ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenadians and Antiguans are casting their ballot today on whether or not to replace the London-based Privy Council as the island’s final court. Two years ago, they narrowly rejected the bill that...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – High Court judge Kevin Ramcharan has pleaded not guilty to a charge of careless driving after the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) discontinued a case of dangerous driving against him yesterday...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbadian authorities say they have detained two Haitian nationals, who were among 13 people from the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country denied entry into the island last weekend. Police said...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell is urging Grenadians not to be swayed by misleading information that today’s referendum is aimed at making widespread amendments to the Grenada constitution. Grenadians...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government today said it had taken control of the Berbice Bridge in the interest of public safety amid efforts by the company operating the facility for hefty increase in the toll paid by motorists and...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago started November in the same manner as it ended the previous month with an earthquake rattling the twin-island republic. The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago still mopping up after heavy rains that caused widespread flooding and damage in the south and central parts of the island, is preparing for the passage of yet another inter-tropical...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Another earthquake was felt in sections of Trinidad and Tobago today. The Seismic Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus, says the 4.1 magnitude earthquake...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – The Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) says a policy is now in place to protect the health, safety and welfare of public officers in the workplace. On Friday, the Government...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government is continuing its retrenchment programme in order to meet its expenditure reduction targets and to restructure the public service, head of the Civil Service Dr Louis Woodroffe said....
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rocked sections of Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday morning. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus said...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be providing financial support in the form of grant funding towards emergency relief efforts for communities affected by recent flooding in Trinidad and...
GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has expressed concern about the growing number of cases involving sexual-related offences, particularly against minors. Mitchell, who was responding to reports that a member...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has emphasised the importance of the recently negotiated debt restructuring programme, saying it has saved the country in a number of ways. Mottley made the comments...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union on Wednesday signed an agreement on increased salaries and benefits for the country’s teachers. It came two weeks after reaching the agreement that will...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — A Bermudan government cabinet minister was said to be “absolutely heartbroken” after two of his sons were jailed in England who ran a drugs operation targeting university students. Marcus Weeks, 28, and...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Tuesday called for persons to stop disseminating “fake news” saying such actions put a heavy burden on law enforcement and rescue teams dealing with the...
PORT Of SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago legendary calypsonian Winston Bailey, who was due to receive an honorary doctorate from the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) this weekend, died Tuesday. He was...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government Monday announced that it has started its programme for restructuring the public service and reducing expenditure as it seeks to turn around the ailing economy. Head of the Civil Service Dr...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 was felt in sections of the twin-island republic this afternoon. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus,...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez have repatriated 12 Dominicans and returned two Haitians to Dominican authorities following the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he will approach Cabinet for funds to help with flood relief. Rowley was speaking during a joint media conference yesterday “I would speak ahead of the...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Human rights group, Citizens’ Initiative for Human Rights (ICDH), is calling for the authorities to put measures in place so that children in conflict with the law can effectively be rehabilitated. The ICDH...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded over three thousand pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of over US$47 million...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its “Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere” has marked down its growth forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean to 1.2 percent in 2018 and 2.2...
