If the World Trade Organization rules in favor of Internet gambling in Antigua and Barbuda, the United States will probably appeal, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

The Caribbean communities turned out yesterday in "record and unprecedented numbers" to vote in the United States presidential race, with analysts putting the figure as high as 80 per cent.

The Bermuda government has announced legislation to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

At least 12 food outlets in Port of Spain were found to be operating under unsanitary conditions when public health inspectors visited their establishments last month.

Former Pan Trinbago President Arnim Smith, who grew up digging in the Port of Spain La Basse for food, has left an estate worth more than $4 million.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the tiny Caribbean state of Antigua and Barbuda have broken off talks to resolve a high stakes dispute over the U.S. ban on Internet gambling, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia (AP) - Former UN General Assembly president Julian Hunte has been reappointed St Lucia's ambassador to the world body, the Caribbean island's government said.

An ex-policeman and his girlfriend were among the latest murder casualties yesterday, as the blood-letting continued unabated across the island.

Diego Martin police recovered a shotgun from a man as he walked through the streets of Diego Martin, hours before they seized $500,000 in compressed marijuana from his home.

Jamaica yesterday scurried to Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela for finished petroleum products after an explosion and fire at the government's Petrojam oil refinery put the plant out of commission and raised the prospects of scarcity in the local market.