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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighbourhoods in Haiti's capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Barbados Dr Arthur Phillips has reported a decline in the sale of carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages due to a tax on sugary drinks. At the same time, there has been an increase in...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – ExxonMobil Guyana Friday announced a new oil discovery at Bluefin in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, making it the company's first discovery for 2024. In a statement, Exxon said the Bluefin well encountered...

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – Legislators in the British Virgin Islands have passed a law that will give the authorities the right to impose fines on persons who refuse to share information during the collection of census...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police are search for four men who reportedly abducted and raped an 11-year-old girl last weekend in Central Trinidad. The police said that while they have no information regarding the identities of the men, the...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two hotels and two homes were destroyed by fire early Sunday in the Guyanese gold mining community of  Eteringbang located on the border with Venezuela. According to Demerara Waves Online News, no...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The US military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the US Embassy in Haiti and allow non-essential personnel to leave. The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the US Southern...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says  the crew of its Cutter Joseph Napier offloaded 182 kilograms of cocaine seized in the Caribbean Sea, with an estimated street value of US$4.5 million, and transferred...

HAVANA (AP) — Recently dismissed Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is being investigated by police and the Attorney General's Office after making “serious mistakes,” President Miguel Díaz-Canel said...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already...
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