LOÍZA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jetsabel Osorio Chévere looked up with a sad smile as she leaned against her battered home. Nearly five years have gone by since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, and no one has offered her family a...
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday after knocking out power across all of Puerto Rico, causing damage the governor said was “catastrophic.” No deaths had been reported, but authorities in...
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Scientists in Cuba have said that they have made strides towards developing a vaccine to fight the mosquito-borne dengue fever. In making the announcement, the president of the BioCubaFarma Biotech Conglomerate Eduardo...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fiona was forecast to move across the Caribbean's easternmost islands Friday night before slowing to a spot just south of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico late Saturday and Sunday, the United States National...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The number of people facing moderate to severe levels of food insecurity in the English-speaking Caribbean has risen to 4.1 million or 57 per cent of the population. This is according to the latest report of the...
Published:Thursday | September 15, 2022 | 11:52 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's National Police said it is investigating the recent slaying of three officers that it blamed on gang members. The agency said Wednesday that a gang called “Ti Makak,” which means Little...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fiona is on a path to threaten the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend. The Atlantic Hurricane Season's sixth named storm formed Wednesday evening, and the United States National Hurricane Center issued...
Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 2:54 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti announced steep increases in fuel prices on Wednesday despite fears the move would crush an already frail economy, push even more people to flee the country and unleash the sort of protests that have often...
Published:Wednesday | September 14, 2022 | 10:07 AM
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize Agricultural Health Authority has placed a poultry farm in Blue Creek Village under quarantine after detecting the Avian influenza or Bird flu in its animals. The Bird flu is an infectious type of influenza...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The small Caribbean island of Anguilla says it will continue to frown on cruise tourism even as the British Overseas Territory rebuilds its tourism sector after the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali has sought to dismiss accusations that his administration is practicing racial discrimination and issued a challenge to critics to provide proof. Speaking on...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry is condemning persons whom he said want to acquire political power in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country without first seeking a mandate from the population. In...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Motley Friday announced that Barbados would be seeking a new loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month, telling citizens “these are indeed rough waters”. In...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of people in Haiti's capital and other major cities organised new protests on Wednesday to demand safer streets, more affordable goods and the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A tropical storm warning is in effect for Bermuda as Hurricane Earl, the second named hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season, inches towards the British Overseas territory with maximum sustained winds of...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A shark attacked and killed a United States cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas on Tuesday, according to authorities. The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government today said the Swiss based energy company, Proman, has reiterated a commitment to investment an estimated US$1.1 billion over the next 10 years for major plant maintenance...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Government of Guyana says the country is expected to earn US$1.1 billion from the energy sector this year. This was disclosed in the mid-year report from the Ministry of Finance. The profit is expected from 13...
NEW YORK, CMC – The Mighty Sparrow, the undisputed Calypso King of the World, was baptised on Saturday at Far Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. According to the Searchlight newspaper in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sparrow, 87,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM), Ancel Roget, today said that within the “next 24-48 hours” legal action will be taken against Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley...
MIAMI (AP) — One Cuban man endured a trek through eight countries that lasted more than a month. Another man paid a small fortune for a furtive speedboat trip. A third decided to risk a perilous passage aboard a homemade raft rather than...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 25-year-old mother who allegedly strangled her seven-year-old daughter last weekend has been charged with murder. The woman, Deniel Rechier, of Palo Seco, is charged with the murder of McKenzie Hope...
GENEVA, CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) says intense monkeypox transmission continues in the Americas region, although the number of cases globally fell by more than 20 per cent last week. The WHO said that while most cases in the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Health Minister of Guyana Dr. Frank Anthony said today that only persons considered high-risk would be eligible for the monkeypox vaccine when it arrives next month. Guyana is expected to receive its first set of...
HAVANA (AP) — First, it was impossible to find fuel or seeds to plant. Later his name wasn't on a list of farmers eligible to rent tractors from the state. Now Lázaro Sánchez fears the current tropical rainy season will...
