KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC, – Broadcaster Jerry George died Tuesday while hosting his early morning Internet show. George, a former public relations manager with the telecommunication company, Digicel, died of an apparent heart attack soon...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis Monday night announced a “complete national lockdown” of every island in the Bahamas for at least the next two weeks after the country recorded a significant spike in the...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The National Emergency Management Agency says it will this week conduct a detailed assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Isaias that passed through the chain of islands. “NEMA will coordinate with various...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Dr Irfaan Ali was on Sunday sworn in as the ninth President of Guyana promising a “government that is accessible” and transparent and urged citizens to put aside their differences for the betterment of...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -The presidential candidate for the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, was on Sunday declared president-elect of Guyana. The declaration was made by the chairperson of the Guyana...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck near Port of Spain late Saturday. According to the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus, the quake occurred shortly after 8:00...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Justice Antoinette Moore has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the July 2016 murder of a pastor whose severed head was discovered in a pickup truck at a bar. “The crime was particularly heinous in terms...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it will implement two additional weekend lockdowns as the country continues to record increases in the number of cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –Several Caribbean islands in the Leeward Islands have issued a tropical storm warning as a weather system with winds of 40 miles per hour moves towards the Lesser Antilles. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The government of the Cayman Islands says residents and visitors who want to leave the country on the national carrier Cayman Airways or charter flights will now be able to make their travel...
Former Prime Minister of Barbados Owen Arthur has died at the age of 70. Arthur died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Monday morning at 12:26. He had been ailing and was admitted to the facility last week with heart complications. In announcing...
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Gonzalo is now moving at 18 miles per hour while its maximum sustained winds weakened to 45 miles per hour, according to the United States-based National Hurricane Center’s Friday afternoon update. Gonzalo is...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell says Grenadians will be living in an indefinite State of Emergency as part of measures by his administration to control and contain the spread of COVID-19. “We...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Hurricane watch remains in effect for Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines as Tropical Storm Gonzalo moves towards the west at 14 miles per hour. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are...
ORLANDO, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency says a Jamaican man has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for illegally reentering the country after being deported. ...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas has suspended national school examinations following a spike in the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country in recent days. The Ministry of Education said that Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Tropical depression seven has become Tropical Storm Gonzalo as it moved towards the southern Windward Islands on Wednesday, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre. It...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The St Vincent and the Grenadines government has hinted at the possibility of suspending flights from the United States after the island recorded 12 cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) after reopening its borders...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has announced a series of new measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) after acknowledging the decision to reopen its borders on July 1 has led to a deterioration of the health...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has disclosed that Grenada will soon be reducing taxes on airline tickets as part of measures aimed at encouraging intra-regional travel within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He...
An early morning fire, suspected to be an act of arson, Tuesday destroyed the upper part of a building at Wismar, Linden which housed the Guyana Elections Commission office. Reports are that the fire, which started around 1:55 a.m, gutted the...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — With COVID-19 cases still surging, the Dominican Republic on Sunday held presidential elections that had already been delayed by the pandemic, and polls indicated that a businessman with no previous...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – The government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is in the process of having talks with other carriers to fill the void if regional airline LIAT is liquidated. According to the chairman of...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Friday announced that general elections will be held on August 10. Rowley told Parliament that he had advised President Paula Mae Weekes “to dissolve this Parliament at...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –The Dominica government says it is prepared to close the island until December even as it announced plans to reopen its borders to international travel in August. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said that Dominica...
