PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The United States says it believes “genuine dialogue and compromise” will help end the situation in Haiti where opposition political parties have been staging street demonstrations demanding the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) today said they had captured one of the country’s “most wanted men” and that two reputed gang leaders had been slapped with charges and were...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC –Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant has outlined a series of measures, including a decrease in the price of basic commodities, as the government moves to end the violent demonstrations that have claimed the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) says it remains “confident” that it would soon acquire the assets of the former state-owned oil refinery, PETROTRIN, whose operations were closed down by...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says it has temporarily ceased all deportations to Haiti as a result of the political unrest in that French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. “The decision follows the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has expressed concern about the violence in Haiti where opposition parties have been staging street demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Jovenel...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana says it has not shipped any rice to Jamaica under the “Cinderella” brand for the year after media reports in Kingston said that 70 metric tonnes of White Cinderella rice had been...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it is exploring the feasibility of a repeat gun offence law that would require repeat gun offenders and convicted gang members to wear a tracking device when they are released from prison. In...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Complaints Authority Monday said it has started “independent investigations” into fatal police shootings in recent days involving members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service....
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley has hinted at more layoffs within the public service, as she promised to update Barbadians on her government’s external debt restructuring plan. “Those discussions are...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Several Western countries have condemned the “unacceptable acts of violence” in Haiti over the last weekend as opposition parties continue to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moise...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The police on Friday arrested 32 illegal immigrants during an operation in the town of Penal. According to reports, a team of officers, during the operation between the hours of 2 p.m. and 9 ...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Police Commissioner Gary Griffith Wednesday confirmed a newspaper report that the police's Special Branch had uncovered a plot by two criminal gangs to assassinate him and members of his family. “This...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –Guyana Wednesday announced that the US-based oil giant ExxonMobil had made two additional discoveries of oil offshore the country building on the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than five...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago health authorities have confirmed a fifth death as a result of the HINI virus and urged people, particularly those in key at-risk groups, to get vaccinated. Health Minister Terrence...
GEORGETOWN,Guyana, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has chastised Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro about his “unilateral” stance in accepting Juan Guaido as interim president...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Acting Chief Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire Thursday ruled that the motion of no confidence that brought down the David Granger led coalition government is valid. This paves the way for fresh regional and general...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre recorded a 4.4 earthquake in sections of the twin-island republic early Thursday. According to preliminary data, the earthquake...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Canada has informed the presidential candidate of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party Irfaan Ali that he should consider not travelling to the North American country at this time as a...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association is asking the High Court to determine whether its members should be compensated for marking school based assessments (SBAs) conducted by the...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology says chances of drought and recurrent dry spells during the peak of the dry season have increased as El Niño conditions are forecast to...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Teachers at a secondary school in Haiti have vowed to remain off the job until the authorities make good on the promise to pay outstanding arrears and appoint new teachers dating back to several years. The...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Belize has announced that it had exported five containers of crude soybean oil to Jamaica, making this the first ever shipment of soybean oil to the region. The government said that the shipment was made last...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities have denied an outbreak of dengue fever in the country even as it urged citizens to step up surveillance for the mosquito vector on their premises, particularly in light of an alert...
NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders are to meet with the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday to discuss the ongoing political situation in Venezuela where the government of President...
