Caribbean

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC  – Former Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell says if the Dr Ralph Gonsalves led government wants to replace the London-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), it should use a referendum...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – United Nations Secretary-General Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other member states to pay their mandatory contributions “on time and in full,”...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Leader of the Jamaat-Al-Muslimeen group Yasin Abu Bakr says he will not apologise for the 1990 coup aimed at unseating the Trinidad and Tobago government even as he acknowledged the “unfortunate...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s new Acting Commissioner of Police Edvin Martin has announced a zero-tolerance policy on possession of offensive weapons and other illegal items. “With immediate effect, I have directed...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Three people are being questioned as the Barbados police launch an investigation into the seizure of approximately BD$3 million worth of illegal drugs found aboard a yacht on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the Royal...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology says there is a potential for flooding and flash floods across the region during the next three months even as the rainfall totals are forecast...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Directorate of Dominican Migration says it has deported nearly 70,000 Haitians during the first six months of this year as it steps up measures to control the illegal entry of citizens into the Spanish...

TORONTO (AP) — A man walked along a Toronto street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes, shooting 14 people and killing two before dying after an exchange of gunfire with police. Police Chief Mark Saunders did not rule out terrorism as...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Minister of State Joseph Harmon reported that 1,608 persons have been recruited to the resuscitated Guyana People’s Militia. Harmon made the disclosure in the National Assembly, in response to a question...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC -The Sugar Association of the Caribbean (SAC) is optimistic about the sugar crop across the region despite current drought conditions. In a statement Tuesday, the SAC said the drought has been having an adverse impact on the...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – The Guyana Rice Development Board says there is no need for the country to import rice as local production is adequate to meet local demand. According to the board's General Manager, Nizam Hassan, there is...