BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Friday said that tropical Pacific and Atlantic ocean temperatures should remain well above average, steadily amplifying heat stress in the Caribbean...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Forced out of the neighbourhood, one family of four lived on the streets of Port-au-Prince until...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Cindy has formed behind Tropical Storm Bret, in the first case of two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began, forecasters said Friday. The historic event signals an early...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday ordered a full shutdown of the country, with the exception of essential services, as Tropical Storm Bret could impact the island within the next 24...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Attorneys for the widow of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse filed a lawsuit Thursday in Florida against those accused in his assassination, which is still under investigation. The lawsuit, which was...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A hurricane watch was issued for St Lucia as Tropical Storm Bret barrelled toward the eastern Caribbean on Thursday at near-hurricane strength. The storm was located about 170 miles (265 kilometres) east of...
LONDON (AP) — As a small child in Jamaica, Evadney Campbell loved it when barrels of gifts arrived at Christmastime from her parents in England. She was thrilled to receive the dolls, the English crinoline dresses with ribbons, the pretty...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Belize as malaria-free, following the country's over 70 years of continued efforts to stamp out the disease. “WHO congratulates the people and Government of Belize...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret grew stronger on Wednesday as it took aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that braced for torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph)...
MIAMI, CMC -Tropical Storm Bret was gaining strength on Tuesday with the Barbados government issuing a storm warning for the island. “Tropical storm watches will likely be required for other islands later tonight,” the Miami-based...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Embattled Local Government and Regional Development Minister in Guyana, Nigel Dharamlall, has been placed on $1 million station bail after he was arrested on Monday in connection with allegations of sexual assault of...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Bret formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Monday, with forecasters saying it could pose a hurricane threat to the Lesser Antilles by Thursday and the Dominican Republic and Haiti by the weekend. The National...
MIAMI, Jun 19, CMC – The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre Monday said it could begin issuing advisories on a tropical depression later today as the system had become better organised overnight. It said that satellite images indicate that...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana's president, Irfaan Ali, on Sunday said that he has “no problem” with a request made by his embattled Local Government and Regional Development Minister, Nigel Dharamlall, to proceed on...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has seized cocaine worth more than US$186 million during operations in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. In a statement, the Coast Guard said that more than 14,153 pounds of cocaine...
St GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC –Two people were rescued after a Venezuelan registered aircraft crashed 14 miles off the coast of Grenada, the Office of the Prime Minister reported Friday. A statement posted on the Office of the Prime...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC - Education Minister in the British Virgin Islands Sharie de Castro says the ministry is getting ready to recruit interested students, who are at the end of their high school journey, to teach at various...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday noted that demand exceeds supply in many countries of the region as it highlighted the importance of regular, voluntary blood and plasma donation to ensure countries...
MIAMI, CMC - A mother and son have pleaded guilty under a plea agreement to conspiracy to import cocaine in a scheme that also allegedly involved the former premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Andrew Fahie. As part of Oleanvine Pickering...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Police are investigating the death of a member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who was shot on Monday by a colleague during an argument. Media reports have identified the dead soldier as Tevon Daymon and said that the...
WASHINGTON, CMC -A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank has found that the value of exported goods from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) grew at an estimated rate of 2.9 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, after...
GENEVA, CMC – Two experts appointed by the United Nations' Human Rights Council say that a draft New York State law is a “golden opportunity” to ensure fair debt relief for Caribbean and other developing countries. The experts...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 73-year-old American was rushed to the hospital in The Bahamas on Wednesday after being bitten by a shark. The police report that the woman, who is from Marshall Town, Iowa, was climbing the stern ladder of a 32-...
WASHINGTON, CMC – In pursuit of shared prosperity and security, and in recognition of the close ties between the United States and Caribbean nations, Vice President Kamala Harris will announce on Thursday new initiatives to strengthen US-...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC - Barbados health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a ward at the Geriatric Hospital on the outskirts of the capital. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said it has since suspended...
