GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Three Jamaican men were remanded when they appeared in court on Wednesday on allegations of importing approximately 900 pounds of marijuana into the island. Dalton Alphonso Wright, 44, Xavier...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – President Jovenel Moise says he will soon begin the process of selecting a new prime minister for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. This even as Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant says...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Six months after he was sworn into office, the government of Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant was forced out of office Monday after the Lower Chamber of Deputies voted overwhelming to remove it from office....
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says the medium-term outlook for Jamaica “is positive” with 1.7 per cent growth projected for the financial year 2018-19. In its “Country...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says despite projections of deceleration in global economic activity, the 2019 economic outlook for its borrowing member countries (BMC) is positive. “CDB is...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition United National Congress (UNC) Tuesday urged the Trinidad and Tobago government to “take immediate action to suspend” the intended lease of 12 of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft,...
BRUSSELS, CMC – The European Union Tuesday named five Caribbean countries on a new list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions which it said had been based on an “an intense process of analysis and dialogue steered by the Commission...
GENEVA, CMC – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a Global Influenza Strategy aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. WHO said that the goal of the 2019-2030 strategy is to prevent seasonal...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Monday said it would begin conducting random drug testing on police officers and that Police Commissioner Gary Griffith will be the first to be tested. In a statement...
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Health officials in St Lucia have issued an alert in light of reported deaths due to the mosquito-borne disease, dengue in the neighbouring French island of Martinique. “We are asking persons to be...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — : U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is stressing again that the only way the political conflict in Venezuela can be resolved is through political dialogue. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric noted reports that...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is expressing profound concern about the worsening violence and scarcity in Haiti. The human rights organisation is urging the government to begin talks with all...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said today he is on his way home. Guaido tweeted that he was heading back to Venezuela, though details about his exact whereabouts remained a mystery as rumours swept...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has called for nationwide demonstrations tomorrow to coincide with his planned return to the country. Guaido today tweeted that Venezuelans should monitor his official...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opposition Leader Joseph Atherley is warning that crime and violence in Barbados are almost at a crisis level and is calling for urgent interventions to address the situation. “The moment is...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC –Eight years after it was swept out of power, the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) headed by Andrew Fahie won Monday’s general election. The party won eight of the 13 seats at stake. The party,...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – More than 9,000 voters are casting ballots on Monday to elect a new government in the British Overseas Territory. Electoral officials say 25 candidates from four political parties as well...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean countries have been warned that the rainfall over the next three months may be “drier than usual” in some islands resulting in a progressively increase in wildfires. The Barbados-based...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Over 100 Haitian nationals were repatriated to their homeland on Friday, as the Dr Hubert Minnis administration lifted the temporary suspension of deporting illegal Haitian migrants from the country. On...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The police are reporting that Deodath Mohammed, an inmate at the maximum security prison, died in hospital yesterday. Mohammed, 59, who was serving an eight-year sentence for rape and malicious wounding,...
CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelan migrants on Sunday helped clean debris from a bridge where troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro a day earlier fired tear gas on activists trying to deliver humanitarian aid in violent clashes that left...
LONDON, CMC – The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee wants all British Overseas Territories, including those in the Caribbean, to legitimise same-sex marriages. In addition, the Committee believes that the British government...
HAVANA (AP) — After a tornado slammed Havana in late January, Mijail Ramirez complained on Twitter that authorities were threatening to evict him from his damaged home. A week later he said the government had changed its mind and would help...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – A Jamaican man accused of selling a stolen fishing boat and engine was granted US$40,000 bail. Charged with theft is fisherman and construction worker Chevon Russell, who was not required to...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has raised new concerns regarding the sale of Scotiabank operations in the island. This comes amid reports that the financial institution may be examining an...
