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Barbados opposition Leader blasts PM over CCJ statement

Published:Monday | May 21, 2018 | 9:43 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 21, CMC – The leader of the main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP)  Mia Mottley has dismissed a suggestion by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart that if he is re-elected to office in Thursday’s general...

B'dos PM vows to leave CCJ if re-elected

Published:Sunday | May 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Citing disrespect from the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Barbados Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart says if his Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is re-elected in the upcoming general election, his...

Company that owned plane crashed in Cuba had safety problems

Published:Sunday | May 20, 2018 | 12:00 AM

The Mexican charter company whose plane crashed in Cuba on Friday, killing 110 people on board, had received prior safety complaints, two-ex pilots say.The BBC said one of the pilots described how a plane rented from Damojh airlines had dropped off...

Commonwealth citizens in Barbados go to court in last ditch effort to vote in upcoming elections

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 2:38 PM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – At least 14 Commonwealth nationals have gone to court Friday in a last-ditch effort for their names to be included in the voter's list to be used in the May 24 general elections in Barbados. The details of the...

UPDATE: Cuban president reports "high number of victims" from plane crash

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 2:02 PM

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuban officials Friday spoke of a “high number of victims” after a Boeing 737-400 with more than 100 people on board crashed while taking off from Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport on an ...

Plane crashes in Havana, Cuba, with 104 passengers on board

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 1:06 PM

HAVANA -- A Boeing 737 operated by state airline Cubana crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 people on board. There was no immediate word on casualties.  The plane was headed to the...

Most Bahamians unable to make ends meet based on present salaries - Survey

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 11:48 AM

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A significant number of Bahamians believe that their salaries were not sufficient to “make ends meet” according to a survey conducted by the Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBOB). The bank found that as many as...

Belize Deputy Prime Minister confirms his detention in the US

Published:Friday | May 18, 2018 | 10:05 AM

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Belize Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber has confirmed that he was “detained for about three hours” last month when he visited the United States because police thought he fitted the description...

CARICOM calls for restraint in Israel-Palestine conflict

Published:Thursday | May 17, 2018 | 3:13 PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called for restraint in the use of force and for a halt to an “unacceptable escalation of death and violence” in the Israel-Palestine conflict. In a statement...

Antigua to hold CCJ referendum this year

Published:Thursday | May 17, 2018 | 9:36 AM

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has said that it intends to hold a referendum within the next four months on whether or not the island will adopt the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its...

Praises for Sir Dennis Byron as Antigua's High Court observes his retirement

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 4:14 PM

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Prominent regional and international jurists Wednesday praised the contributions of the outgoing President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, for his immense contribution to...

Former Trinidadian gov't minister Jack Warner ordered to repay multi-million dollar loan

Published:Wednesday | May 16, 2018 | 11:31 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge has ordered former government minister Jack Warner to repay TT$1.5 million to the owner of a local company which was used to finance the 2007 campaign of the United National Congress (UNC)....

Trinidad's Education Minister defends decision to send home lecturers

Published:Tuesday | May 15, 2018 | 3:15 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 15, CMC – Education Minister Anthony Garcia Tuesday defended the decision of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) to send home more than 30 academic staff members, saying that their retrenchment would not...

Antigua's Investment and Trade Minister resigns amid bribery allegations

Published:Tuesday | May 15, 2018 | 12:41 PM

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, May 15, CMC – Investment and Trade Minister Asot Michael has tendered his resignation from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Gaston Browne, the state-owned Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Corporation (ABS) has reported...

St Vincent opposition leader defends Canadian citizenship

Published:Tuesday | May 15, 2018 | 11:42 AM

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 15, CMC – The leader of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Godwin Friday says that his Canadian citizenship does not disqualify him from being a Member of Parliament in St. Vincent and the...

Privy Council dismisses Antigua and Barbuda gov't's appeal against former civil servant

Published:Tuesday | May 15, 2018 | 9:29 AM

LONDON, May 15, CMC – The London-based Privy Council has dismissed an appeal by the Antigua and Barbuda government that sought to prevent the former executive secretary of the Board of Education Gisele Isaac from taking legal action...

Antiguan gov't apologises to Rastafarians

Published:Sunday | May 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON, CMC – The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says it will formally apologize before the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday on discrimination against the Rastafarian community, in an effort to improve relations with the...

CCJ sits today to hear appeal by St Lucian to be included in B'dos Electoral List

Published:Sunday | May 13, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hold an emergency hearing today as a St Lucian-born academic challenges the Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) to have his name included on the electoral...

B'dos Opposition launches campaign with promise to fix social woes

Published:Sunday | May 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Leader of the main opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), Mia Mottley, says her party will tackle several social issues if elected to govern the country in the May 24 general election.Mottley, in an address to hundreds...

EU launches facility to assist regional countries transition

Published:Sunday | May 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BUENOS AIRES, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the European Union (EU) has launched the Regional Facility for Development in Transition for Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC said the tool was...

Regional conservation body to launch revolutionary map of Caribbean Basin

Published:Sunday | May 6, 2018 | 12:00 AM

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Nature Conservancy in the Caribbean has launched a ground breaking initiative along with the Carnegie Institution for Science and Planet, a company that collects daily satellite imagery on a global scale, to create the...

Antigua PM says ‘no justice’ in de-banking Caribbean countries

Published:Sunday | April 29, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, says there is no justice in the de-banking and barring of small Caribbean states from the international payment system.“De-banking and de-risking undermines the ability...

T&T deports Venezuelan nationals, concerns over asylum seekers

Published:Sunday | April 22, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – At least 82 Venezuelan nationals were deported to their homeland yesterday amid concerns that among them were people seeking asylum in Trinidad and Tobago.The Ministry of National Security in a statement issued late...

USVI tourism back on track after hurricanes

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK, CMC – United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Commissioner of Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty says the territory is open for business, in the aftermath of last year’s hurricanes.According to a USVI statement issued yesterday, Nicholson-Doty...

Top US official meets with Haitian president

Published:Sunday | April 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of State says Acting Secretary of State John J. Sullivan met with Haitian President Jovenel Moise yesterday, on the margins of the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru.The State Department said...

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