BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has reached an agreement with public sector trade unions to pay increased wages. Under the deal, workers will get a one-off payment of $1,500 as well as a three per cent salary increase for...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Electricity of Haiti (EDH) has apologised to consumers in various communities as well as in the capital, after their electricity supply was disrupted due to the actions of “heavily armed individuals...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean countries continue to be rattled by earthquakes over the past 48 hours with the Trinidad-based Seismic Research centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) noting that the latest tremor...
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – A Southwest Airlines flight that was bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida was forced to return to Havana on Sunday morning after reportedly experiencing bird strikes. “Southwest flight #3923 departing Havana...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Roman Catholic Archbishop, Jason Gordon, has described hanging as “state-sponsored murder” saying that the death penalty is not a deterrent to the high number of murders being committed in...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Paul Pierrilus was deported two years ago from the United States to Haiti where he has been trying to survive in a chaotic and violent country where he wasn't born and had never lived. Both his parents are...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States government said on Wednesday that disrupting illicit firearms trafficking in the Caribbean is “a shared priority” for the US and its Caribbean partners. The US Department of State said in a...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, HCNN/CMC – The visit by a CARICOM delegation to Haiti this week has been welcomed by many Haitian political stakeholders, but others fear all the efforts might be in vain should international actors fail to deploy...
ROME, CMC – An analysis by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has found that Latin America and the Caribbean has the highest cost of a healthy diet compared to other regions. The FAO said in a statement on...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia Parliament Tuesday night gave the green light for the island to have the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final and highest court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. All 13...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – St Lucia Tuesday began the political process of replacing the London-based Privy Council as the island's highest court with government brushing aside calls for a referendum on the issue. Both Prime Minister...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenadian government will enforce a 15 per cent tax on all games of chance winnings above EC$10,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37) from Wednesday. The amendment to the Income Tax Act of 2010 which provides for...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Surviving relatives of a family in the United Kingdom who in the 18th and 19th centuries jointly owned approximately 1,200 slaves on six plantations in Grenada on Monday apologised for the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called for Trinidad & Tobago to repatriate more than 90 of its citizens who have been detained as Islamic State suspects and family members in war-torn Syria, noting that at least...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – President Chandrikapersad Santokhi began hearings with various civil society organisations and groups in an attempt to de-escalate the high political tensions in the country, but two key groups have refused to be...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When machine gun fire erupts outside the barbed-wire fences surrounding Fontaine Hospital Center, the noise washes over a cafeteria full of tired, scrub-clad medical staff. And no one bats an eye. Gunfire is part...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A powerful gang has taken over numerous communities in central Haiti in recent weeks, killing at least 69 people and forcing authorities to abandon several police stations, the United Nations said Friday. An...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two Nigerians have been arrested in connection with an attempt to post 1.1 pounds of cocaine overseas through the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC). The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said on Thursday that...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, HCNN/CMC – Criminal gangs in Haiti have openly established their own toll stations to collect money from road users travelling by car or motorcycle, in defiance of police and government authorities, in several parts of...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Haitian man believed to be a member of the gang involved in the recent killings of six Haitian police officers was arrested in the neighbouring Dominican Republic and deported, authorities said...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says he is “concerned” about the violent protests that occurred in Suriname last Friday where more than 100 people were detained after protesters...
WASHINGTON, CMC – A new World Bank report says youth employment in Latin America and the Caribbean declined sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic caused “a massive collapse in human capital at critical...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC -The Dominican College of Economists (Codeco) says the economy of the Spanish speaking country that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, is unable to support any more illegal immigrants from Haiti as...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators stormed Suriname's parliament, broke windows and looted nearby businesses Friday to protest high fuel and electricity prices in the South American nation. Protesters in the capital,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Several Caribbean countries have been rattled by earthquakes over the last 48 hours with the latest occurring on Friday when a quake with a magnitude of 4.7 was felt in St Kitts-Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda....
