MIAMI (AP): A former Haitian coup leader and recently elected senator in that country pleaded guilty Monday to a US drug money-laundering charge under a deal that should allow him to avoid a potential sentence of life in prison for cocaine...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Ministry of Education has sought to defend its decision to announce that local businessman Robert Bermudez has been selected as the next Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), although final...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Doctors from across all regions in Guyana are being trained to detect microcephaly in expectant mothers. The training – conducted by the Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Georgetown Public Hospital...
The US-based low cost carrier Spirit Airlines says it plans to stop flying to Cuba. This is because the loads are insufficient to continue flying to the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island. Spirit Airlines is the third airline to announce plans to...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rocked St Kitts and Nevis early Monday, but there are no reports of injuries or damage. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Unit says the tremor was recorded at 1:23 am (local time)...
(CMC): Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett left the island on Sunday for Bangkok, Thailand where he will be among a list of influential speakers at the World Travel and Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 17th Global Summit on April 27. En route to...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): Prime Minister Perry Christie Tuesday announced May 10 as the date for the general elections in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The announcement came as the Parliament was dissolved paving the way for the poll....
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): The Office of the President of Haiti has described as “a terrorist act” last weekend’s attack on a presidential motorcade returning from the Artibonite department as preparations continue for the...
The United States has named Trinidad and Tobago national Shane Dominic Crawford among a group it calls Specially Designated Global Terrorists. The State Department says Crawford and other foreigners identified as El Shafee Elsheikh, Anjem Choudary...
The Grenada government has announced that it had reached an agreement with two trade unions that were originally refusing to accept the financial package for the period 2013-16. Labour Minister Oliver Joseph told the House of Representatives that...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has praised Grenada’s fiscal discipline as it implements a home-grown structural adjustment programme with the support of the International Monetary Fund (...
The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has sought the assistance of the United Nations (UN) to boost supplies of medicine to his country. In a speech televised in Venezuela yesterday, Maduro said the UN had the expertise to normalise the supply...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be the featured speaker at the annual convention of the ruling New National Party (NNP) on Sunday. NNP public relations officer, Simon Stielle, said that the...
BRADES, Montserrat (CMC): The Montserrat government Monday said it has been forced to postpone the presentation of the annual budget due to a delay by the United Kingdom in approving the island’s “Financial Aid Business Case”. The...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC): Finland has expressed an interest in exploring the bioenergy potential in mainland territories of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. Newly accredited Finland envoy to CARICOM Kukka Pietikaine said his...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent CMC): The Bank of St Vincent & the Grenadines Ltd (BOSVG) says it is aware of recent reports regarding fraudulent activities at automated teller machines (ATMs) and that they may have affected some of its customers. The...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): The Guyana government Wednesday announced plans to implement programmes aimed at reintegrating deportees into the society. Citizenship Minister, Winston Felix, told reporters that while the government has no control over...
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC): At least 13 schoolchildren were pulled to safety after their school caught fire following an explosion on Wednesday. “Everybody is calling me a hero, but I just did my job,” said Stacey Simmons who was driving...
(CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have been fine-tuning their positions ahead of the next Preparatory meeting of the United Nations (UN) meeting to establish an international legally binding agreement on sustainable use of marine...
HAVANA (AP): Cuba's tobacco farmers are celebrating a bumper crop after two bad years that coincided with a boom in demand set off by a surge of tourists and looser US rules on cigar-buying. One night of rain combined with a winter chill can...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC: René Préval, the former president of Haiti died Friday, the Miami Herald Newspaper has reported. He was 74. It quoted his wife, Elisabeth Delatour Préval as confirming his death. Préval died...
MIAMI (AP): A former Haitian coup leader who was recently elected to that country's Senate is seeking immunity from US prosecution in a drug case. Court documents recently filed by Guy Philippe's attorney contend he cannot be prosecuted...
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC): The Belize government is moving to clamp down on the misuse of the social media and is establishing a taskforce to look at the issue of cyber laws, Solicitor General, Nigel Hawke has said. “We’ve just discussed...
The Trinidad and Tobago Government has requested a report amid concerns that lead contaminated water from a landfill has been entering a water treatment plant owned by the state-run Water and Sewerage Authority WASA since 2014. Minister in the...
Published:Wednesday | February 15, 2017 | 12:00 AM
Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says he is taking a bill to Cabinet to amend the country's cybercrime laws to deal with reckless users who post obscene images and false news online. The Attorney General says he will...
