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Published:Friday | July 14, 2023 | 10:12 AM

BRUSSELS, CMC – CARICOM leaders will hold discussions with their European counterparts in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, senior EU officials confirmed Friday. The officials briefing reporters on the two-day EU and the Community of Latin...

Published:Thursday | July 13, 2023 | 11:17 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Two earthquakes were felt in several countries in the Eastern Caribbean early Thursday. According to the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), at 1:56 a.m., a tremor with a magnitude of 3.5,...

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 4:30 PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Wednesday announced that it would be making Spanish a compulsory subject in schools come September, as well as turning to Cuba to deal with a shortage of nurses in the health care system....

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 12:08 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Bankers Associations of Trinidad and Tobago Wednesday said it “acknowledges with great concern” the increased risk being faced by clients before and after they visit banks and branches and...

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 9:32 AM

NEW YORK, CMC – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced the placement of two new Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers as the number of Caribbean and other asylum seekers in the city's care surpasses 52,000. The city...

Published:Wednesday | July 12, 2023 | 9:13 AM

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's government on Tuesday called the presence of a United States nuclear-powered submarine at the Guantanamo Bay naval base for several days last week a “provocative escalation,” while an American official...

Published:Tuesday | July 11, 2023 | 9:57 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Monday in the Atlantic Ocean near the northern Caribbean, causing some buildings to lightly sway in the region. The quake struck at a shallow depth of six miles (10 kilometres),...

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 7:51 PM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Secretary General of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), Rodney Taylor, Monday called for “full and complete elimination” of roaming charges in the region. Addressing a...

Published:Monday | July 10, 2023 | 9:16 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – In an effort to increase regional travel to the island, the Barbados government has reduced its airport service charge from US$35 to US$20, a statement from the Government Information Service said. Tourism and...

Published:Friday | July 7, 2023 | 8:26 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders announced Friday that it has suspended treatment at one of its hospitals in Haiti after some 20 armed men burst into an operating room and snatched a patient. The incident occurred late...

Published:Friday | July 7, 2023 | 3:08 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials are pushing to relax hair codes at schools in Trinidad and Tobago following a recent public outcry over nearly two dozen students who didn't receive their high school diploma because they...

Published:Friday | July 7, 2023 | 12:18 PM

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – National Security Minister, Wayne Munroe, says he expects a gun amnesty initiative to be introduced next week aimed at curbing the gun crime situation in The Bahamas. Munroe, speaking at a news briefing at the Office of...

Published:Thursday | July 6, 2023 | 5:17 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An ombudsman office in Haiti denounced Thursday what it called the “unacceptable slowness” of the Haitian investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse nearly two years...

Published:Thursday | July 6, 2023 | 9:00 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – CARICOM leaders ended their three-day summit in Trinidad on Wednesday night agreeing to have the free movement of all categories of people by March next year. The arrangement does not extend to Haiti, whose...

Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2023 | 1:52 PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Embattled Guyanese legislator Nigel Dharamlall has tendered his resignation as Local Government Minister and Member of Parliament. The announcement was made late Tuesday by President Irfaan Ali. Dharamlall had been...

Published:Wednesday | July 5, 2023 | 9:03 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says while he understands the current situation in Haiti is a “delicate issue”  he believes that the Haitian leader, Dr Ariel Henry “...

Published:Monday | July 3, 2023 | 11:33 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – CARICOM leaders open a three-day summit in Trinidad on Monday that coincides with the 50th anniversary of the regional integration movement. Dominica's Prime Minister and in-coming CARICOM...

Published:Saturday | July 1, 2023 | 5:41 PM

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Trade unions in Suriname have expressed disappointment over the “substantial increase” in salaries for government ministers and have joined the opposition in condemning the 50 per cent hike. Chairman of...

Published:Saturday | July 1, 2023 | 12:37 PM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Police Friday night confirmed that a 16-year-old schoolgirl who had accused Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall, of rape has said she no longer wants to pursue the matter. Head of the Criminal...

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 5:17 PM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Current legislator and former premier of the Cayman Islands McKeeva Bush was charged Wednesday with rape and indecent assault, according to authorities. Bush pleaded not guilty to charges that police said...

Published:Wednesday | June 28, 2023 | 12:34 PM

NEW YORK, CMC – New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city will open a 12th Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center as thousands of Caribbean and other asylum seekers continue to arrive weekly in the city. Adams said that, soon,...

Published:Tuesday | June 27, 2023 | 12:11 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Former prime minister, Joseph Jouthe says he has been questioned by an investigating judge into the July 2021 assassination of president Jovenel Moise. Moise, who would have celebrated his 55th birthday on...

Published:Monday | June 26, 2023 | 11:06 AM

SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – A three-day conference aimed at addressing inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) gets underway Chile on Tuesday. The “Third Regional Seminar on Social Development,”which...

Published:Monday | June 26, 2023 | 9:24 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) says it has successfully treated a baby who was born with an abnormal spine, leading to the emergence of a tail. In a statement, the GPHC said the unique presentation...

Published:Sunday | June 25, 2023 | 10:48 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Police in  Guyana have arrested two agents of the Guyana Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) after one excreted two diamonds allegedly stolen from a Surinamese man who was in custody. “The two diamonds...

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