Caribbean
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard on Tuesday said the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forward offloaded in Port Everglades, Florida, more than 7,302 pounds of cocaine, with an assessed street value of about US$96 million, interdicted in...
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor on Wednesday signed a law that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros, curls, locs, twists, braids and other hairstyles in the racially diverse US territory. The move was...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC - An opposition legislator in St Vincent has criticised telecommunication companies for sending bill payment reminder messages to customers even as their services remain offline following the passage of Hurricane Beryl on...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC -The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Monday announced a US$60 million humanitarian aid package to support Haitian people and alleviate the suffering caused by gang violence and the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President General of the Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU), Ancel Roget, Friday burnt photographs of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Energy Minister Stuart Young as the union continued its campaign against...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations Friday confirmed that at least 40 migrants died when a boat they were travelling caught fire off Cap Haitien. Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told the...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions has revoked the licence of WiPay, a Trinidad and Tobago electronic money service business. The company was established in 2017 and launched its...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were arrested by police on Thursday after their vehicle was intercepted and searched and they were found to have 22 bulky bags containing 154 pounds of marijuana. The two...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti's capital and beyond has...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A magistrate court Tuesday freed a United States-based medical practitioner, Dr Samuel Joseph Christian, of incitement to burn down the Parliament of Dominica after the prosecution said that it was no longer continuing...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (SRC-UWI) Tuesday said that Dominica has been experiencing a “burst of volcanic earthquakes”. In a statement...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – A judge in Suriname has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping and murdering a 67-year-old woman in 2022. Justice Maureen Dayala imposed the sentence on the convicted rapist and...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government has dismissed as “material misstatements” pronouncements made in the United States media regarding the ongoing investigation into the case of missing Chicago transgender woman Taylor...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Government has denied media reports that the health of Barbadians was placed at risk during the recently-concluded International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup. In addition to hosting the finals...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – The police have launched an investigation following the seizure of 42 pounds of cocaine at the VC Bird International airport in Antigua on Saturday. The seizure was made as the police and customs officials...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says agents from its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) on Thursday intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, near Puerto Rico, seizing 511 pounds of...
