GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands has shipped over two hundred pounds of iguana meat to the United States, a move that the private sector says could help in tackling the problems posed by the invasive species. The meat of...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – In its bid to further strengthen the capacity and capabilities of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force, the Ministry of National Security has recruited two senior-level officers...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Less than a week after the Jamaica government announced it had suspended the no sleeveless policy after reviewing the longstanding practice of prohibiting women wearing sleeveless attire from entry into...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Education Minister Nicolette Henry says she plans to meet with officials of the Guyana Trade Union (GTU) to discuss unresolved issues after the union earlier this week said it had instructed its members to embark on...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says the risk of contracting the Zika virus (ZIKV) in the region is low but there still a need to be vigilant given the ongoing risk for dengue...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Ministry of Health has expressed concern about the decline in the number of children who received the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine in the public health care system during the first six...
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Police Commissioner Ian Queeley has confirmed that a quantity of drugs to be used as evidence in a pending criminal case had been stolen from the police headquarters and that law enforcement officials are...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has elected attorney Verla DePeiza as its new leader as it seeks to rebuild following the defeat it suffered during the May 24 general election in Barbados. “...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Regional Nursing Body (RNB) has agreed to a recommendation from Jamaica for a review to be conducted of the Regional Examination for Nurses Registration (RENR) as managed by the Barbados-based Caribbean...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Monday said its members will embark on strike action from August 27 so as to ensure an agreement is reached with the Ministry of Education. Union president Mark Lyte,...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda's Speaker of the House of Assembly, Dennis Lister, has rebuked legislators for behaving like a “classroom of schoolchildren” after photographs were taken of members sleeping during...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) says visitor spending has risen for the 10th consecutive quarter. The BTA’s chief executive officer, Kevin Dallas, says while visitors spent less per person...
NEW YORK, CMC – Jamerican Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has launched a scathing attack on United States President Donald J. Trump’s immigration policies, describing them as ongoing assaults on immigrants. “In the White...
SAN FRANCISCO, CMC – An American man has been imprisoned for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in Jamaica. United States Attorney Alex Tse said that Douglas Peacock was sentenced on Wednesday by US District Judge Charles R...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Officials say Phase One of the Taiwanese-funded closed-circuit television (CCTV) has contributed to not only a reduction in criminal activity in and around the capital but has helped law enforcement solve...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The police service will be using new drone technology in the fight against crime. The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service last week used a new commercial standard drone during a simulation of a multi-...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is to conduct a survey to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Caribbean people concerning mosquito-borne diseases. The survey, which is...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Court of Appeal has added another three years to the sentence of a Jamaican man convicted of smuggling cocaine into the island. Dwayne George Watson, of Mavis Bank address in St Andrew, Jamaica, was...
WASHINGTON, CMC – More than 100 United States lawmakers have called for President Donald Trump to reinstate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, including Haitians, legally living in the country....
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Ministry of National Security says the police are investigating an apparent attempt by inmates to escape from the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services over the weekend. In a brief statement, the ministry said...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC- The Cayman Islands' Department of Immigration has announced the start of a month-long amnesty that will enable anyone living and working illegally in the British Overseas territory to leave and for local...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Speaker of the House of Assembly Dennis Lister has promised to take action after photos of legislators apparently asleep in Parliament appeared on social media sites and later picked up by the Royal Gazette newspaper...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The National Emergency Advisory Council (NEAC) is set to meet Thursday morning to determine the extent of the damage caused by the heavy rains that pounded the island for more than seven hours on Wednesday....
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that a Belizean Court of Appeal judge should be considered for investigation. The ruling was delivered on Tuesday in the case of Dean Boyce, British Caribbean...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — A government backbencher has called for an investigation into the use of cameras in parliament after photos appeared on social media sites of legislators apparently asleep during House of Assembly sessions....
