PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National Security Minister Stuart Young said that national security law enforcement and intelligence agencies are on high alert after threatening messages had been posted on social media calling for the killing...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Sugar Association of the Caribbean is urging Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments to strengthen the regional market for Caribbean white sugar by enforcing the Common External Tariff (CET) on imported white...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC –A Magistrate Court has adjourned to September 3 the trial of a 44-year-old Jamaican man on a charge of bigamy. On May 21, police arrested Claude Murray, a resident of Peruvian Vale, a community in eastern St...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Education Minister Anthony Garcia says the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will determine whether or not four students who were caught cheating during Caribbean Secondary Educa...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Monday named attorney Garvin Simonette to be a member of his Cabinet after his Public administration Minister Marlene McDonald is due to appear in court with four others on several...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government says it has no plans to reinstate a firearm amnesty noting that it is moving closer towards the goal of a 45 per cent reduction in serious crime by 2022. National Security and Home Affairs...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police are continuing to question Public Administration Minister Marlene McDonald and her husband on fraud-related activities after spending the night in custody, Senior Counsel Pamela Elder told reporters...
WASHINGTON, CMC – Forecasters monitoring oceanic and atmospheric patterns at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say conditions are now more favourable for above-normal hurricane activity since El Nino has now ended...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - A Jamaican singer has demanded an apology from authorities after he was refused entry to Bermuda when the weekend concert he was scheduled to perform at was cancelled. A spokesman for 28-year-old Vershon, whose...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited Wednesday said a 10-member committee had been appointed to evaluate the bids for the sale or lease of the oil refinery of the former state-owned company, PETROTRIN. The...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC -The Dominican Republic has announced plans to end the year with ten new inter-agency border posts to improve control of movement with neighbouring Haiti. Earlier this week, defence minister, Lieutenant...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – All four persons, including the pilot, on board a twin-engine Cessna aircraft escaped injuries on Wednesday after the plane veered off the runaway at the Lauriston airport in Carriacou. A Ministry of Tourism...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government has given the nod to the re-establishment of a marijuana commission that has been given the mandate to consult and provide advice on the design of a legislative and regulatory framework for...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada police are reporting a 35 per cent increase in the number of unwanted physical attacks on law enforcement officials. Acting Commissioner of Police, Edvin Martin, told a news conference that there is a...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC –Belize is report a 10 per cent increase in the number of confirmed dengue fever cases within a one-week period, with 40 per cent of these cases being children. “We do have an increase from the preliminary data...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC –Coordinator of the Haitian Organization Technical and Operational Services to Stop Accident, Garnel Michel, says 11 people were killed and several others injured when a public transport bus capsized on Sunday. He...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St Kitts-Nevis government has defended its decision to establish diplomatic relations with Palestine saying “as a small nation, we are a friend to all and foe to none.” Israel, with whom St Kitts-...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A High Court judge has offered a Jamaican charged with possession of more than 30 pounds of marijuana EC$20,000 bail after the Serious Offences Court had earlier denied his application for bail. Justice Brian...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell is warning against lewd and indecent behaviour as Grenada celebrates its annual Carnival that ends on August 13 with the traditional street jump-up. Mitchell, who is also...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is urging Caribbean countries to implement laws to ensure that working women are given the time and support needed to breastfeed. PAHO, in a message marking International...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says crew members interdicted a 37-foot pleasure craft with one Jamaican and three Brazilians aboard about 30 miles east of Hollywood in southern Florida. Two smugglers were also onboard the...
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, CMC –A High Court judge has ruled there’s a case for ex-premier Michael Misick and four of his cabinet ministers to answer following a corruption trial that lasted nearly four years. Judge...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A Jamaican man has been remanded after he appeared in the Serious Offences Court on Monday charged with possession of 30.85lbs of marijuana with intent to supply. Novian Travis Vaughn Mullings, 29, is alleged...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Haitian government says it has launched an investigation into alleged acts of corruption at its embassy in The Bahamas. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement, said that the Commissioner is due in...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The ruling Free National Movement government has brushed aside a move by the main opposition Progressive Liberal Party to bring a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. Opposition Leader Philip...
