GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Three CARICOM nationals, including Guyana's President, Dr irfaan Ali, will be awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA), the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians, the Indian High...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados, which recorded more murders last year than in the previous year, has instituted more severe fines and penalties for gun-related crimes as the Firearms Amendment Act 2022 came into effect on Sunday. In...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The main opposition United progressive Party (UPP) says if it wins the January 18 general election, it will introduce legislation allowing for the exemption of work permits fees for nationals from CARICOM ...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says that the crew of its cutter Kathleen Moore repatriated 63 Haitian migrants to their homeland on Friday following an interdiction off Cuba's coast. The US Coast Guard said that a Coast Guard...
ST GEORGES, Grenada, CMC – The police in Grenada have charged a Trinidadian man in connection with a robbery carried out at a gas station just over a week ago. According to police reports, Christon Balboza, 27, is a special reserve police...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Biden administration has extended interview waivers for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants from the Caribbean and other places. The announcement came as the government said it recognises the positive impact of travel...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Prime Minister John Briceño has welcomed the one-year interim agreement reached between the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association and the American Sugar Refinery/Belize Sugar Industries Ltd that allowed for the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Members of the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard rescued a boat captain and six crew members after their vessel sank on Tuesday off the Essequibo Coast. The men were saved during a search and rescue operation that...
OTTAWA, CMC – Former Haitian Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, has initiated legal proceedings before the Federal Court of Canada seeking to have a decision by the Canadian government to include his name on the list of people subject to...
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...
NEW YORK, CMC – United Nations UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Wednesday called for support for an international security force for Haiti as the country continues to confront gang violence, political instability and a deadly...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officers will receive a one-month bonus, President Irfaan Ali said Wednesday. He further announced that government would provide free steel and cement to soldiers who were allocated lands...
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, tonight announced January 18, 2023 as the date for general election and urged supporters to ensure that his government is returned to power. Nomination Day...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – By December next year, the Grenadian government intends to present legislation to Parliament to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes, Minister for Agriculture and Lands, Senator Adrian Thomas, announced...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Police are investigating an incident in which a man who demanded to see Guyanese President Irfaan Ali at his official residence stabbed one presidential guard, grabbed a gun and opened fire before being shot. Both...
FLORIDA, United States, Dec 15 – A Jamaican man has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison in Florida for obstructing his deportation from the United States. US District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced the...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada Postal Corporation (GPC) on Tuesday said it had suspended mail delivery service to Canada and the Caribbean for the Christmas season blaming a lack of cargo air transportation from Grenada. GPC said...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The co-chairs of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), Monday submitted a request for an advisory opinion to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (...
Port-au-Prince, (PAHO) – With the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Haiti today received around 1.17 million doses of oral cholera vaccines as cases continue to rise in the country. The vaccine (Evichol)...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved US$113 million under a 36-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme for Barbados. It also approved a US$189 million Resilient and Sustainability Fund (RSF) to...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government says telecommunication company Digicel “has not followed the correct protocol” after postpaid customers said they were informed of a “price adjustment”. Senior Minister...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The ruling Dominica Labour Party has been returned to power in Tuesday's general election, even as two independent candidates won constituencies in the 21-seat Parliament following a boycott by the main opposition...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The embattled former FIFA vice president, Austin jack Warner's legal problems mounted on Monday after a High Court ruled in favour of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One British man has been killed and another injured in the eastern Caribbean island of St Lucia, according to the United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Local media report that the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Monday said that the first half of the Caribbean dry season is forecast to feature a slower than usual decrease in rainfall, but an...
