WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States government is urging Americans that they should “consider departing Haiti now” as it issued a Level 4 advisory for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. “Do not travel...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – At least 14 bodies have been pulled out of the dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana that was destroyed by an early morning blaze on Monday, resulting in at least 20 children being killed. ...
PHILADELPHIA, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia has detained nationals from Haiti and the Dominican Republic among 29 noncitizens with...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says its crews have repatriated and transferred 169 migrants to Cuba and the Bahamas, making it known that the maritime borders to the United States are closed to irregular and illegal migration. The...
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The governments of Cuba and Russia agreed to boost the development of tourism when representatives of both countries signed cooperation accords during a bilateral meeting in Havana. The meeting was part of the 20th...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sir Gerald Watt, has suspended the parliamentary representative for the constituency of St Peter, Asot Michael, for the next three sittings. According to Sir...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada Co-operative Bank Limited (GCBL) Friday took over the operations of FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited (FirstCaribbean) there following approval from the St Kitts-based Eastern...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — American oil giant ExxonMobil said Friday it had appealed a recent Guyanese court ruling forcing it to set aside hundreds of millions of dollars in the event of a major oil spill off the coast of the country. The...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Suspected gang members ambushed a group of policemen, set their armoured vehicle on fire, and killed one officer in the latest attack against Haiti's National Police force, authorities said Thursday. The...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The government of Antigua and Barbuda has been successful in its discussions with the United States concerning its application for a licence to proceed with the unfettered sale of the Super Yacht...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United Kingdom-based Privy Council on Thursday ruled that the move by the Dr Keith Rowley led administration to extend the term of local government representatives by a year is unlawful. In the ruling, the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Oil company ExxonMobil Guyana says it has injected more than GUY$80 billion into the local economy as the government this week approved its 2023 plan as well as providing a certificate for complying with its local...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Government of the US Virgin Islands is trying to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase liable for sex trafficking acts committed by businessman Jeffrey Epstein. Musk has...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says that reducing the shortage of nurses in the Americas, including the Caribbean, is key to a better response to the next pandemic. According to the health body, between 600,000...
THE HAGUE, CMC – Residents and citizens of Bonaire, together with Greenpeace Netherlands, on Thursday launched a legal action over the Dutch government's failure to protect the Caribbean island against climate change impacts. Bonaire, a...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has refuted claims circulating on social media regarding an impending state of emergency saying it is intended to cause panic among the population. Police...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police on Monday confirmed that the 17-year-old son of a police officer, has died allegedly by suicide at his home in Tabaquite, a town in central Trinidad. The police said that the Form Five student...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – British Virgin Islands (BVI) Premier Natalio Wheatley says the United States should do more to help his country stem the flow of guns. Wheatley, who was speaking during a press conference, made the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents have offloaded 901 pounds of cocaine in Puerto Rico following the interdiction of a...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says Chikungunya has been identified in nearly 115 countries, with seasonal or sporadic outbreaks in the Americas, including the Caribbean. Chikungunya is a disease...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC -Police are investigating the death of a six-month-old baby, who is alleged to have been thrown out of an apartment building by a relative with a history of mental illness. The child's mother found him motionless...
PETIONVILLE, Haiti (AP) — A large fire tore through a street market in Haiti early Thursday, consuming thousands of dollars worth of goods as vendors wailed over their losses. The market, known as Shada, is located in Petionville, next to the...
The Privy Council upheld a landmark citizenship ruling on Thursday that children born out of wedlock to Bahamian men are citizens at birth regardless of their mother's nationality. The constitution was previously interpreted as not...
WASHINGTON, CMC – United States Senate Majority Leader Charles 'Chuck' Schumer on Wednesday announced the confirmation of a Jamaican-American to serve as a district judge on the prestigious United States District Court for the...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Government held emergency talks with Amerindian leaders on Tuesday night following the riots in the Pikin Saron area, southwest of the capital, earlier in the day that left two people dead and a police...
