SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Elsa strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Friday as it battered the eastern Caribbean, where officials closed schools, businesses and airports, and it appeared headed eventually for...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Scientists monitoring the La Soufrière volcano are reporting that there is no new lava dome and that the volcano, since the last explosion on April 22, is continuing its decline trend. Volcanologist at...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Central Bank of The Bahamas says the restrictions placed on foreign exchange outflows at the onset of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will end this week. In a statement, it said that as of July 1...
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The police in the Turks and Caicos Islands are seeking to identify the 20 bodies that were found on a boat floating off the coast of the country last weekend. Police Commissioner...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — United States Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic relief funds to help boost the territory's fight against...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti was on Friday placed on a grey list of countries under increased monitoring to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. The other countries are Malta, the Philippines, and South Sudan. The Financial...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Three crewmen were killed in Guyana when a vessel used to transport fuel exploded at a pier, police said. A police statement said security personnel heard a loud explosion late Saturday at the pier south of...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Grenada's Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell is leading an initiative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to eliminate roaming charges for Caribbean nationals travelling within the region. Mitchell, accompanied by...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday announced a reopening of its borders come July 17 and warned that unvaccinated foreigners will not be allowed into the country as it moves to deal with the socio-...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority has announced that on July 1, the territory will welcome the first cruise ship call since the start of the pandemic. It made the announcement on...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government has signalled its intention to impose visa requirements targeting nationals from Haiti and Cuba as the country grapples with an influx of illegal migrants. Last weekend, the authorities...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has successfully tabled a motion to extend the current state of emergency, even as opposition legislators complained of the hardships being experienced by citizens as the...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas Government says it will file an appeal with the London-based Privy Council after the Court of Appeal affirmed a landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing Bahamian men to automatically pass citizenship to their...
Elizabeth Riley has been appointed as Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) with effect from July 1. The announcement was made by the chairman of CDEMA's council Vincent Byron Jr, Attorney General and...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – A Jamaican man has turned himself in to the police after the body of a 54-year-old government employee was discovered at her house with machete wounds. Prime Minister Gaston Browne, in a statement, confirmed that...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for debt relief extension for Caribbean and other middle-income countries. Guterres says that innovative measures to address debt are required to...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St Kitts-Nevis government has declared a state of emergency as the twin-island federation grapples with an increase in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in recent days. A government statement said that...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada on Tuesday became the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to launch a scheme aimed at getting nationals to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Health authorities have launched “a game of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Escalating gang violence has pushed nearly 8,500 women and children from their homes in Haiti's capital in the past two weeks, according to a UNICEF report. Officials say the gangs' fight over territory in...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jun 14 – The Barbados government has warned employers that workers cannot be dismissed for failing to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Labour and Social Partnership Relations Minister, Colin Jordan, said workers...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 5.0 earthquake struck off the southeast coast of the Dominican Republic on Monday. The quake occurred at a depth of 54 miles and was felt in the Dominican Republic and parts of Puerto Rico. No injuries or...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government has announced the closure of schools effective June 18 “out of an abundance of caution, coupled with the fact that the vaccination rate for teachers is not yet at an adequate level.”...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ever since the pandemic began, Haiti had perplexed experts with seemingly low infection and death rates from COVID-19 despite its rickety public health system, a total lack of vaccines, and a widespread disdain...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank said Tuesday even as the global economy is expected to expand by nearly six per cent this year, many emerging markets and developing economies will continue to struggle with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Tuesday urged regional countries to only use the medicine Ivermectin under the conditions of well-regulated clinical trials for the coronavirus (COVID-...
