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The Governor of Puerto Rico Anibal Acevedo Vila has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges at the federal court in the capital San Juan.Governor Acevedo Vila faces 19 charges linked to allegations of misusing thousands of dollars in illegal election campaign contributions.  He is accused along with 12 of his associates.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – With charges of raping a woman police office, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in now facing another alligation by another woman that the Prime Minister indecently assaulted her.

President Raul Castro has announced that Cubans are now allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time, in the latest reform.  Granma, the official newspaper of the communist party, state telecom monopoly ETECSA said it would offer mobile services to the public in the next few days.

MIAMI — Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá, the governor of Puerto Rico, has been charged with 19 criminal counts related to the financing of three political campaigns from 1999 to 2004, including conspiracy to violate federal campaign laws, wire fraud and illegally using campaign funds for his personal use, according to […]

Choice Hotels supports regional marketing efforts  NEW YORK (March 27, 2008) – The Caribbean’s positioning as a valuable and viable brand took a major step forward this month with the launch of the Caribbean Tourism Development Company’s (CTDC) new consumer travel site www.caribbeantravel.com. 

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (March 25, 2008) – An influential Minister of Tourism, an enlightened Executive Director of Tourism, an expert in Caribbean Diaspora relations, a specialist in branding small hotels, a renowned American journalist, and an expert in the faith tourism market are among the headliners of the 12th full edition […]

THE DEMOCRATIC LABOUR PARTY (DLP) administration has launched a project to tackle food security, unemployment and the cost of living at the same time.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mar (IPS)  – As the single parent of a five-year-old boy, Sonita Balkaran can barely make ends meet these days. A clothing vendor in one of this city’s five municipal markets, Balkarran has watched in horror the steady decline of her living standard, estimating that her spending power […]

GUATEMALA CITY, Mar (IPS)  – The Guatemalan Congress must decide, after Mar. 26, whether to overrule President Álvaro Colom’s veto of a law that gave the green light to resuming executions of prisoners on death row.

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Mar (IPS)  – Activism against AIDS is uniting a group of transvestites and crossdressers in western Cuba in a project that is going beyond peer education and making inroads into the world of culture.

March 24, 2008 – On Sunday, June 8, 2008 at the Raymond Bourque Arena, 2345 Thimens in Ville St. Laurent, from 1:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., experience the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of the Caribbean without leaving Montreal. 

NEW YORK (March 22, 2008) – This June’s Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit (ACTS) in Washington DC from June 21 to 24 is not only the first such meeting, it also represents the new spirit of collaboration between the Caribbean’s public and private sectors.

Farmers in Haiti have become the accidental victims of US imports and international aid as food writer Stefan Gates explains. I was travelling by pick-up truck to a village deep in the Haitian Artibonite Valley to learn how people survive in the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.

The GTEP Planning Committee wishes to inform the General Public that it is extremely pleased with the response from a wide cross section of citizens who have shown interest in the GTEP Programme that was officially launched by the Prime Minister on February 14, 2008.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning is categorically denying allegations previously made against him by Angela Nelson, a Trinidad-born resident of North Carolina. The Prime Minister’s denial came in a letter from his attorney, Michael Quamina, which was faxed to the Guardian yesterday at 3.39 pm.