PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP): Tropical Storm Bret unleashed heavy flooding, knocked out power and ripped off several roofs in some areas of Trinidad &Tobago as it swirled west across the southern Caribbean region on Tuesday. The storm was...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – A backlog of between 900 and 1,000 permanent residency applications are to be considered by a government appointed board this week. According to the Ministry of Immigration, the applicants may be contacted...
NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has called on the US Congress to pass legislation that would grant permanent status for Caribbean and others involved in the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA...
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Cuba has denounced the decision taken by United States President Donald Trump to re-impose some travel and trade restrictions between the two countries. Despite this, Cuba says it is willing to continue what it describes as the respectful dialogue...
The Trinidadian government says it is investigating reports that Grenada-born cardiologist Dr Conrad Murray, who in 2011 was convicted and jailed for the death of pop legend Michael Jackson, is attending to patients at a private medical facility...
GLAND, Switzerland, CMC – The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says overfishing and the degradation of coral reefs across the Caribbean and Pacific islands are pushing many fish, including food sources like tunas and...
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (CMC): A court in Aruba has declared the Dutch Caribbean carrier InselAir Aruba bankrupt. The Curacao Chronicle reports that the court granted the airline a deferment of payment for a few months and presently flights are not...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The government of the Cayman Islands has sought to assure potential visitors that there will be no need for concern, if their visit is interrupted by inclement weather. With the start of the...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Caribbean islands especially those in the south have been urged to prepare for heatwaves as they will be a feature of the 2017 rainy season. That is the warning issued by Dr Simon Mason of the Caribbean Institute...
WASHINGTON, CMC – As the United Nations today celebrates the International Day of Action for Women’s health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) wants the Caribbean and other countries in the Americas to leave “no girl or...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – In a dramatic turn of events, that has struck out a deal brokered on Friday between the two major political parties – opposition leader McKeeva Bush is set to become premier of the...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC): Over 21,000 Caymanians are eligible to participate in Wednesday’s general election to determine the next Legislative Assembly for this British Overseas Territory. This general election is a historic one as...
Haitian American legislator Dr Mathieu Eugene is rallying support for undocumented Haitians who are under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programme. Dr Eugene, who is also a member of the Brooklyn Council, says he scrapped plans to celebrate...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – A mother of three, originally jailed for life for murdering a teenager, has been sent to prison for five and a half years, following a retrial. Kiahna Trott-Edwards received the jail term during sentencing in...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is to reveal the composition of his 16-member cabinet shortly. On Friday, the chairman of the just elected Free National Movement (FNM), Sidney Collie, said the prime minister will assign...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): A High Court Judge will on July 31 rule on the extradition proceedings initiated against former government minister and football official Jack Warner. Warner, is wanted in the United States to face corruption...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): Dr Hubert Minnis was on Thursday sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas since the country gained political independence from Britain in 1973. Minnis, a medical doctor and former minister of...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has made amendments to the court’s rules in its Original and Appellate Jurisdictions. On Friday, the CCJ advised that the revised rules were...
Finance Minister Chris Sinckler has brushed aside a suggestion from former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados Dr DeLiesle Worrell for the Fruendel Stuart-led administration to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a bid to...
OTTAWA, CMC – The Canadian Government has published regulatory changes to increase the maximum age of a dependent child in new applications for all immigration programs. According to a government statement, the changes will allow more...
HAVANA (AP): One of the highest-profile members of Cuba's ruling family said Wednesday that the country could be surprised by the person who succeeds her father as president. Mariela Castro's uncle Fidel led Cuba for a half century before...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered a 60 per cent increase in the country's minimum wage, effective today. This means the worst-paid workers will now take home about 200,000 bolivars a month, which is still less than US$50 at...
MEXICO CITY, CMC – Head of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, says the most important challenges to health and well-being in the Americas, including the Caribbean, are rooted in inequity and social exclusion...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC. – Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says the Trinidadians who were deported from Turkey on Friday will be closely monitored by security officials here. Twelve Trinidadians who were detained in Turkey last year were...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC): The government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has announced plans to introduce electronic visas (e-Visas), in an effort to make the BVI more accessible to persons who currently require...
