BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Grenada Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell says he's happy to see a Caribbean institution playing an even bigger role in the banking system arising from the decision by Scotiabank to sell its...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says violence against women perpetrated by an intimate partner continues to be a violation of human rights and a widespread public health problem in the Americas, including the...
MAURITIUS, CMC – Reggae music, the genre that originated in Jamaica, on Thursday secured a coveted spot on the United Nations’ list of global cultural treasure. UNESCO, the world body’s cultural and scientific agency, added reggae...
MIAMI, CMC – A group of tourism-focused organisations has joined forces to help protect and regenerate Caribbean reefs. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) on Wednesday said it has collaborated with the non profit...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government says an estimated BDS$25 million have been paid in income tax refunds based on the 2017 tax filing period. Finance Minister Ryan Straughn said that over the next three years the government...
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments Tuesday expressed some unease at the announcement that the Canadian-based Bank of Nova Scotia had agreed to sell its operations in nine Caribbean countries to a...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti was showing signs of returning to a level of normalcy on Tuesday after residents dismissed calls by opposition parties for two days of street protest to force President Jovenel Moise out of office. After a...
OTTAWA, Canada, CMC – The Bank of Nova Scotia Tuesday confirmed that it would be selling its insurance operations in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago as part of a shake-up of its businesses that also included the plans to exit nine Caribbean...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –Agricultural officials have dismissed reports that “plastic” cabbage had been imported into Dominica as the island followed a number of Caribbean countries and banned the importation of romaine lettuce...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) –The Haitian government has called for the security agencies to arrest perpetrators of “acts of violence” as the Democratic and Popular Movement (DPM), an opposition grouping of 20 political parties,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Director General in the Ministry of Tourism, Joy Jibrilu, says it is closely monitoring recent cases of swine flu in an effort to minimise its impact on the industry. “I mean, if you think about it, it was...
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) — Bermuda’s same-sex marriage campaigners celebrated in court on Friday after the ruling Progressive Labour Party (PLP) government lost its latest legal battle. The Court of Appeal dismissed the government...
WASHINGTON (CMC) – Political parties are gearing up for another day of demonstration in Haiti as the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed concern at the ongoing violence and political climate, saying it has “followed...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – An opposition party has warned Barbadians to brace themselves for an increase in taxes following the government’s decision to provide a hefty reduction in corporation taxes for businesses. In a statement,...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 40-year-old Jamaican man was denied bail and will re-appear in court on February 27 next year after he was charged jointly with a Bahamian national following the seizure of nearly two million US dollars’ worth...
Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana police say they have launched an investigation into a shooting incident near the Venezuelan border that left a police officer injured from gunshot wounds yesterday. The police said a wooden vessel ferrying...
Published:Wednesday | November 14, 2018 | 12:00 AM
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government says it is moving to prevent trade unions from taking strike action as the situation regarding the amount of gratuity and pension to be paid to public workers escalated yesterday. A...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 was recorded offshore Barbados shortly after 9:00 a.m. today. The US Geological Survey says the earthquake was located at Latitude 15.56 N, Longitude 49.86W and at a depth of 7...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has uncovered a corruption network involving senior Bahamian immigration officials and Justices of the Peace. It’s reported that in October 2016, the...
TOKYO, CMC – The World Bank has warned that further upward acceleration of global inflation from record low levels may impair efforts in emerging and developing economies, such as those in the Caribbean, to sustain the low inflation...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada is experiencing a significant increase in the number of children affected by the hand, foot and mouth disease when compared to 2016, epidemiologist Shawn Charles has said. “From our records,...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Bank (IDB) says it is providing a US$$100 million loan to help Barbados bolster its macroeconomic emergency programme. The Washington-based financial institution said it approved the loan as the new...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has expressed his “utmost disappointment” at the failure of his administration to get voters to support the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as Antigua...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has announced plans to send home more than half of its 230-strong workforce while also agreeing to a proposal by the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police yesterday launched a search for those responsible for murdering a 19-year-old pregnant woman and her husband in Arua. The bodies of Danielle Yearwood and her husband Ricardo “Mamoo” Daloo were...
