Caribbean

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....

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...

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),...

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...

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...

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...