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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Several earthquakes were reported in the Caribbean overnight into early Saturday with the strongest having a magnitude of 6.0 that was recorded northeast of Guadeloupe. According to the Trinidad-based UWI...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti held former rebel leader Guy Philippe on Friday at a police station where he remained a day after the United States repatriated him to Haiti, his lawyer said. Philippe is a convicted money...
CARACAS, Venezuela, CMC – Venezuela Friday said it will continue with plans to hold the referendum called by the Electoral Branch at the request of the Parliament on Sunday regarding the ownership of the mineral and forest-rich county of...
WASHINGTON, CMC – Former director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dominican-born Dr Carissa F. Etienne died Friday. She was 71. She reportedly passed away due to heart failure. Etienne, who recently retired after 10 years as...
THE HAGUE, CMC – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Friday ruled that Venezuela must not take any action to seize the mineral and forest-rich county of Essequibo in Guyana based on its upcoming December 3 referendum. Both Guyana and...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean countries are joining the global community on Friday in observing World AIDS Day with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – A 37-year-old Canadian woman and her five-year-old son who were visiting Antigua on a family vacation drowned on Thursday morning at Devil's Bridge. According to police reports, the woman's 38-...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Notorious coup leader Guy Philippe returned to Haiti on Thursday after the United States government repatriated him, sparking concerns that his presence could unleash further upheaval in a country...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says its air and surface units combined efforts with a US Customs and Border Protection aircrew and a Dominican Republic Navy patrol boat to rescue 60 Caribbean migrants from a 35-...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the United States Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St Croix. The report...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The prosecution on Wednesday withdrew the charge against a 58-year old vendor who had been accused of throwing missiles on August 5, 2021 during a protest against the St Vincent government's COVID-19 vaccine...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St Kitts-Nevis government has launched a plastic ban campaign to raise public awareness and support for its agenda towards banning, phasing out, and replacing selected single-use Styrofoam and polystyrene...
SURAMA, Guyana (AP) — Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana gathered recently to bid on a bounty of bananas, squash and other produce during a community event. They sang hymns and rang a bell...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) says it has reported its industrial dispute with its pilots to the Minister of Labour, even as it said it “remains committed to a constructive and transparent dialogue...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Gang violence in Haiti is on the rise with new alliances being forged and expansion into rural areas previously considered safe, according to a new report issued by the United Nations on Tuesday. The report was...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rattled parts of Barbados on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre said...
