was guilty with explanation. He told the court that he went to the hospital with an injured leg and waited from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. He said he became frustrated and wanted to leave....

Members of the police force on Wednesday seized four firearms and eight assorted rounds of ammunition in three separate operations in St Andrew, St Ann, and...

A businessman, who was charged in connection with the theft of a container loaded with millions of dollars in appliances, from the wharves, was offered $5 million bail yesterday in the Corporate Area...

A robber who allegedly pretended to be a policeman and used a water gun to demand money from a man, will have to spend three months in a jail for the act. Charged with impersonating a police officer...

The New Kingston police are appealing to Andrew Young of Lot 135H, Opal Close, in Hellshire Heights, St Catherine, to turn himself in...

The Police Sergeant who was earlier this month charged for breaches of the Corruption Prevention Act has been granted bail, while a second policeman has been charged in relation to the incident. ...

A man who was on bail on a murder charge and was caught attempting to travel to Mexico on a fake passport, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment at hard labour when the case was called up in the...

Director of Environmental Health in the Ministry of Health, William Broughton, is reminding persons to remain vigilant to prevent a possible outbreak of dengue fever.Speaking with JIS News, Broughton...

Several residents, of Kitson Town, St Catherine, have been left crying for their phones after a man tricked a number of them into believing he could fix them and then ran...

Educator and former member of parliament, Dr Sydney Beaumont, was viciously attacked and beaten by two gunmen who invaded his home in Mandeville,...

Reports are that about 10:15 p.m., neighbours reportedly noticed a foul odour near his home and went to investigate. This led to the discovery of Hamilton's decomposing body. Investigations by the...

A man who was reportedly found with more than 30 balls of cocaine, and who admitted that he needed help with drug use, was on Thursday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment at hard labour.The accused,...

A man who assaulted a woman and stole her gold chain, did not get the mercy he asked for in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court. Instead, he got a sentence of nine months in...

Desmond Grizzle, a man who was allegedly caught trying to smuggle eight ounces of ganja into the Half-Way Tree lock-up, was taken before the court yesterday.Grizzle, 37, is charged with possession...

A medical practitioner from St Elizabeth will appear in the court next week after being charged with several counts of fraud and breaches of the Real Estate Act following a five-year investigation by...

Sisters to Sisters, the non-profit charity formed two years ago to manage the collection and handing over of funds from a local all-female mediathon, is finally set to make the presentation of the...