Published:Wednesday | December 25, 2019 | 10:20 AM
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC –Health authorities in Antigua and Barbuda are reporting an outbreak of dengue fever following an unprecedented spike in cases of the mosquito-borne disease in recent months. Chief Medical Officer Dr Rhonda...
GENEVA, CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a significant drop in cholera cases in Haiti, saying that international action led to a 60 per cent decrease in cases worldwide in 2018, compared with the...
WASHINGTON, CMC –The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is warning Caribbean countries to be prepared to deal with heatwaves that have so far affected several other nations. Australia, Canada, the United States, Europe, India...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Senate in Antigua has given its support to legislative amendment that increases the age of marriage from 15 to 18 years. Leader of Government Business, Marie Claire Hurst, in supporting the Marriage...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fourteen years after the headless corpse of a prominent businessman was found in Central Trinidad, a High Court judge Monday night imposed the death sentence by hanging on the five people who were found guilty...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The European Union is providing a grant of 4.1 million Euros to the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) to continue supporting efforts to combat mosquito-borne diseases in the region. “The...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC –The Antigua and Barbuda government says it will conduct a study of the wages and emoluments earned by hotel workers in order to determine if they are paid are fair or if they have kept stride with workers in...
DEL RIO, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agency says agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector in Texas have arrested more Haitian nationals than migrants from Guatemala or El Salvador since October 1. “This is...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rocked parts of Grenada on Wednesday night, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre at the University...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –leader of the main opposition United Workers Party, Lennox Linton, complaining that the December 6 general elections were “rigged” said his party would not recognise the results of the polls and is calling...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced plans to introduce a new driver’s licence, that will be more durable and secure. The new licence will be launched within the next two weeks. The GRA said...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) has described Latin America and the Caribbean as “a laboratory for climate action,” as world leaders gather in Madrid, Spain for the 25th...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana’s acting Chief Justice on Thursday issued an order for mediation for the multi-million-dollar lawsuit which was filed against the State by a Jamaican woman who was wrongfully imprisoned. Darren Wade, the...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Attorney General Levi Peter has welcomed the ruling by the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court that late Thursday night dismissed an appeal by a group of Dominicans that was aimed at postponing...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – Twenty-four-year-old Jamaican Prince Akeem Bambury was granted bail amounting to US$40,000 when he appeared in court after he allegedly inflicted serious wounds on another man in the capital, Road Town....
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says several cruise ships have stopped coming to Dominica and blamed pre-election disturbances allegedly by supporters of the main opposition United Workers Party for the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – London-based global information provider, IHS Markit Limited, says Guyana’s consistent exploration success will be a plus even in a challenging oil price environment. HIS, in an article on its website, said...
WASHINGTON, CMC – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Paper has confirmed that Caribbean countries are highly exposed to external factors. Using data from 1980-2017, the paper, “The Caribbean and Its Linkages with...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A regional forecaster says the 2020 dry season is not expected to be as dry as this year but has warned that the effects of the drier-than-normal 2019 raining season will continue into the new year. “The...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has quashed the decision of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) that gave away the rights of a person who had occupied a piece of land for more than 12...
Published:Wednesday | November 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Nearly three months after Hurricane Dorian, a category five storm slammed in Grand Bahama, tourism officials have welcomed the first official flight to the Fixed Based Operators at Grand Bahama International...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police were searching for two men who dressed up as hospital workers and shot and killed a 25-year-old patient at the Port of Spain General Hospital on Tuesday night. The police said that Dejean Broker of...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St Kitts-Nevis government will on Thursday seek to pass legislation that provides for a fixed term for the prime minister, but opposition legislators have already signalled that they would not provide the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –At least 16 people have died so far this year as health authorities embark on a “robust nationwide influenza vaccination drive” to protect the population against the flu virus. The Ministry of...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it will ban the sale of carbonated beverages and other snacks on the compound of all public and private schools on the island from January 1, next year. Education Minister, Emmalin...
