05/22/2013 -  Fidel and Miss Green, till death do they part - 08:31 PM

I know a Cuban man named Fidel who is tall, well-built and hardworking. He is known to have had several wives and many girlfriends during his life, and now has a pregnant daughter who will soon make him a grandfather, but those details of his life are diffuse.

05/22/2013 -  Ousted premier seeks return to power in Cayman - 07:22 PM

A former Cayman Islands premier who faces 11 criminal charges and was ousted from leadership last year is heading into Thursday's general elections with an outside chance of returning to power in the British Overseas Territory.

05/22/2013 -  Police arrest Dominican accused of raping 60 women - 03:10 PM

That's the name of a DEC promotion reminding people not to disturb fawns and other young wildlife.

05/22/2013 -  JEEP tackles zinc fence - 03:10 PM

THE JAMAICA Emergency Employment Programme has taken over the zinc fence-removal programme, an initiative of former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.

05/22/2013 -  Police arrest Dominican accused of raping 60 women - 03:10 PM

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a man suspected of raping at least 60 women in the past two years.

05/22/2013 -  Costa Rican volcano spews ash, smoke - 02:09 PM

Scientists say one of Costa Rica's largest volcanos is spewing clouds of ash and gas, setting off a small-scale evacuation.

05/22/2013 -  Re: Haitian Revolution Leader Toussaint L'Ouverture Was Born On This Day In 1743 - 02:08 PM

In terms of historic merit, the achievements of Haitian Revolution leader Toussaint L'Ouverture are noteworthy but also highlight a complex and sweeping story.

05/22/2013 -  Hornchurch pensioner's dream cruise on Sun Princess ruined by norovirus outbreak - 09:59 AM

A pensioner whose dream cruise was ruined when she fell ill following an outbreak of norovirus is taking legal action against the liner's owners.

05/22/2013 -  Immigration Officer Charged by Barbadian Police - 07:49 AM

Jabarie Kemar King , 25 years of Block 26 D, Haynesville, St. James who was charged for the offence of Serious Bodily Harm in relation to the stabbing of Andre Gabb on 17 May 2013 at Black Rock, St.

05/22/2013 -  Cuba lifts ban on energy-hogging appliances - 06:44 AM

Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.

05/22/2013 -  US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline - 02:45 AM

In this May 10, 2013 photo, the No. 2 official at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Conrad Tribble, top row second from right, poses with Cuban bloggers and tweeters holding their name tags at the end of a meeting called TwittHab 2.0 in Havana, Cuba.

05/21/2013 -  Aqua Beachwear moves to new digs - 10:35 PM

After ten years at its Marco Walk location, Aqua Beachwear has taken over the space formerly used by Island Drug in Marco Town Center.

05/21/2013 -  Correction: Honduras-Death Squads story - 06:11 PM

In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism.

05/21/2013 -  Haiti - Motive not yet known in radio journalist's fatal ... - 02:01 PM

Reporters Without Borders hopes that the reason will soon be known for radio journalist Pierre-Richard Alexandre's fatal shooting by an individual identified as Baudelaire Augustin in Saint-Marc, in the north-central department of Artibonite, on 17 May.

05/21/2013 -  Cuba's Ladies in White at Miami's Freedom Tower - 09:56 AM

Leaders of Cuba's dissident Ladies in White group rejected Havana's claims they are mercenaries and said on Monday that there is nothing wrong with receiving help from abroad because the Cuban government "is trying to asphyxiate us." Berta Soler and Belkis Cantillo also called for forgiveness of low-level repressors in a post-Castro era but ... (more)

05/21/2013 -  Music research project secures funding - 07:51 AM

Earl Jarrett, chairman of the JN Foundation , hands a copy of a signed contract to Rosina Moder, executive director of Music Unites Foundation, to provide funding for a two-year initiative to research and document the works and life of Jamaican composers of classical and patriotic music, as well as composers of church, dance and theatre music.

05/21/2013 -  Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction - 04:42 AM

Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings.

05/21/2013 -  Architectural designs mandated by codes established in 1800s may have ... - 12:37 AM

Photo courtesy of the Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office. The headquarters of the Hamburg-American Line, a German steam ship company, is an example of the architectural style of fireproof warehouses developed on St.

05/20/2013 -  Apple 'among US's big tax avoiders' - 08:23 PM

The committee said Apple had used "a complex web of offshore entities" to avoid paying billions of dollars in US income taxes.

05/20/2013 -  FIU, Sweetwater unveil José Martí statue on Cuban Independence Day - 06:23 PM

In commemoration of the 111th anniversary of Cuba's independence from Spain, Florida International University's Honors College has donated the more than life-size statue of Cuban writer José Martí, sculpted by the late artist Tony Lopez.