CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Leader of the main opposition St Lucia Labour Party (SLP), Philip J. Pierre, has asserted that his country must take a position on marijuana, declaring that it is an issue that can no longer be dodged.Pierre recalled that...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun. 29, CMC The United States government has denied reports that it had sought to lobby the Trinidad and Tobago government into allowing nationals from the oil-rich twin-island republic to freely re-enter the county from...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Director of Finance and Economic Affairs Ian Carrington says public servants will receive a five per cent salary increase in August. According to Carrington, paperwork for the salaries was completed...
BELIZE CITY, Belize, CMC – The Belize Barrier Reef has been removed from the list of endangered World Heritage sites after nine years. In a statement, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said the...
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An investigation has been launched following the death of a member of the Royal Grenada Police Force during a military-style training exercise on Wednesday. According to Head of the Community Relations...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Negotiations regarding the Venezuelan Dragon across border gas field continued during a meeting held on Wednesday between government representatives and others, including the President of National Gas...
BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe, CMC – The first medical centre enabling the screening and treatment of diseases through advanced nuclear technology in the Caribbean was opened Guadeloupe earlier this month. The Guadeloupe Center of...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the mandatory death penalty in Barbados is unconstitutional. The CCJ, which is the highest court for Barbados, made the ruling based on...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has dismissed the opposition’s insinuation that 20,000 foreign nationals, mainly Haitians and Cubans, are being granted citizenship to vote in the 2020...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that an amendment to the Constitution that barred Presidents of the Republic of Guyana from serving more than two terms was valid. In...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has instructed public sector workers to use an official email when conducting business on behalf of the government. She gave the instruction yesterday while addressing a...
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell believes the time has come for Grenada to reconsider decriminalising the use of marijuana and other forms of recreational drugs. “More and more we are hearing...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President David Granger has proclaimed Monday as a national day of mourning for the victims of the massacre of Guyanese fishermen off the Coast of Suriname between April 27 and May 3. The proclamation calls for...
Venezuelan security forces have carried out hundreds of arbitrary killings under the guise of fighting crime, the UN's human rights body says.In a report, it cites "shocking" accounts of young men being killed during operations, often in poor...
The European Commission has received authorisation from the European Council to open negotiations for a new post-Cotonou Agreement partnership agreement with the 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP)....
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC– The Central Bank of The Bahamas has announced plans to introduce a pilot digital currency for the country. This is according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance K. Peter Turnquest, who made the...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – A Caymanian attorney and her partner, a nurse from the United Kingdom, are challenging the government’s decision to refuse their application to marry. In the writ, filed Wednesday, lawyers representing...
LONDON, CMC – The police in Bermuda and the United Kingdom are reporting that two Bermudian men have been arrested on terrorism-related charges in Britain. The Bermuda Police Service (BPS) confirmed that the two, who have been living in...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – British Virgin Island Premier Dr Orlando Smith has announced that he will not be seeking re-election as leader of his National Democratic Party (NDP) at the upcoming convention on the weekend...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antiguan Integrity Commission says there are grounds to begin an investigation into the activities of former investment and trade minister Asot Michael who stepped down last month amid speculation that he...
CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC – Venezuela’s state owned oil and natural gas company, Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has announced plans to suspend petroleum deliveries to some Caribbean countries under its Petrocaribe agreement. A...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have signed an agreement to enhance capacity for mental health and psychosocial support in disaster management in the...
LONDON, England, CMC – The Governor of the Cayman Islands Anwar Choudhury has been temporarily withdrawn from his post so as to allow the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to investigate a number of complaints against him,...
FLORIDA, CMC – A Belizean man was sentenced to four terms of life imprisonment more than a month after a jury found him guilty of four counts of second-degree murder. Brian Omar Hyde, 22, an undocumented immigrant, was found guilty in April...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC) is condemning the recent report of a 13-year-old minor being criminally charged for alleged possession of a firearm in the absence of his parents, a Community...
