PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Public Prosecution Service in Suriname Tuesday demanded that former president and military strongman, Desi Bouterse, be jailed for 20 years for complicity in the murder of 15 men on December 8, 1982. Acting...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Jimmy Cherizier zips through Haiti's capital on the back of a motorcycle, flanked by young men wielding black and leopard print masks and automatic weapons. As the pack of bikes flies by graffiti reading...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Monday said that with the likely exception of the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba, the core of the dry season over the next three months is...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The unlawful sexual intercourse case against Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly in Barbados, Neil Rowe, has been adjourned to March 20 after he made an appearance in the Oistins Magistrates' Court on...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Police in Guyana were continuing their search on Monday for the motorist who drove his vehicle into a crowd at a wedding on Sunday killing one person and injuring three others, including an 11-year-old boy. Police...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Members of the Kraze Baryè gang in Haiti, using heavy machinery, have demolished the Pernier sub-police station that had been abandoned since last Thursday when police officers protested the killings of six...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has ordered an immediate departure of all diplomatic personnel from Haiti or as soon as security conditions permit. “Up to this time, there was a voluntary departure order in place and all...
ROME, CMC – Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean “can and must step up” to tackle rising levels of hunger, poverty and inequality, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Wednesday. According to the UN...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Canada -- the two countries most often mentioned as possible leaders of an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs – showed no interest Tuesday in deploying security personnel...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police have detained a 24-year-old woman after she reportedly stole a service vehicle from a police station in Cunupia in Central Trinidad to kidnap a toddler in Arima on Monday. Police said that the woman, who...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Monday insisted on the deployment of an international specialised armed force to Haiti and called for governments to consider halting deportations as the...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Public Prosecution Service in Suriname says the cargo of more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine intercepted in Jamaica earlier this month did not come from that country. The office was responding to media...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United States Coast Guard has detained a boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas in one of the biggest human smuggling incidents in the region, Bahamian officials said. The migrants were detained...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St Kitts-Nevis government says a committee has been set up to investigate cases of sham marriages in the twin-island federation. “A committee has been put together to evaluate this and the Attorney...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Regional carrier, LIAT, on Sunday announced the cancellation of some flights due to an incident with an aircraft at one of its stations. The carrier, in making the announcement, said the incident, which...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Nearly four months after its reappearance in Haiti, the number of cholera victims has risen to 496 dead. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) said...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it rescued 55 Caribbean migrants who were left abandoned and stranded by smugglers on the uninhabited natural reserve of Monito Island, Puerto Rico. The US Coast...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) of the Organisation of American States (OAS) has made several preliminary findings and recommendations for electoral reform in Antigua and Barbuda in the aftermath of Wednesday...
DAVOS, Switzerland, CMC – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, has outlined a new set of policies to help Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)...
BOGOTA, Colombia, CMC – The Colombian navy says it has rescued a man from the Caribbean island of Dominica who says he survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean on a sailboat by eating ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes. Officials said...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The leader of Antigua's main opposition United Progressive Party (UPP), Harold Lovell, has announced his resignation from the post, less than 24 hours after he failed to lead the party to victory in...
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – A new United Nations (UN) report has revealed that almost a quarter of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) don't have the money required to have a healthy diet, with the region having the...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister Gaston Browne led his ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) to a nail-biting victory in Wednesday's general election, winning nine of the 17 seats for a third consecutive term in...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, has submitted an emergency mutual aid request to New York State for immediate help to shelter what he describes as a “massive influx” of arriving Caribbean and other asylum seekers...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he found it “difficult” to accept the allegation of there being no press freedom in Trinidad and Tobago. This after he was called upon to state the criteria used by...
