HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – A High Court judge in Bermuda has sentenced 37-year-old lawyer Tyrone Quinn to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of stealing almost US$500,000 from his clients. Justice Juan Wolffe said Quinn had...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The police on the island of Eleuthera in Bahamas are investigating an incident that left two crew members of a cruise line dead on Friday. Preliminary reports state that around 9:30 a.m. the captain of the...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, has declared that his country will continue to expel Haitians and will not authorise refugee camps, ignoring demands from...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Friday said it is “gravely concerned” at the decision of the National Assembly in Venezuela to adopt a law declaring the Essequibo region to be a constituent part of the country....
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Bahamas has defended the government's purchase of a US$192,000 BMW for Prime Minister Phillip Davis, following widespread debates in public circles about the timing of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighbourhoods in Haiti's capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Barbados Dr Arthur Phillips has reported a decline in the sale of carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages due to a tax on sugary drinks. At the same time, there has been an increase in...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – ExxonMobil Guyana Friday announced a new oil discovery at Bluefin in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, making it the company's first discovery for 2024. In a statement, Exxon said the Bluefin well encountered...
WASHINGTON, CMC – Republican lawmakers on Friday said the Biden administration “owes Congress a lot more details in a more timely manner before it gets more funding,” for Haiti, even as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Friday...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders for the country, Caribbean...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Royal Caribbean International says it has temporarily suspended all calls to Labadee, Haiti due to the ongoing unrest in the country, in order to ensure the safety of cruise passengers. According to Royal...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Office of the Attorney General has requested a preliminary investigation into a potential corruption case against President Chandrikapersad Santokhi and two of his ministers, including the Finance...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The International Police (INTERPOL) has placed former Suriname president Desi Bouterse on its Red Notice list, nearly three months after he was sentenced to 20 years in jail for murder. The whereabouts of Bouterse...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in the Caribbean nation and the announcement by its Prime Minister Ariel Henry...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – Legislators in the British Virgin Islands have passed a law that will give the authorities the right to impose fines on persons who refuse to share information during the collection of census...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police are search for four men who reportedly abducted and raped an 11-year-old girl last weekend in Central Trinidad. The police said that while they have no information regarding the identities of the men, the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two hotels and two homes were destroyed by fire early Sunday in the Guyanese gold mining community of Eteringbang located on the border with Venezuela. According to Demerara Waves Online News, no...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The US military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the US Embassy in Haiti and allow non-essential personnel to leave. The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the US Southern...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its Cutter Joseph Napier offloaded 182 kilograms of cocaine seized in the Caribbean Sea, with an estimated street value of US$4.5 million, and transferred...
HAVANA (AP) — Recently dismissed Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is being investigated by police and the Attorney General's Office after making “serious mistakes,” President Miguel Díaz-Canel said...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of foreigners, including many from the United States and Canada, are stranded in Haiti, desperately trying to leave the violence-torn country where anti-government gangs are battling police and have already...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr Carla Barnett said Friday that even as the region celebrates the progress made by women “there are many challenges to be overcome”. In a message marking International...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti's most publicised gang leader has warned of a genocide should Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry be allowed to return to power in Haiti even as he remains stranded in Puerto Rico unable to return to the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's prime minister landed in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, answering a key question on the minds of all Haitians ever since armed gangs plunged the long-suffering Caribbean nation into near anarchy: Where in the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 5, CMC – A coalition of wanted criminal armed gangs has claimed power in Haiti, blocking Prime Minister Dr Ariel Henry from returning home after he travelled to Kenya to sign an agreement allowing for a...
