NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Office of the Attorney General has been consulted for legal guidance after a gas tanker that was “rear-ended” by a 207-foot super yacht sank off the coast of New Providence last Friday, according to a...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago has registered six more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. In its latest bulletin, the Ministry of Health said that three of the new cases were foreign nationals aboard an...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has welcomed the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency use listing of an AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Latin America. “This is an important milestone for Latin America...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Sunday said it is “profoundly saddened” by the death of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa. Tutu, who was one of South Africa's best-known...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the cutter Raymond Evan repatriated 39 Cubans to their homeland on Friday following four interdictions due to “safety of life at sea concerns” off the Florida Keys....
PARIS (AP) — Protesters angry over virus and vaccine rules occupied Guadeloupe's regional legislature because of stalled negotiations over their grievances about the management of the French Caribbean island. Regional Council President...
WASHINGTON, CMC – Haiti is the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country that will benefit from a fifth and final round of debt relief for 25 low-income countries by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF executive board approved the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados − CMC: There are long lines at some shopping plazas in Barbados this morning as people turn out for a tax-free shopping day. Finance Minister Ryan Straughn on Saturday announced that consumers will be exempt...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Several teachers have been formally dismissed from their jobs for failing to take a COVID-19 vaccine as mandated, without medical or religious exemptions, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The remaining members of a United States missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago in Haiti have been freed, Haitian police and the group said Thursday. The spokesman for Haiti's National Police, Gary...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett, has expressed “profound sorrow” at the loss of life in Haiti after a tanker truck loaded with fuel exploded on Monday night, killing...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others in the latest disaster to hit a country whose troubles deepened greatly this year. The blast occurred...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is to lodge a formal complaint against an unnamed aircraft that transported a passenger who tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 from the United States, Health Minister...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister Gaston Browne says his administration is considering granting an amnesty to illegal migrants as he urged all people on the island to work together to help Antigua and Barbuda rebound economically...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries arising from the omicron COVID-19 variant. The government indicated that the decision was...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Five months after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, his wife urged the country to unite in keeping with the wishes of her late husband. Moïse was gunned down at his private residence on July...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Bermuda has confirmed its first case of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that has already been detected in more than 30 countries. Health officials have warned residents against panicking. Health...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it is preparing an amnesty programme for immigrants from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Central America. Belize is a member of the 15-member regional integration grouping and the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted. The statement from Christian Aid Ministries said the people were...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has ordered St Vincent and the Grenadines to pay US$70,000 for COVID-19 vaccines that it donated to Trinidad and Tobago in May. Kingstown...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – As teachers at a secondary school protested the government's vaccine mandate for the second day, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves announced that his government will hire replacements, including retired...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says the potential for floods and cascading hazards should be moderate to high in the Caribbean from December to February next year. In its latest...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean island of Barbados on Monday prepared to wave goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II as head of state as it cuts ties with its colonial past and becomes a republic for the first time in history. The...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has hinted at the possibility of reversing a decision to end the state of emergency on December 23 following the discovery of a new variant of COVID-19 in South Africa over the...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government has dropped visa requirements for Cuban citizens, a move that may spark an increase in Cubans travelling there in a bid to reach the United States. Nicaragua's Interior Ministry posted a...
