BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights from the United States this month, a Cuban official said, echoing US concerns about the highest levels of Cuban migration in six decades. Carlos Fernandez de...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The driver of a former Haitian senator has been detained for questioning in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse,, authorities said Thursday. Mozart Prevot was detained Tuesday by...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The United nations and its partners are to launch an appeal for US$720 million to support more than three million people in the French-speaking CARICOM country, where gangs, hunger, and cholera have plunged...
FLORIDA, CMC – Two Trinidadians were among three men who admitted to their roles in a Caribbean arms trafficking ring. A statement issued on Thursday by United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Roger B. Handberg,...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Two teachers who were suspended after contesting the general election last year are now free to resume their duties, three weeks after a High Court judge ruled that the General Order banning all public officers...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Tuesday said it remains optimistic that a near six year ban on the export of catfish species to the United States will soon be reversed. Washington in 2017 imposed the ban on the Caribbean...
WASHINGTON, Apr 11, CMC -Guyana is expected to record the highest growth among CARICOM countries this year while Haiti will record under one per cent growth in 2023, according to the latest World Economic Outlook, released by the International...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry has described as “barbaric acts,” the murders of three police officers on Sunday by members of the “Timakak” gang during an ambush. The General...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Health authorities in Grenada Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of gastroenteritis and acute respiratory infections. “Grenada is experiencing an outbreak of gastroenteritis. This condition is characterised...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A judge in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday ordered an ex-presidential candidate held under house arrest and two former high-ranking officials jailed while awaiting trial in a record $347 million...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says law enforcement agencies have intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea transporting 3,051 pounds of cocaine, arresting three non-citizens from...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A man involved in a car accident Monday in Puerto Rico's capital fled the scene in an ambulance that had arrived to help him, police said. Police pursued him from San Juan to the nearby city of Caguas but...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Former attorney general Allyson Maynard-Gibson has called for the government to pass legislation giving Bahamian men and women an equal chance to pass citizenship to their children and spouses. Bahamians rejected more...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) says a new UN-backed network aims to drive action to save migrant lives in the Americas, including the Caribbean. “Thousands searching...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Starting next month, the Ministry of Health in Guyana will be rolling out a registered nursing programme aimed at training 1,000 people annually. Upon successful completion, persons will be guaranteed a job within...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC –The permanent residency system in the Cayman Islands received a significant setback when the Court of Appeal recently handed down a ruling which stated that it does not give sufficient weight to the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations in the Caribbean has issued a public recommendation for travellers as an increase in the number of international arrivals is expected to start this...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government has announced new measures regarding entry requirements into the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country for nationals from Haiti and Jamaica. The John Briceno government said following a “...
MIAMI (AP) — The Government of the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago has won a multimillion-dollar verdict in a sprawling corruption lawsuit that began nearly 20 years ago and involves former high-ranking officials. A jury in...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One person died and 16 are missing after a boat capsized near the eastern Caribbean island of St Kitts early Tuesday, authorities said. The boat was carrying 32 passengers, 16 of which were rescued, according to...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said it has no intention of devaluing the local currency arguing that it would lead to increased inflation and an immediate increase in imported goods. In addition,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Telecommunications company Digicel Monday announced that it has transitioned its Trinidad Consumer Contact Centre to a consolidated regional centre of excellence in Jamaica, resulting in more than 100 workers...
HAVANA (AP) — Cubans voted Sunday in National Assembly elections with attention focused on voter turnout amid a deep economic and migratory crisis. With 470 candidates running for the legislature's 470 seats, and no opposition...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — A few hundred protesters gathered in Suriname's capital on Friday to demand that the president of the South American country resign. They accused the administration of President Chan Santokhi of trying to...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba holds National Assembly elections Sunday, but there are only 470 candidates running for the 470 seats, with no opposition challengers and no campaigning. Voters essentially will do no more than endorse the nominated slate...
