SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — New clashes between gangs in Haiti's capital and beyond have killed at least 187 people in less than two weeks and injured more than 150 others, the United Nation said Tuesday. The fresh wave of violence...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Senior Counsel Anthony Astaphan says he expects to file by Wednesday an appeal of the ruling by the court that the COVID-19 vaccine mandate of the St Vincent and the Grenadines government was unlawful. Last week, High...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested 19 people in a sweeping corruption case that accuses a well-known former presidential candidate and three former officials of embezzling nearly $350...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC - The St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union and the Public Service Union Monday called for public sector workers to protest outside the Financial Complex against the government's decision to appeal...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The United Nations and its partners on Sunday issued an urgent appeal for increased humanitarian access and resources for Haiti, stating that the humanitarian situation across the French speaking CARICOM ...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says officers from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) have apprehended Caribbean nationals among 220 removable noncitizens during a nationwide...
TORONTO (AP) — A 16-year-old wounded his mother with a firearm and then killed two police officers before taking his own life in western Canada early Thursday, officials told The Associated Press. A police official and a senior government...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Henry signalled Friday that he wants to mobilise Haiti's military to help the National Police fight the country's increasingly powerful gangs. Henry said during an appearance at the...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – A 32-year-old American national, who claimed that he went to Belize seeking asylum, has been ordered deported after he appeared in court. The Magistrate Court heard that Gregory Aaron Brown of Connecticut, had been...
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, CMC – Residents of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will vote for a new government on April 24. Governor John Rankin has signed the proclamation detailing election day in accordance with Section 86 of the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Government Wednesday dismissed a statement by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that described as “reckless in the extreme” the signing of an agreement to operationalise e-governance without...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United Nation's special envoy to Haiti warned Wednesday that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti's national police force is not enough to fight...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has signed a non-disclosure agreement with the state-owned Venezuelan oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) as efforts continue for Port of Spain to benefit from...
BOSTON (AP) — Accusations of political violence and terror have followed a former Haitian mayor all the way to a Boston courtroom, where a civil trial began Monday that shines a light on the wider issue of bloodshed and unaccountability in...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has co-led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in pushing back against the ongoing effort by Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme for...
HAVANA (AP) — As Belkis Fajardo, 69, walks through the dense streets of downtown Havana with a small bag of lettuce and onions in hand, she wonders how she'll feed her family over the holidays. Scarcity and economic turmoil are nothing...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, escaped “without major injury” after his official vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday morning, according to a statement...
NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean American Congresswoman, Yvette D Clarke has introduced the Equal Citizenship for Children Act in the House of Representatives that would amend the Child Citizenship Act (CCA) to automatically provide US citizenship...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer offloaded in Port Everglades, Florida about 4,810 kilos of cocaine worth over US$160.3 million seized in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Along...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC —Prosecutors on Friday withdrew a charge against a 40-year-old Jamaican woman accused of illegally living in Bermuda after it was confirmed an order had been signed for her deportation. Gabrielle Gangadhar pleaded not...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti have identified new suspects in the July 2021 killing of President Jovenel Moïse, including a pastor and a well-known gang leader. Police spokesman Garry Desrosiers said in an interview...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government Friday announced the closure of schools in the southern town of Vieux Fort after three people were shot and killed and a nine-year-old boy injured as a result of gun...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has released a document outlining the next phase of the city's response to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis resulting from the surge of Caribbean and other asylum seekers arriving in the...
LONDON, CMC – A British opposition legislator, who said he has links to Grenada, is calling on the United Kingdom government to pay compensation to the Caribbean for Britain's role in the slave trade. Labour parliamentarian, Clive...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders announced Wednesday that it was forced to temporarily close its hospital in Cite Soleil given a sharp rise in gang violence that has left dozens dead in recent weeks. The slum — one...
