Posts in category Caribbean News

LONDON (AP) — Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname “Cool Ruler,” has died. He was 59. Isaacs’ manager, …

MIREBALAIS, Haiti — U.N. investigators took samples of foul-smelling waste trickling behind a Nepalese peacekeeping base toward an infected river system on Wednesday, following persistent …

PORT-OF-SPAIN —Trinidad and Tobago prosecutors dropped a murder charge Oct. 21 against the leader of an Islamic group that staged a bloody coup attempt 20 …

KINGSTON (AP) — Jamaica’s prime minister announced Tuesday that a commission of inquiry will be formed soon to probe his government’s handling of a U.S. …

KINGSTON — It will take at least $125 million to repair flattened farmland, rutted roads, broken bridges and eroded beaches across storm-staggered Jamaica, the island’s …

Associated Press Writer NASSAU — Environmentalists are angry that the Bahamas government is leaning toward approving a request by a billionaire philanthropist and Muslim spiritual …

Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE — Investors are planning a new sight for arrivals at Port-au-Prince’s international airport: a seven-story, 240-room luxury hotel rising just past …

Associated Press Writer PETIONVILLE — Haiti held its second presidential debate ever Saturday, a sparsely attended event that was short on detailed responses from the …

Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE — From the dusty rock mounds lining the streets to a National Palace that looks like it’s vomiting concrete from its …

Associated Press Writer SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Bahamas government said it will not consider new oil exploration or drilling applications for the …