KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines students in Jamaica wanting to return home amid the coronavirus (COVID-19, including locked borders, must each pay an estimated US$1,3339 for a return flight. In a letter to the...
As of May 6, officials in Nevis are reporting that there are no active cases of the deadly COVID-19 virus on the island. This was confirmed Tuesday by Premier Mark Brantley, Minister responsible for Health, in the Nevis Island Administration....
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Police Commissioner Chester Williams said there would be “absolutely no room for negotiation” after a family of four, including two minors, were arrested over the last weekend for illegally entering Belize...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A few weeks before the official start of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season, forecasters at the US-based Colorado State University are warning that the six-month period will be more active than normal. The CSU...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda recorded its seventh COVID-19 death on Saturday as Finance Minister Curtis Dickinson announced that he would need to rewrite this year’s budget because of the battering from the global...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday said it had uncovered a plot by persons to defraud the state and that a new mechanism would be put in place Monday in providing rental assistance to people impacted by...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Saturday dismissed as a “dishonest last gasp and gamble of a dangerously delusional woman” a statement by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar calling for him...
OLIEVENHOUTBOS, South Africa (AP) — Thousands of people stood in line for hours on Saturday in a South African township waiting for handouts of food. The scene has repeated for days in one of the world’s most unequal countries as...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Friday confirmed that US$4.9 million had been deposited into the Natural Resources Fund as a result of the first royalty payment for the country’s crude oil. Finance Minister, Winston...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that a 20-year-old man has become the seventh person in Haiti to die of the coronavirus (COVID-19). It is urging the population to follow restriction measures, including...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced a phased reopening of government and business operations, ending a mandatory 24-hour lockdown imposed on April 3 amid the global coronavirus pandemic. The phased reopening will begin on...
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, today urged for vaccination programmes to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. “If we fall behind on routine immunisations, particularly for children, we risk...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The St Vincent and the Grenadines Government has denied a United States-based airline permission to land, dashing hopes that an estimated 300 nationals employed with a US-based cruise line would have arrived home...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) says its executive director, Ronald Jackson, is leaving the post after seven years “of unwavering and exemplary service to the...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Government of Haiti has received funds amounting to US$16.1 million from the United States to help the country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds from the United States Agency for International...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The World Bank has predicted the sharpest decline of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean, saying that global remittances on a whole are projected to fall by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the economic crisis...
Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F. Etienne, today called for accelerated and expanded testing for COVID-19 in countries of the Americas. “We need a clearer view of where the virus is circulating and how...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Thirty three Trinidad and Tobago nationals who have been stranded in Barbados since March 23 are scheduled to return home on Tuesday. It’s reported that early Tuesday, National Security Minister...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Government Tuesday urged nationals not to panic as the oil-and-gas-rich country prepared to count the possible loss of billions of dollars in revenue as a result of the historic drop...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Monday urged the government to allow businesses to resume operations, with special protocols to contain the spread of COVID-19, as it charged that thousands of...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic confirmed Sunday that while there is adequate supply of COVID-19 testing kits on the island, there is a shortage of swabs, which has affected...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – A shipment of medical supplies to help the British Virgin Islands fight the COVID-19 pandemic has been released by the United States. This was revealed by the Office of the Governor in an...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — Premier David Burt has announced that the 24-hour lockdown in Bermuda will be extended for a further two weeks until May 2. Burt, who also announced the death of a fifth person from COVID-19, made the...
HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The director of research at the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Dr Gerardo Guillen, says a clinical trial remains active for a vaccine aimed at activating the immune system to combat COVID-19. Speaking...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has admitted that his administration’s immediate response to combat the spread of COVID-19 has been a learning experience but despite the challenges, the...
