Rum Punch spikes Caribbean drugs
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A quadrupling of incoming suspected drug flights in the past two years has forced Haiti and the Dominican Republic to face up to the fact that the island they share is a major transshipment point for cocaine bound to U.S. and European consumers.
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Every summer, Caribbean islands welcome waves of tourists to their sunbaked shores. Calm seas and clear skies also bring boatloads of undocumented Haitian migrants who risk their lives on rickety vessels with little food or water in a desperate bid for better opportunities.
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Washington, Sept. 14. (Guardian News Service): One of the most powerful hurricanes of recent times rolled over the Cayman Islands on Sunday and is due to hit Cuba next after causing more than 50 deaths across the Caribbean.
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Mexican tourism promoters are gambling that the scream of engines can rival the lure of the beach. On Monday, they announced that a new $70 million racetrack near Mexico&#39;s Caribbean
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Paramilitary thugs hauled Rafael Barbosa from his mother's home on a Good Friday, accusing him of making off with bags of cocaine found floating in the Caribbean. Toughs from the same gang "disappeared" his brother Freddy soon after, because he had taken up with one of the gunmen's sisters.
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KINGSTON, Aug 5 (IPS) - For the small, developing economies of the  Caribbean, the world trade body's preliminary ruling against  European Union sugar comes as more bad news for a beleaguered  sector, and highlights a seeming paradox these countries often  face in the global trade arena.
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Shiver me timbers! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
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Shiver me timbers! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Pirates, those blights of the high seas, have been ingrained on our consciousness in such broad ways.
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CARIBBEAN cricket&#39;s warring parties will today be urged to cool off and clear the way for a recharged West Indies to leave in six days for its tour of Australia.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration has warned the maker of tropical fruit drink  XanGo over claims the beverage can prevent or treat cancer,  depression, infection, Alzheimer's disease and other ailments.
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After killing at least 49 people in Grenada and Jamaica, Hurricane Ivan blasted the Cayman Islands on Sunday as it continued on a rampage that threatened to hit Cuba and the western sections of storm-weary Florida in the coming days.
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[World News]: London, Oct 22 : A 150 pound bottle of Vodka and fruit juices along with tequila and beer was the cause of Prince Harry&#39;s lashing out at a photographer outside London&#39;s posh Pangaea nightclub.
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A booming illegal gun trade in Haiti has increased the number of high-powered weapons on Jamaica's streets, contributing to the island's spiraling homicide rate, the national security minister said.
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An English drugs traffiking gang is thought to be behind a cocaine haul seized by police off the Irish coast.
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Mayra Nieve is used to being ostracized and called names as an albino in this Caribbean community. What she fears is not being able to breathe.
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By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 2--The salty old song that goes "Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum" is starting to rub some folks the wrong way.
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The strongest storm to hit the Caribbean in 14 years now has Jamaica in its sights. Hurricane Ivan is expected to hit the Island nation on Friday.