CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – St Lucia has recorded nearly 900 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne dengue fever with health authorities warning that infections were being reported all across the island. In a statement, Medical Officer of Health...
St Vincent and The Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has created history in the Caribbean Community leading the Unity Labour Party (ULP) to a fifth consecutive victory in Thursday's general election. Preliminary figures...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Voting is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines to elect a new government. The polls opened at 7:00 a.m. amid light showers in some parts of the country. Electoral officials say that 98,119 persons are...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta began moving ashore in Nicaragua Tuesday with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow. The hurricane had sustained winds of...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said Thursday that the island has lost nearly $5.6 billion in one year as a result of economic sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez decried what he said was a...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Epsilon is expected to be at or near hurricane strength as it gets closer to Bermuda by Thursday morning. It is still too early to tell what Epsilon’s track and intensity will be once it’s near the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) education ministers have “unanimously” proposed that the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) commit to a total waiver of fees for reviews of the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Five countries in the Eastern Caribbean have been deemed as safe for citizens of the United States to travel. According to the Centre for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the countries that have no...
NEW YORK, CMC – An immigration advocacy group based in the United States says that the decision by the US Supreme Court on Tuesday permitting the Trump administration to halt the 2020 census count ahead of schedule will significantly hurt...
CASTRIES, CMC – St Lucia health authorities Tuesday said they were investigating two suspected dengue-related deaths and appealed to persons to seek immediate medical attention if they show symptoms associated with the mosquito-borne...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is calling for Caribbean countries to impose a moratorium on executions as a step towards their gradual abolition. It is also urging regional countries that are...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The police have launched a manhunt for a 27-year-old Jamaican man who escaped custody early Monday morning. He has been identified as Orville Pernel who the police say escaped from the Babonneau Police Station....
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An investigation has been launched following an incident in which a man, who sneaked onto the compound of a quarantine facility to spend time with his intimate partner, broke his leg when he jumped from the...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rattled Antigua and Barbuda and two other Caribbean countries during the early hours of Friday, the Trinidad-based Seismic research center (SRC) has confirmed. There were...
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC: The people of St Vincent and the Grenadines will go to the polls in a general election on November 5. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves who is seeking his fifth consecutive term, made the announcement...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – St Lucia has recorded its first casualty to the mosquito-borne dengue fever, two months after declaring an outbreak of the disease. According to the Ministry of Health, the victim is an adult male who...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck in open water Wednesday was felt in several Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico. The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred 42 miles east-southeast of...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Belizeans will vote for a new government on November 11 after Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who is bowing out of active politics, announced that he had advised the Governor Genera, Sir Colville Norbert Young, to...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale was felt in sections of the twin-island republic on Sunday afternoon. According to the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Health officials in St Lucia say they have seen an increase in cases of the mosquito-borne dengue fever since an outbreak was declared in August. To date, St Lucia has recorded a total of 503 confirmed cases of...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A magistrate has sentenced a 50-year-old man to three years imprisonment after he was convicted of the charge of trespassing with the intent to commit a sexual offence on a 56-year-old woman who died from the...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has sought to clarify an official circular from the Department of Public Administration (DPA) which announced that, with immediate effect, the temporary suspension of the payment of...
Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2020 | 9:20 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Health workers continued their protest action Tuesday for improved working conditions even as the management of the Georgetown Hospital warned of “disciplinary action” if they did not return to work. More...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A 50-year-old man is due to appear in court virtually after he was caught having sex with a 56-year-old woman who had died from the coronavirus (COVID-19). The police report that the man from Train Line, Port Kaituma...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has with immediate effect temporarily suspended the payment of responsibility and duty allowances as well as honorarium to public servants as it continues to review the economic impact...
