London, Jul 3 : Staff at the luxury Caribbean resort have banned troubled singer Amy Winehouse from swimming in their pool, as she does so after marathon boozing...

India won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the third one-day international cricket fixture here...

Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner WriterWESTERN BUREAU:The Gleaner has learnt that Indigo Partners and Oaktree Capital, who are reportedly the owners of Spirit Airlines, have bought the country's...

Photo by Robert Lalah Pastor Norman Lewin plays with children from the church's basic school. Lewin says the school is part of the church's outreach programme to the...

Barbara Gayle, Staff ReporterThe three employees who were fired in April by Contractor General Greg Christie for allegedly withholding critical information have taken him to the Supreme Court seeking...

The United Kingdom has increased the fees to enter the region for Jamaicans effective July 6.The British High Commission, in a release, reminded Jamaicans that payments were to be made at the...

CMC:Jamaica on Friday called on its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours to devise a proper mechanism that would lead to increased intra-regional trade."Trade and the smooth flow of trade can't...

While roving around Spanish Town, The Gleaner team ran into some young men in Rivoli.They were at the Kingdom Builders Church of the Open Bible helping to put up a tent for a health fair. They are...

WITH THE University of Technology (UTech) announcing plans to establish a faculty of law, and an increase in the number of locals reading for law degrees overseas, at least one member of parliament...

Ryon Jones, Online News WriterWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going, especially in these challenging economic times. This was the collective mindset of 18 persons who turned up at the...

A MSTERDAM - A Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left his hotel and vanished before the first ball was thrown at a tournament in the...

Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Three international organizations canceled $1.2 billion of Haiti's debt Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply impoverished...

By Andrew M. Harris and Laurel Brubaker Calkins HOUSTON, USA (Bloomberg) -- Allen Stanford’s expired Antiguan passport was found among possessions seized by a court-appointed receiver for the...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana is being recognised for its many creative initiatives as it works to show how sustainable development can take place in its country and no lesser person than the...

CARSON, Calif. — Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the Gold Cup on Friday night. Gerba volleyed Mike Klukowski's...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of National Security, Senator Dwight Nelson, has said that all independent states within this hemisphere have been severely affected by an infusion of organised...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (OPM) -- Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emphasized that within a single market, trade has to be rule based and cannot be dependent on an exporter getting hold of a Minister to...

President Bharrat Jagdeo and Prime Ministers Balwin Spencer of Antigua and Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago have a conversation before the start of the caucus of CARICOM Heads of Government at...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opened Thursday evening at the National Cultural Centre in Georgetown,...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Against the backdrop of reported alarming growth in the mis-use of illegal substance such as marijuana, alcohol, cocaine and alcohol, most obvious among teenagers, in Belize,...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The free movement of Caribbean nationals within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), one of the central goals of the regional integration movement, was once again brought...

HAMILTON, Bermuda -- A hotel worker has received a suspended prison sentence for stealing the debit card information of Bermuda's premier and using it to buy pizza.Kim Dean says she kept the number...

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Pressure is mounting on St Lucia’s natural resources as the demand for land for agriculture, housing, industrial and hotel development increases. Over the past two years,...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The concerns by Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo about the threat of climate change on the fabric of human existence and the impact of the global financial crisis on the...

By James Lumley and Laurel Brubaker Calkins LONDON, England (Bloomberg) -- Allen Stanford’s liquidators from Antigua were awarded control of 120 million pounds ($196 million) in UK assets...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Percival James Patterson, on Thursday, charged Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to stand up and be counted for the...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza, has added his voice to the condemnations expressed by the Guyana Government and other...

By Astolfo Cagnacci OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Former world 100m record-holder Asafa Powell won the men's 100m at the Golden League meeting at Oslo on Friday in a time of 10.07sec, edging Antiguan Daniel...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- CARICOM Leaders, on Thursday, were on one accord regarding the future of regional integration and subsequently the Community, as they opened the 30th Meeting of the Conference...

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- St Lucia’s Minister of Physical Development, Urban Renewal, Housing, Environment and Local Government Richard Frederick said Thursday that his island had much to learn...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) will hold the twenty-ninth Meeting of its Board of Directors in Guyana July 7-9, 2009. CARICAD is a CARICOM...

Vote HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — A hotel worker has received a suspended prison sentence for stealing the debit card information of Bermuda's premier and using it to buy pizza. Kim Dean says...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- 'The time for preparation is past and the moment of performance is here,’ Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said on Thursday. In...

CARSON, Calif. -- Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute as Canada opened the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Friday. It was Gerba's fifth career Gold Cup goal, tying Carlo...

Caricom leaders holding their annual summit in Guyana are reported to be giving serious consideration to setting up an agency that will be responsible for ensuring that decisions taken are...

Miami -Dade Fire Rescue inspectors confiscated about 200 pounds of illegal fireworks from two men who were selling them at a West Kendall intersection from the back of their SUV Saturday afternoon,...

are drafting a program that would link veterans facing criminal charges with specialized veterans' services. The Broward County VA Outpatient Clinic, in Sunrise, and the Miami Department of...

Vote The 48-hour saturation patrols in South Florida cited over 2,085 motorists, the Dori Slosberg Foundation announced Friday. This year's Staying Alive on 95 and Florida Roadways...

Gov. Charlie Crist today crossed party lines and named Democratic state Rep. Priscilla Taylor of West Palm Beach to fill the minority-dominated Palm Beach County commission seat of retired Addie...

BG International will exercise its right to buy a 45 per cent stake in a natural gas property off the coast of Trinidad from Canadian Superior Energy Inc., the two companies announced...

SANTO DOMINGO - An Air France plane from the Dominican Republic to Paris had to turn back shortly after takeoff due to a problem with the air conditioning, the company said Friday."A problem was...

Michael Jackson . Now, South Florida will, too. Don King, the world's most famous boxing promoter, announced Friday that he will stage a South Florida's mass celebration of MJ's life. The July...

Vote DAVIE - Living alone with his beloved dog, Thomas Godwin kept mostly to himself. Few knew the former Marine had health issues -- or problems at work. After 28 years at a Winn-Dixie...

In this Saturday, June 6, 2009 photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens during a tour of the Seward House Museum in Auburn, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli,...

Rasbert Turner, Star Writer The mother of a 13-year-old is in custody while the police are searching for entertainer, Zebra, who has been accused of sexually assaulting the child.Garfield 'Zebra'...

Charged with shop breaking and larceny are Kemar Daniels and Omar Lindo. Daniels is also charged with receiving stolen property. The court was told that the men gained entry to the store by cutting...

A release sent from the MOJ said approximately five men have been occupying the entrance to the courthouse after work hours and weekends, and have started the dangerous practice of cooking on the...

DWAYNE McLEOD, Staff Reporter The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ruled that dancehall artiste Bounty Killer is to be charged in connection with a gun-related incident in 2007.The deejay,...

SANTO DOMINGO.- Aimed at continuing to spur the country’s tourism development, the Tourism Ministry with a US$3 million contribution from Japan’s International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and...

A man whose sticky fingers got him in trouble with the law will get the chance to put those fingers to work after he was sentenced to 50 hours of community service for simple...