ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominican authorities were scrambling on Tuesday to bring home hundreds of nationals left stranded in French Caribbean islands after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a closure of external borders in an...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC — The Bermuda government said it plans to push through new legislation on Monday empowering it to force arriving passengers to self-quarantine as the island braced for the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world....
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday announced that only nationals would be allowed into the country for the next 14 days as it seeks to establish a sterile environment in a bid to curb the rise in the...
The Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago has now recorded four cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).Up to Sunday, only two cases had been confirmed in Trinidad.In the meantime, the Government is urging people to ignore unofficial sources to...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Thursday confirmed it had recorded its first “importer case” of the coronavirus (COVID-19) after a resident returned from Switzerland on Monday. Health Minister Terrence...
The southern Caribbean country of Guyana has recorded the Caribbean's first death related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The patient, a 52-year-old Guyanese female, died Wednesday, hours before the test result confirmed that she had the...
President of Guyana David Granger has promised to “uphold the Constitution and keep our citizens safe.” In a statement late Monday, Granger called for calm among citizens while promising to do all to ensure that law and order are...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Attorneys representing the main opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) have been successful in obtaining a High Court injunction ordering the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to verify the...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC - The Government of the Cayman Islands has announced the suspension of all non-essential official business travel as “a precautionary step” as it continues its efforts to keep the coronavirus COVID-...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Elections Commission Tuesday blamed a number of factors, including inclement weather in one of the regions, for a further delay in announcing the complete preliminary results of Monday’s regional and...
A High Court judge Monday imposed a fine of TT$2.25 million on the Jamaica-born Queen’s Counsel Vincent Nelson for his role in an alleged conspiracy involving former attorney general Anand Ramlogan and an opposition legislator. On June 6 last...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government says it will prosecute persons who spread false information about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as the island moves to adopt measures to prevent any occurrence of the virus that has...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, says an expanded bureau of Heads of Government has been established to, among other things, marshall resources in...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President David Granger Monday urged voters to exercise their franchise and participate in the democratic process of electing a new government for Guyana, even as he expressed confidence that his coalition...
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued several recommendations on the use of face masks in the wake of widespread fear over the global spread of the coronavirus – COVID-19. PAHO says using the masks during outbreaks of...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Health officials in the Dominican Republic on Sunday reported the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the tourist-rich Caribbean, while British cruise ship passengers who had been trapped at...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – More than 660,000 people are eligible to vote in a general election on Monday as Guyana moves towards charting a new future that undoubtedly will be shaped by the significant amount of revenue it will receive...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two senior cops are among three people charged with child trafficking for the purpose of exploitation. A spokesperson from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said in a statement that Acting Inspector Rajesh...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says that starting today it will be implementing the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule denying green cards to Caribbean and other...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government on Thursday prepared to sell its first barrels of oil after the discovery of large quantities of oil and gas near the South American country’s coast nearly five years ago. The...
Published:Wednesday | February 19, 2020 | 12:00 AM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: CARICOM Secretary General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque says he is satisfied with the Caribbean's response to the threat posed by the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19). The virus has killed more than 1,800...
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mia Mottley has announced that a "modest" fixed single roaming rate will be implemented for the region this year. Mottley, who is also the Prime Minister of Barbados, did not give a precise...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says dengue cases are on the rise in the Americas, including the Caribbean, with more than three million cases reported in 2019. According to PAHO’s latest ...
BOSTON, CMC – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it has served three immigration subpoenas to the State of Connecticut requesting information on illegal Caribbean and other immigrants who were “...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A fire swept through an orphanage run by a Pennsylvania-based non-profit group in Haiti, killing 13 children, including infants, health care workers said Friday. Rose-Marie Louis, a child-care worker, told The...
