CARIBWORLDNEWS IN BRIEF

CaribWorldNews, MIAMI, FL, Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: A deportation hearing is scheduled for today to determine whether Lyglenson Lemorin, the Haitian national recently freed of charges he plotted to destroy Chicago\’s Sears Tow…

CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: The U.S. Department of Labor wants to overhaul the federal guest worker program for agriculture.

CaribWorldNews, MIAMI, FL, Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: Two of the staffers in the marketing department of the Miami office of Air Jamaica airlines have been let go, a shift that could mark more cuts as the government gears up to …

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: The alleged killer of an undocumented Jamaican migrant is now behind bars and facing a charge of conspiracy to commit murder.

CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: Guyana’s Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, claims People’s National Congress Reform Leader, Robert Corbin, `is making himself a fool.`

CaribWorldNews, MIAMI, FL, Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: Over 50 Cuban migrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally were yesterday returned to their homeland by U.S. Coast Guard officers.

CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, DC, Thurs. Feb. 7, 2008: Jamaican-American Congresswoman, Yvette D. Clarke, was among those paying tribute to the late reggae legend, Robert Nesta Marley yesterday.

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Feb. 6, 2008: `I Voted For Obama.` The answer was repeated several times over yesterday by many Caribbean voters interviewed by CWN across the country.

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Feb. 6, 2008: Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, is set to keynote the first Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit this June.

CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Weds. Feb. 6, 2008: Former Guyana education minister, Deryck Milton Alexander Bernard, is dead at the age of 57.

CaribWorldNews, BELMOPAN, Belize, Weds. Feb. 6, 2008: Voters in Belize are set to go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new government.

The Uni…

CaribWorldNews, Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Weds. Feb. 6, 2008: Derrick Holiday, the former police chief of St. Maarten, was charged yesterday with forging immigration documents.

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Feb. 6, 2008: Cuba’s `King of the Congas,` Tata Guines, was yesterday laid to rest in his native land, a day after he passed away after being hospitalized for hypertension and kidn…

CaribWorldNews, QUEENS, NY, Tues. 5, 2008: The Birdie, The Mighty Sparrow, is among those urging Caribbean nationals to vote for Senator Barack Obama today.

Dr. Slinger Fran…

CaribWorldNews, ONTARIO, Canada, Tues. Feb. 5, 2008: Scotiabank, which dubs itself as one of North America’s leading financial institutions and Canada’s most international bank, is set to expand its presence in the Dominic…

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Feb. 5, 2008: Trinidad-born actor, Sullivan Walker, who has played several roles on a number of television shows, including `The Cosby Show,` on Sunday made an appearance at Super Bowl X…

CaribWorldNews, Kingstown, St. Vincent, Tues. Feb. 5, 2008: A claim of rape by a cop against the Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, has been ` wholly discontinued’ by the islands&rsq…

CaribWorldNews, BROOKLYN, NY, Mon. Feb. 4, 2008: New York may be considered `Hillary` country but Jamaica-born, NY-based migrant, Gregory Smith, is rallying support for Senator Barack Obama ahead of tomorrow’s Super Tuesday election…

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 4, 2008: A top right group is again calling on the Jamaican government to take action against `violence and hatred` against homosexuals across the island.

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Feb. 1, 2008: Wherever we are from, including the Caribbean, we have a stake in the Presidential election. Never forget it. While the U.S. President is far from all powerful it is just as…

CaribWorldNews, New York, NY, Fri. Jan 18, 2008: Caribbean Americans tired of hearing U.S. Presidential hopefuls talk about the `Latino,` `Asian` or `Black` voting blocs, want a strong voting bloc of their own.

CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. Jan. 15, 2008: As the US Presidential election heats up across states, bloc voters are becoming prized targets. So exactly how many Caribbean Americans voters are there across the US? Th…