Caribbean
HAVANA, Cuba, May 4, – Several international carriers have announced plans to resume flights to Cuba. This was revealed by tourism marketing director Gihana Galindo during the 42nd International Tourism Fair. Galindo said China Airlines...
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ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government Friday announced plans for a project aimed at increasing land ownership for squatters. “The programme will be for about two years in the first instance,” said Gemma Bain-...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The families of four Americans charged in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition insisted on Thursday that their loved ones were “unjustly detained” on the island awaiting legal proceedings. Last week, the...
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – One week after a British national was attacked and severely injured by a shark, Tobago authorities on Friday announced the reopening of all beaches on the island. The Office of the Chief Secretary (OCS) thanked the...
SANTIAGO, CHILE, CMC - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has expressed concern that low-income countries are falling further behind in a more fragmented world with less trade, and less...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – At least 12 people have been reported dead following the torrential rains that drenched Cap-Haitien for several days causing widespread floods and landslides, the authorities have confirmed. The Municipal...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Opposition legislators in Suriname have called for the Government to reverse the recent increase in electricity rates, as trade unions gear up for protest action later this week to signal their own disagreement...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled Port of Spain on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St Augustine campus of the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti's new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled Caribbean...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines has joined 10 other Caribbean countries in achieving UNAIDS certification of the dual elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis. In addition,...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Trade Union Federation of Suriname has warned that the two-day industrial action planned for later this week to protest increased electricity rates will last longer if the government does not give a favourable...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Apr 30, CMC – The Department of National Drug Control in Bermuda says alcohol and tobacco use among young people appear to be declining, but that cannabis use is more common among school pupils than smoking regular...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's newly installed transitional council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire as the Caribbean country's prime minister Tuesday as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean. In its latest Caribbean Climate Outlooks bulletin, CariCOF said for the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Despite recording a 37 per cent reduction in the number of workplace fatalities over the past three years, Guyana has so far this year recorded more deaths than the previous three-year period. Figures show that in...
