Aid agencies in Haiti battling a cholera epidemic are reporting a severe shortage of trained medical personnel and basic supplies, from soap to body bags.
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:17 PM
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Albert R. Ramdin, wants the international community to do more to address the immediate needs of Haiti ahead of presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, November 28.
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
NASSAU (CMC): The Bahamas is seeking the support of Spain for full membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes has said.The head of state made the request as he accepted...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
GEORGETOWN (CMC):Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy says Guyana will step up its public education and surveillance following a World Health Organisation (WHO) warning that the Caribbean could be overrun by Haiti's...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Port of Spain (CMC):A new United Nations report on the HIV/AIDS epidemic is showing that despite some significant gains in the Caribbean, some countries, like The Bahamas, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago...
Published:Wednesday | November 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
BASSETERRE (CMC):Tourism officials yesterday said that the island had been reinstated on the schedule of two cruise-ship vessels one week after 17 tourists had been robbed by armed bandits."I am happy to advise that Princess...
The Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations, Valerie Amos, is to visit Haiti today to review the humanitarian response to the cholera outbreak.
A suburban body shop owner accused of helping to run one of the largest drug smuggling organizations in the Caribbean was arrested Monday as he took a family vacation on a cruise ship.
Two cruise ship lines are returning to the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts after suspending port calls due to an armed robbery of ship passengers earlier this month.
The people of Suriname are now into their second day of three days of national mourning following the deaths of seven people at a mining pit over the weekend.
Former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Patrick Manning has questioned the origin of funds being used to construct what he described as "Kamla's palace" in south Trinidad.
Political tensions mounted in Grenada yesterday after three government ministers boycotted a swearing in ceremony where they were due to take the oath of office.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says while the Antigua and Barbuda government has met all the end of September economic performance targets, revenue growth continues to be lower than expected.
Representatives from the delegation of the European Commission (EU) to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean are visiting St Lucia to determine what further European Union emergency aid is necessary.
