Trinidad panel taking fresh look at 1990 uprising
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - The Muslim cleric who led a small army that stormed Trinidad & Tobago's parliament in a blaze of gunfire is a free man. Never convicted of any charges, he cheerfully...
View ArticleVP Biden signs trade pact with Caribbean Community
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and political leaders from across the Caribbean met in the capital of resource-rich Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday to sign a trade agreement...
View ArticleTrinidad panel takes new look at Islamic uprising
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - The Muslim cleric who led a small army that stormed Trinidad & Tobago's parliament in a blaze of gunfire is a free man. Never convicted of any charges, he cheerfully...
View ArticleInterpol-led operation seizes drugs in Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The international police agency Interpol has led an operation in the Caribbean and Central America that seized roughly $822 million worth of cocaine and other drugs and led to 142...
View ArticleGay, Powell test positive for banned substances
The list reads like a Who's Who among the world's best sprinters:
View ArticleBig names in track fail test for banned substances
Tyson Gay felt healthy for the first time in years and was aiming high: He planned to step on the track at world championships and push Usain Bolt.
View ArticleTrainer says he is "scapegoat" for Powell, Simpson
The trainer for Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson insisted Tuesday he didn't give the sprinters performance-enhancing drugs and suggested it's time for them to take "responsibility for their doping...
View ArticleIn Jamaica, transgender teen killed by mob
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped...
View ArticlePremier: BVI to comply with US tax evasion law
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The British Virgin Islands' leader said Tuesday that the Caribbean territory with a major offshore financial sector has started talks with the U.S. Treasury to comply with a law...
View ArticleWADA: Allegations by ex-Jamaica official 'serious'
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday that Jamaican officials need to respond soon to accusations from a former insider who alleges drug-testing...
View ArticleSt Lucia PM: US suspends assistance to police
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The United States has withdrawn all assistance to St. Lucia's police force over concerns about allegations of unlawful killings, the leader of the small Caribbean country announced.
View ArticleIn Jamaica, a twist on wine tours for pot lovers
NINE MILE, Jamaica - Napa and Sonoma have their wine tours, and travelers flock to Scotland to sample the fine single malt whiskies. But in Jamaica, farmers are offering a different kind of trip for a...
View ArticleIn Jamaica, a twist on wine tours for pot lovers
NINE MILE, Jamaica - Napa and Sonoma have their wine tours, and travelers flock to Scotland to sample the fine single malt whiskies. But in Jamaica, farmers are offering a different kind of trip for a...
View ArticlePerformer Prince Jazzbo dies in Jamaica at 62
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prince Jazzbo, a rap reggae performer and producer whose career spanned 40 years, has died in his native Jamaica. He was 62.
View ArticleCaribbean gathering focuses on reparations battle
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Politicians, lawyers and academics gathered Monday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines to advance an effort by more than a dozen regional nations to seek slavery reparations from...
View ArticleJamaica to improve anti-doping agency
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica's top sports official said Wednesday that the Caribbean sprinting powerhouse is determined to improve its drug-testing regime, following a two-day inspection by the World...
View ArticleJamaica opposition leader fends off challenge
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The leader of Jamaica's main opposition party fended off a leadership challenge Sunday from a top deputy who waged an aggressive two-month campaign.
View ArticleCaribbean panel expands slavery reparations battle
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Caribbean commission is expanding the number of former colonial powers it says should provide some form of reparations for the lingering regional impact of the Atlantic slave trade.
View ArticleJamaica sprinter Simpson faces disciplinary panel
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Olympic sprinter Sherone Simpson testified before a Jamaican disciplinary panel on Tuesday that she never intentionally took a banned substance and blamed her positive doping test...
View ArticleJamaica sprinter Powell facing disciplinary panel
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell told a Jamaican disciplinary panel on Tuesday that he didn't tell a doping control officer about most of the supplements he was...
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