KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – One of the scientists monitoring the La Soufrière volcano, which began erupting effusively one week ago, says residents should remain on high alert, but not panic about the situation. “… in...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Premier Alden McLaughlin has announced that the British overseas territory will be reopening its border to tourists in March. McLaughlin, in his New Year’s message, said that with the expected arrival...
A party bus event attended by officers of the Barbados Prison Service and the Barbados Defence Force on December 26 is being considered by Government as a super spreader of coronavirus (COVID-19). So said Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey...
Barbados has imposed an islandwide curfew until January 14 in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The reopening of schools has been deferred until that time. The measures coincides with the confirmation of 10 new COVID...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Keith Mitchell-led administration has announced the country’s first female Attorney General. Just months after being appointed Solicitor General, Dia C Forrester-Gellineau was on Thursday...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2020 | 11:03 AM
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has called for residents to hope for the best even as his government plans for the worst, as the La Soufrière volcano began to ooze magma. “All the...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that the Caribbean, among other places, could lose its coral reefs by the end of the century unless there are drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions....
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Ministry of Education on Monday announced that schools will not be reopening on January 4, 2021 to start the second or Hilary term. Acting on the advice of the Ministry of Health, the Education...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 was recorded off the coast of Antigua and Barbuda on Monday morning. According to the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus, the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The police have arrested a 27-year-old Cuban national in connection with the murder of his partner, Tara Krishnaran, and her 11-year-old daughter on Christmas Day. The police report that Joel Rodriguez, known as...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Trinidad-based regional political analyst, Derrick Ramsamooj, has been released from custody in Suriname even as the authorities continue to probe activities at the Surinamese Post Savings Bank. Ramsamooj, 59,...
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, CMC - The House of Assembly in the Turks and Caicos was dissolved on Thursday, paving the way for general elections within 90 days. Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, in making the announcement on...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew from the Cutter Resolute repatriated 110 Haitian migrants on Tuesday after stopping a voyage about 50 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti. “A forward-deployed Coast Guard Air...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 rocked sections of the twin-island republic on Wednesday afternoon. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus confirmed that the...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Speaker of the House in the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, was on Monday given a suspended sentence for three assault charges levelled against him following an altercation at a local bar...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has suspended mail service to the United Kingdom following reports of the rapid spread of a new variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19). On Monday, the Guyana Post Office Corporation informed customers sending...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Government of Grenada has suspended all flights to the island from the United Kingdom in the wake of reports about the recent discovery of a new strain of COVID-19. In a statement late Sunday, the...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced an extension of temporary protected status (TPS) for nationals from Haiti until October 4, 2021. The department also extended TPS, until the same time, for...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Former Premier, Dr Ewart Brown, could be facing corruption charges following a nine-year police investigation. According to a report in the Royal Gazette newspaper, Brown said that the newly appointed Director of...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa Etienne, Wednesday urged countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to issue clear guidance to protect communities and act to boost hospital...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge Wednesday ordered 37-year-old, Everton Joseph, to be registered as a sex offender after he was convicted of six counts of having sex with a female under the age of 14. He will become the first...
MIAMI, CMC - Strategies for the quick recovery of Caribbean economies from the devastation brought by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be discussed by regional and global stakeholders at a virtual forum on Friday. The event is being hosted...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Director of Health Services, Dr Marvin Manzanero, the epidemiologist leading Belize’s fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, says he has tested positive for the virus that has infected 5,854...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Prime Minister John Briceño says he has made a full recovery from the coronavirus [COVID-19], even as other members of the ruling People’s United Party (PUP) were reported to have contracted the virus that...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr William Warren Smith, Monday said the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has put into focus the thorny and constantly evolving nature...
