President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the US Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on St Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency...
Published:Wednesday | November 22, 2023 | 10:59 AM
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica on Wednesday said it intends to sign the Samoa Agreement that will serve as an overarching legal framework for the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Parliament in St Kitts has given the nod to legislation regarding the unauthorised disclosure of official information. Attorney-General Garth Wilkin, who tabled the legislation, said it focuses on preventing leaks...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The death toll from the collapse of an illegal gold mine at Rosebel in Suriname climbed to 14 on Tuesday after more bodies were recovered at the facility. On Monday evening, President Chandrikapersad Santokhi,...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A concrete wall along an avenue in the Dominican Republic's capital that collapsed over the weekend and killed nine people during heavy rains was poorly designed, experts said Monday. The...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge has ordered Trinidad and Tobago to pay a total of TT$2.4 million to more than 24 Venezuelan nationals who had entered the country illegally and were later arrested by police in July 2020....
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Monday dismissed suggestions that the law enforcement agency has been involved in getting warring gangs to reach a truce following a wave of...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it has received commendation from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for eliminating user fees at public hospitals. “This acknowledgement is a...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two leaders from the 15-member CARICOM have sought to assure the government of Guyana that their countries are individually backing Guyana that its borders are inviolable and the International Court of Justice (...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A tropical disturbance moved across the western Caribbean on Friday night causing flooding in Haiti. The Civil Protection Agency told The Associated Press late Friday that two people had died after being swept...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) Thursday said that remittances received by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries are projected to reach a record US$155 billion in 2023. The Washington-based financial...
Haitian gang leader Vitel'homme Innocent has been added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' list. The FBI in Miami announced Wednesday that there's now a $2 million reward for...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Former Deputy Premier, Juliana O'Connor-Connolly, has been sworn in as the new Premier of the Cayman Islands, a few hours after the incumbent, Wayne Panton, had survived a motion of no confidence in his...
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — The FBI added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on Wednesday for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United States Coast Guard was searching Wednesday for a crew member who apparently fell from a cruise ship northwest of Puerto Rico, officials said. The unidentified 30-year-old man of Indian nationality was...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A heavily armed gang burst into a hospital in Haiti on Wednesday and took hostage women, children and newborns, according to the director of the medical centre who pleaded for help via social media. Jose Ulysse,...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A United States tourist died in the Bahamas after a catamaran carrying more than 100 people sank while travelling to a private island, police said Wednesday. Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Cayman Premier Wayne Panton's coalition government survived a motion of no confidence late Tuesday night with the opposition failing to receive the necessary two-thirds majority required to unseat the...
Published:Wednesday | November 15, 2023 | 10:24 AM
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it is withdrawing its agreement regarding the accreditation of Israel's Ambassador Designate to the CARICOM country, Einat Kranz-Neiger, as the John Briceno administration...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Tuesday said that diabetes remains a major health concern in the Caribbean region, affecting millions of people and burdening healthcare systems. In...
LONDON, CMC – Guyana on Tuesday presented what it said is the evidence that Venezuela intends to gain ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo through a referendum on December 3. Attorney Paul Reichler outlined...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck the northwest Dominican Republic on Friday near the border with Haiti. The tremor occurred at a depth of 12 miles (19 kilometres) just west-northwest of Las Matas de Santa Cruz,...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamian government says it has “no intention of allowing Bahamas Power & Light” to impose an extra five US dollars on late-paying consumers in a bid to reduce a US$100 million debt. Speaking at the...
The Salem, St Ann, branch of Western Union was robbed on Wednesday and a female employee abducted then later released. It is unclear if she was injured. The St Ann police say about 12:35 p.m. two men wearing masks entered the store. One of the men...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Finance Minister Colm Imbert Wednesday acknowledged that the decision by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) to temporary suspend the exchange of Trinidad and Tobago dollars at its banking counter was “to review its...
