CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Health authorities are expressing concern over the steady departure of nurses for employment opportunities overseas. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Felix St Hill, speaking on a radio programme, said...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 rattled the capital cities of three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries early Tuesday. There were no reports of injury or damage. The Seismic Research Centre of the St Augustine campus of the University of...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government Monday warned citizens against engaging in a practice of volunteering to act as sponsors to facilitate the visit of non-nationals to the country. In a statement, the...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, has called for the police to “crack down with the most utmost vigour” anyone planning to prevent students from sitting national examinations that...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government says it establishing a Boot Camp as it examined the phenomenon of bullying in schools. A Cabinet statement noted that the matter the recent expulsion accorded two boys...
CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC – The High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Michelle Bachelet, left the Venezuelan capital last night after urging the Nicolas Maduro government to release all those detained for peacefully protesting...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government says it will “not blindly adhere to policies which are unbearable” for the population as it announced plans to deal with the concerns raised by citizens regarding the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President David Granger today said voters will be given a new opportunity to elect a government after the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) validated a motion of no confidence against his...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Guyana government has suffered two major setbacks in its efforts to continue in office as the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that the opposition-inspired motion of no confidence...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Economy and Finance Minister Ronald Décembre has painted a gloomy picture of the socio-economic situation in Haiti as efforts continue by the opposition to force President Jovenel Moise out of office...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The United States has called on Haitians to respect the rule of law on the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country even as President Jovenel Moise is scheduled to meet with various stakeholders...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans headed to the polls today to cast their vote for the next president, following an electoral process that generated widespread disillusion and distrust just as tens of thousands were fleeing poverty and gang...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – President Jovenel Moise, insisting that he will not allow “anyone to put chaos and disorder in the country under any pretext,’ Wednesday said he was not corrupt even as opposition forces...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York State Democratic-controlled House of Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation that would permit undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. The Assembly said that the...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday called for Latin America and Caribbean countries to strengthen their voluntary, unpaid blood donation systems, noting it is the best way to ensure universal access to an...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – President Jovenl Moise will not bow to demands of protesters and resign amid allegations of embezzlement of funds linked to the PetroCaribe oil initiative, according to a spokesman for the head of state. Thousands...
NEW YORK, CMC –A Grenadian man faces up to seven years in prison after he appeared in a New York court charged with several offences related to his work with three undocumented Caribbean immigrants who had sought his services to process work...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Police say at least two people were killed and several others injured as thousands took to the streets of the capital on Sunday demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise following the release of a...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday became the smallest country to be elected to the United Nations Security Council. The country’s candidacy for the Security Council for the term 2020-2022 received 185...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – At least four people have died and several others missing after heavy torrential rain caused widespread flooding in Haiti over the last four days, the Directorate of Civil Protection has reported. It said that...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The police are continuing investigations following the release of a Jamaican businessman who was kidnapped in April. The police report that the relatives of Yohan Chin paid an ...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government Tuesday night formally announced plans to sell its shares in the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT. But, it insisted that it was committed to regional transportation and would continue to...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A recent ban on poultry from Guyana by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been described as “ill-advised and premature”. The Guyana Livestock Development Authority says it considers the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has imposed a ban on all poultry products from Guyana “until further notice”. A two-paragraph statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries...
WASHINGTON, CMC – United States President Donald J. Trump has proclaimed June National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, stating that, during the month, the US acknowledges “the significant ways Caribbean Americans have shaped our...
