PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 was recorded in Port au Prince and surrounding areas on Saturday . The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says at 4:14 pm (local time), the tremor was widely felt in the...
WASHINGTON, CMC – Amid deep concerns that United States President Donald J. Trump could end an Obama-era policy of protecting young, illegal Caribbean and other immigrants, top US executives at a number of companies, business groups and...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Global Detention Project, an international group based in Switzerland, says Trinidad and Tobago is a hub for an alarming number of illegal immigrants. In its online report, Global Detention Project says...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has named a former chairman among six people for the position of chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). In a statement, Jagdeo said he had submitted the names to President...
ORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has confirmed outbreaks of conjunctivitis, commonly referred to as “red eye or pink eye” in several countries in the region. In a statement on Saturday...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20,CMC – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives to remove Confederate monuments from military bases. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants,...
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): The St Lucia government says it is considering imposing visa restrictions on Venezuelans visiting the island as a result of the political situation in the South American country where opposition forces are...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Five people were killed when a car plunged down a precipice and into the sea to the north of the capital early Sunday. The police report that the incident took place along the road between the villages of Pennville and...
A Trinidad High Court judge is to deliver his ruling in September in the case in which former international football executive Jack Warner is challenging his extradition to the United States on corruption allegations. Justice James Aboud was...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) says the New York Police Department (NYPD) has seen a dramatic increase in the number of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants seeking its help in obtaining a...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked for global acceptance today as he cast an unusual pre-dawn vote for an all-powerful constitutional assembly that his opponents fear he'll use to replace his country's...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a grant to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to assist with the review and strengthening of emergency response procedures in participating states....
UNITED NATIONS, CMC –The United Nations health agency has warned that the spread of an HIV strain resistant to some of the most widely used medicines could undermine global progress in treating and preventing HIV infection in the Caribbean...
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): Early-morning showers gave way to sunny skies as voters headed to the polls on Tuesday in a general election expected to produce another nail-biting finish between the ruling One Bermuda Alliance (OBA), which is seeking a...
Five men, including two bank employees and two policemen, were arrested and charged for attempting to rob Guyana's Republic Bank. During the lengthy bail hearing on Friday, the five men – Jamal Haynes, Keron Saunders, Gladston George...
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – A national footballer is among three persons shot and killed in two separate incidents last night, police have confirmed. Police say Roy “Chicken” Richards, a midfielder with the national squad, was...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has warned that the situation regarding the state of West Indies cricket had the potential to “destroy” CARICOM, because of the differences among...
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Hurricane Eugene has grown into a Category 3 storm in the Pacific Ocean off of Mexico, but forecasters say it's not expected to threaten land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm had maximum sustained winds of...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has fired his Public Utilities Minister Marlene Mc Donald, less than a week after she was re-appointed to the Cabinet after being dismissed as housing minister 16 months ago. A...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazilian police say they have captured a major drug lord known as "White Head" who used plastic surgeries to help him evade authorities for nearly three decades. Police say Luiz Carlos da Rocha was arrested...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- At least four people were killed and eight injured during anti-government protests in central Venezuela, authorities said yesterday. Chief prosecutor Luis Ortega Diaz confirmed that four deaths occurred Friday in clashes...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Four people were killed after a minibus collided with a vehicle that had broken down on a highway linking Gonaïves and Saint-Marc, west of the capital, the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) has confirmed...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A delegation from the United Nationals Security Council says it has accomplished the objectives of its mission during a three day visit to Haiti. The mission included a first-hand look into how best the global...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Young protesters broke down a metal fence guarding an air base in Caracas yesterday before being repelled by security forces firing tear gas in another day of anti-government protests in Venezuela's capital....
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): A study by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has found that more than 300,000 children are not attending school in Haiti. The 2011-15 study is the focus of a two-day workshop that ends here Wednesday with...
