BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Barbados was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 today, but there were no reports of injuries or damages. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St Augustine campus of the University of the...
Trinidadian soca star Machel Montano is seeking more than TT$2 million in compensation after claiming that the state-owned telecommunication company wrongfully suspended a sponsorship deal with him. The case came up for hearing for the first...
The Police in Guyana have launched a manhunt for assailants who robbed an elderly couple and later set fire to their home. The police said that the incident occurred on the East Bank of Essequibo on Sunday. They further said the dead couple,...
Regional carrier, LIAT, today confirmed that Chief Executive Officer, David Evans has resigned. In a statement , LIAT said the Board of Directors accepted Evans’ resignation Wednesday. The Director of Finance and ICT Julie Reifer-Jones, has...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says it will soon implement electronic testing to allow learners to take their CXC examinations on a computer or electronic device. “This exciting, new...
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says the proposed referendum to amend the constitution will not allow for same sex marriages to become legal in the Bahamas. Christie launched the YES Bahamas Campaign 'Equal Rights...
Health officials in St Lucia have confirmed the island’s first Zika virus cases. Results from the Trinidad based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) yesterday said a male and a female from Castries tested positive for the mosquito borne...
The Guyanese government is seeking to establish a special response team to deal with prison unrests following this month’s incident that left at least 17 inmates dead and several others injured. Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says...
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Guyana, Haslyn Parris, died yesterday after an emergency operation. He was 75 years old. Parris suffered an aneurysm Sunday night at his residence in Buxton, East Coast Demerara. In the 1970s Parris became a member...
Former Cuban president, Fidel Castro has broken his silence over President Obama's recent visit to Cuba in a damning letter published in state-run newspaper Granma. Fidel, who handed power to his brother Raul a decade ago, said Cuba didn't...
The Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados has been forced to close because of protest action by air traffic controllers. In a release today, the airport authorities said all flights in and out of the island have been cancelled until 6 o...
HAVANA (AP) -- The latest on President Barack Obama's trip to Cuba (all times local): 12:50 p.m. Havana's airport is showing signs of stress as it prepares for Air Force One to arrive. Obama will land at Jose Marti International Airport on...
HAVANA (AP) -- Eyeing a new future with the U.S., Cubans are preparing their famed capital for a long-awaited visit by President Barack Obama, who will make history when Air Force One touches down in Havana on Sunday. Obama's visit to the...
Importation of Styrofoam will no longer be allowed in Guyana as of April 1. The country’s Ministry of Finance is considering tax incentives for importers who are interested in bringing in alternatives. The Environmental Protection Agency is...
Cuba and the European Union (EU) have signed an agreement to normalise diplomatic relations. The signing in the Cuban capital of Havana yesterday marked the culmination of two years of talks. The agreement will allow the 28-member EU to increase...
A United States-based major healthcare staffing agency has agreed to pay US$100,000 in a settlement for what has been described as an “egregious” classified advertisement that discriminated against Haitian nurses. New York State...
At least 7,000 police, soldiers and prison service officers were eligible to cast ballots as voting in the Local Government Elections in Guyana began this morning. This is the first local government poll since 1994. The rest of the population is...
Grenada’s health authorities today confirmed that an outbreak of cat a primary school has forced the closure of the school for at least one week. The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has further advised that siblings of...
HAVANA (AP): Cuban President Raul Castro announced today that he is dispatching 9,000 soldiers to help keep the Zika virus out of Cuba, calling on the entire country to fight the mosquito that carries the disease. In a rare front-page message on...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has announced a series of actions that Member States are to take to confront the Zika virus that is affecting the region. The course of action includes continuous public education, implementation of measures at...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A federal trial over a US$100 million investors' lawsuit against Venezuela includes allegations of fraud, hints of an international criminal conspiracy and references to diamonds, junk bonds and a mysterious house fire in...
The body of a Japanese woman who had gone to Trinidad and Tobago to participate in the carnival celebrations there has been found in the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain. Police late last night said she had been identified as Asami...
Haiti's President Michel Martelly has stepped down at the end of his term amid tension over how he is to be replaced. No successor has yet been chosen as opposition supporters challenge a deal to select an interim leader. The last-minute deal...
Arcelor Mittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company yesterday announced it was laying off nearly 500 of its employees in Trinidad and Tobago. It says the move is due to the continuing poor international market conditions in the...
The Commissioner of Prisons in Trinidad and Tobago, Sterling Stewart yesterday dismissed speculation that a lockdown of the Port of Spain prison on Sunday was an attempt to prevent a breakout by inmates. In a statement, Stewart said the...
