SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's Energy Bureau announced Thursday that it was launching an investigation into how a private company was handling complaints about electric bills after Hurricane Fiona knocked power out to the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana's government Wednesday said it has formally asked Facebook and Twitter to remove “illegal maps” posted by users showing large parts of Guyana as Venezuelan territory — reflecting a...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United States government will pull visas belonging to current and former Haitian government officials involved with criminal organisations as well as provide security and humanitarian assistance to Haiti,...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Senate in Haiti has approved a resolution urging Prime Minister Dr. Ariel Henry to postpone his request calling for international partners to immediately deploy specialized armed force in sufficient quantity...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Julia formed Friday in the Caribbean Sea, triggering hurricane watches and warnings for Nicaragua and Colombian islands. Julia had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west at 18 mph. The...
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSOLE), Dr Horace Chang, says the region must continue to share information and intelligence particularly as it...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says he will make a statement at the appropriate time regarding the arrest of the President of the Senate, Stanley Felix. Felix was taken into custody on Thursday. A brief government...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has announced an amnesty for persons “still struggling” to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed 146 people and...
Washington, DC, (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is working closely with Haitian public health authorities and international partners to support the country's response to the recent cholera outbreak. After more...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Daily life in Haiti began to spin out of control last month just hours after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said fuel subsidies would be eliminated, causing prices to double. Gunshots rang out as protesters...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's government on Sunday announced that at least eight people have died from cholera, raising concerns about a potentially fast-spreading scenario and reviving memories of an epidemic that killed nearly 10...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard said the crew of its cutter Reliance repatriated 120 Cuban migrants to their homeland on Friday following several interdictions off Florida's coast during Hurricane Ian. The US Coast Guard said a...
The Guyana government has slashed the cost of gasolene and diesel from the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) in a bid to bring further relief to consumers across the country. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Finance said that the...
HAVANA (AP) — Groups of Cubans protested Friday night in the streets of Havana for a second night, decrying delays in fully restoring electricity three days after Hurricane Ian knocked out power across the island. A foreign monitoring group...
HAVANA (AP) — The power outage caused by Hurricane Ian has prompted protests in the streets of Cuba's capital as several hundred people demanded restoration of electricity more than two days after a blackout hit the entire island, An...
Published:Wednesday | September 28, 2022 | 1:09 PM
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials said they had begun to restore some power Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island while devastating some of the country's most important tobacco farms when it hit...
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – A High Court judge in St Vincent sentenced a 26-year-old man to more than 17 years in prison after he was found guilty of murdering a woman he thought had infected him with the HIV/AIDS virus. Justice Brian...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba held a rare referendum Sunday on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, as well as outlining the rights of children and...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Half of Puerto Rico is without power more than five days after Hurricane Fiona struck — including an entire town where not a single work crew has arrived. Many on the United States territory are angry and...
NEW YORK, CMC – Addressing world leaders gathered for the first fully in-person high-level debate of the UN General Assembly in three years, Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has laid...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday that the United States Embassy in Cuba will begin processing full immigrant visas in early 2023, making it easier for Cubans to reunite with family members in America. The embassy in...
Published:Wednesday | September 21, 2022 | 6:47 AM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 storm Wednesday after lashing the Turks and Caicos Islands and was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm was blamed for causing at least four...
CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona barrelled toward the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm, prompting the government to impose a curfew. Forecasters said Fiona was expected to pass near Grand Turk, the British...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia has begun the process of replacing the London-based Privy Council as its final court. The Phillip Pierre administration, in a statement, said that the island is hoping to become the fifth Caribbean...
