PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): An eruption of gunfire left one person dead Monday in Port-au-Prince, amid protests over the result of Haiti's presidential election. read more..

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The United States Monday defended its actions in pressuring a US-owned hotel in Mexico earlier this month to expel Cuban officials, creating a diplomatic row. read more..

LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP): A radical Jamaican university teacher, deported 18 years ago for his criticism of the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida, is currently in the country on a visit. read more..

ARLINGTON, USA: Beginning Tuesday, on Valentine's Day, through March 15, HERO International will launch Operation “Heart-to-Heart,” a promotion to fund life-saving operations for Guyanese children with heart defects. HERO International was founded by R. Allen Stanford, chairman of Stanford Private Wealth Management. read more..

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Several key members of the United National Congress (UNC), the main opposition party in Trinidad, have been publicly voicing their dissatisfaction with the leadership style of opposition leader Basdeo Panday. read more..

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS): The CARICOM Single Market (CSM) is a grouping of sovereign states that provides freedom for companies to establish businesses throughout the Community. However, as in any free trade area, there are some rules of procedure. read more..

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr Denzil Douglas, and the President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, have been selected by CARICOM Heads of Government to mount a mission to Europe to dicuss the African-Caribbean and Pacific/European Union (ACP/EU) Sugar Regime. read more..

ST THOMAS, USVI: US Virgin Islands Delegate, Donna Christensen, has expressed her dissatisfaction to US Senator Charles Schumer (NY) and Representative Anthony Weiner (NY) about the disparaging comments they made to reporters of the NY Post which recently appeared in that newspaper. read more..

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: A regional economist has expressed concerns about the size of public debts across the region and said that at the end of 2005 only Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica had a higher credit rating than in 1999. read more..

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A Trinidadian radio disc jockey is now in police custody after he was caught on Saturday evening attempting to traffic TT$800,000 worth in liquid cocaine through Port of Spain's Piarco International Airport. read more..

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The most senior civil servant in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Sir Michael Jay, has left the Cayman Islands with assurances of closer cooperation in disaster preparedness and an undertaking to urge the European Commission to hasten delivery of hurricane relief funds. read more..

The so-called democratic white capitalist world is trying to deny the Haitian people the right to govern themselves because they are black and free from mental slavery. read more..

At the risk of being slaughtered by every West Indian at home and abroad who is looking forward to World Cup Cricket 2007 being hosted in the Caribbean, I sound an alarm. Throughout the Region, people are being encouraged to build accommodation. read more..

Our old folks had a saying that ... “a new broom may sweep clean, but the old one knows the corners.” And that saying used to be put into effect, to the extent that no matter what new item was bought for the home, they always hang on to the old one for as long as possible. read more..

I must admit that I do not know who amongst the motley crew of 34 candidates in last week’s presidential elections offered the best leadership prospects for Haiti. I have felt that Haiti does not need a president so much as a prolonged period of (enforceable) martial law. read more..

Across the Caribbean Community a number of schools are experiencing a rise in anti-social behavior which includes violence from fights, assaulting of teachers and vandalism. In one particularly distasteful recent incident, a student in an Antiguan school poured urine on a teacher. read more..