SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): The Dominican Republic will be the first country visited by Haitian president-elect Rene Preval since he was declared the winner of Haiti's election, the Dominican Republic president said Sunday. read more..

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): President Fidel Castro has offered "firm support" for Iran's right to pursue a nuclear energy program, Cuba's state-controlled media reported Sunday. read more..

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): President-elect Rene Preval has launched political consultations to build a parliamentary coalition in Haiti as he faces daunting challenges in the hemisphere's poorest country read more..

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP): The United States has expressed confidence the new president of Haiti will step up the fight against drugs in the Caribbean nation, which is a major transhipment route for cocaine. read more..

LONDON, England (AFP): A 24-year-old Trinidadian man was charged Saturday with the attempted murder of a probationary policewoman who was shot and injured as she chased a suspected burglar in the east of England, police said. read more..

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called Friday for international backing for Haiti after Rene Preval was declared the winner of the impoverished nation's presidential election. read more..

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has welcomed the news of the election of a new President of Haiti, Mr. René Preval after a review was undertaken of the vote count process in the face of troubling allegations of manipulation and other grave irregularities. read more..

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Atlantic Liquefied Natural Gas Company, one of Trinidad and Tobago's biggest revenue earners, on Friday had its first Head of State visit after President George Maxwell Richards accepted an invitation to tour the company's Point Fortin Facility in south Trinidad. read more..

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Prime Minister of Barbados, Owen Arthur, has announced some major changes in his Cabinet, including the creation of new post for former Opposition Leader, Clyde Mascoll, who just weeks ago joined the ranks of the Barbados Labour Party read more..

WASHINGTON, USA: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has sent a letter to Rob Portman, the United States Trade Representative, in response to recent legislation introduced in the United States Congress regarding Internet gambling. read more..

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: With the closure of the sugar industry last July, the government of St Kitts and Nevis is looking at proposals from American and Norwegian companies for the utilisation of the sugar cane plant for the production of ethanol. read more..

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Police in Suriname have detained a well-known female brothel keeper for luring six migrants from the Dominican Republic to Suriname and subsequently forcing them into prostitution. read more..

PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Military Police in Suriname are investigating the theft of a large amount of ammunition and grenades at an army ammunition bunker on Wednesday night. read more..

This case has consumed the American media overwhelmingly since May 31, 2005. If ever there has been a trial by media, this is the one, thanks to cable news shows in the United States. Please note that I am an American citizen, not from Aruba. read more..

In your news today a lady spoke of the wrong doing of America on boycotting Aruba.  I would like for her to know we Americans believe that Aruba let the three boys and father go because they didn't want to prosecute them. read more..

I have read of the 'fact' that Air Jamaica lost close to US$140 million in 2005. This after Dr. Lawrence spent US$250 million of the Jamaican taxpayer's money to 'fix" the airline - with a promise that the loss in 2005 would be less than the US$99 million loss in 2004. read more..

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP): A 136-run opening partnership by veteran Nathan Astle and newcomer Jamie How laid the foundations for an 81-run victory by New Zealand over the West Indies in their five-match, one-day series opener here Saturday. read more..

LONDON, England: Ricardo Fuller, the unsettled Jamaican international at Southampton has had a proposed loan switch to Ipswich Town delayed due to work permit problems. read more..

FLORIDA, USA: US Major League soccer club Real Salt Lake on Saturday released six of its players, including Trinidad and Tobago's international Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick to reduce their active roster. read more..

BIRMINGHAM, England: Jamaican Lacena Golding-Clarke beat American Michelle Perry again as Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling snatched her first win of the season at the 2006 Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix at National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on Saturday. read more..

TURIN, Italy (AFP) : The US Virgin Islands 'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy will be registered as having taken place in her sixth Winter Olympics after appealing to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) on Friday. read more..