JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) -- Survivors of Hurricane Matthew put on their Sunday finest and picked their way through downed power lines to sing praise and pray in ruined churches, while desperation grew in other parts of devastated Haiti and international...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP): Sleepy Guyana has long been one of the hemisphere's poorest places, a sparsely populated nation on South America's northern shoulder that relies heavily on exports of sugar, rice and gold. But these days, there'...
The Supreme Court in Belize has ruled in a landmark case for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) that the country's law punishing homosexuality is unconstitutional. The decision was handed down today, six years after a gay citizen and advocate,...
The Guyana Revenue Authority has warned that it will be going after businesses cheating the Government of the 16 per cent value added tax (VAT) amounting to billions of dollars in revenue. The authority’s Commissioner General Godfrey Statia...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC): Haiti’s Interim President Jocelerme Privert has issued a decree ordering voters to elect a new head of state on October 9, according to a statement issued by the National Palace. It said that Privert, who came to...
BELMOPAN, Belize, Jul 20 (CMC): Five men, including a Guyanese-Canadian national, will re-appear in court on September 14 in connection with the murder of 47-year-old pastor, Llewellyn Lucas, whose head was discovered in a vehicle driven by the...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CMC): Haitians living in the Dominican Republic whose temporary visa permits will start to expire from July 17 to December, have been given another year to complete documents to obtain residency cards...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyana is seeking assistance from the United States (US) as it seeks to determine what is responsible for the sudden poultry deaths in East Bank, Berbice. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Livestock...
Guyana's Central Bank Governor Dr Gobind Ganga has confirmed that Bank of America will be severing ties with banks in the CARICOM state as early as next month. Bank of America provides correspondent banking services for some financial...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) -- After becoming the world's murder capital last year and posting an equally bloody start to 2016, this violence-torn Central American nation has seen its monthly homicide rate fall by about half. The government...
NA leaders confront rising tide of protectionismOTTAWA, Ontario (AP):The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico convened a summit yesterday intended to reaffirm their close cooperation on security, the environment and trade at a time of...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): The Grenada Parliament today approved legislation for the island to replace the London-based privy Council with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court. However, before Grenada could...
WASHINGTON (CMC): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Trinidad and Tobago’s output has continued to shrink while declines in global energy prices are leading to surging fiscal deficits and are pushing the external current account of...
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): A two-day Caribbean Regional Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) began in Dominica today with the region being told to brace itself for wetter than usual season and chances of more hurricane activity this year than in past five...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): St Vincent Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace is threatening legal action against a radio announcer who made remarks regarding the 2012 appointment of the chairman of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Linton Lewis to the Senate.
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of US$3.5 million to pay Haiti’s catastrophe risk insurance premium for the coming year. This marks the fourth year that CDB has provided a grant for the full payment of Haiti’s...
The ruling St Lucia Labour Party has warned voters against accepting the promise of the opposition United Workers Party to remove the value added tax (VAT) on goods and services. SLP deputy leader Phillip Pierre told a public meeting last night...
A series of car and suicide bombings has hit two government strongholds on Syria's Mediterranean coast. State media said at least 78 people were killed, while a monitoring group put the death toll at more than 145. Four bombings targeted bus...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC): The Suriname government says it will continue with the policies outlined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after thousands of people took to the streets last weekend protesting the government’s economic...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Nicolas Maduro threatened Saturday to take over idle factories and jail their owners following a decree granting him expanded powers to act in the face of a deep economic crisis. Maduro's remarks came as...
Legendary West Indian commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75 after a short illness in Barbados. Cozier was admitted to hospital on May 3 in Barbados for tests related to infections in the neck and legs. A familiar and respected voice...
A year after the Zika outbreak in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has said the epidemic has taken the Americas by surprise, noting that the virus has become “notorious”. In a release on the...
A 33-year-old flight attendant will re-appear in a Barbadian court on May 12 after she was denied bail when she appeared in court on drug-related charges. Deann Pat Portia Plummer, who works with the Antigua-based regional airline LIAT, appeared...
HAVANA (AP): The first US cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana today, restarting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility. Carnival Cruise Line...
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC): The main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) says it plans to make St Lucia a republic if it wins the next general election and replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as the island’s Head of State. Addressing...
