PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - A High Court judge in Trinidad and Tobago has ordered the state to pay TT$350,000 in compensation to a former prisoner who was discriminated against and denied treatment because of his HIV-positive status due to the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders said late Wednesday that embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to hold general elections by mid-2025 as the international community pushes to raise money for a foreign armed force...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – A senior United Nations official says humanitarians are hoping that donors will robustly support a US$674 million appeal for Haiti, where armed gangs continue to terrorise the population. “This is a call for...
Published:Wednesday | February 28, 2024 | 11:34 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana's Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, has appealed a decision by a magistrate's court to dismiss a case against a former government minister who was charged with indecent exposure after...
KRALENDIJK, Bonaire, CMC – Government says the oil spill that has been impacting Tobago since earlier this month is now posing a “serious threat to both humans and nature” on the Dutch-speaking Caribbean island. In a...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in London ruled Tuesday that two residents of the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda have the right to challenge construction of an airstrip that critics say endangers fragile ecosystems and was begun...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An older United States couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners was likely thrown into the ocean and died, police in Grenada said Monday. The announcement...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The regional ferry service involving Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago is expected to begin operations within three months. Guyana's President Irfaan Ali gave the update on Saturday as he addressed the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC -CARICOM leaders will begin their 46th summit in Guyana later on Sunday hoping to further advance a number of issues ranging from the ongoing socio-economic and political situation in Haiti to advancing the CARICOM...
KEY WEST, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Cutter Thetis returned to their homeport in Key West on Friday following a 62-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea in which they disrupted illegal narcotics trafficking. The...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The parents of two teenagers who survived a fire that killed 20 people at a high school dormitory for Indigenous girls last year have sued the Guyana government, accusing authorities of negligence. The...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has dismissed a suggestion by an opposition legislator that the authorities consider taxing local artistes who perform overseas. Opposition legislator, Rodney Charles, raised...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Detectives from St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada were on Friday combing a catamaran for evidence as they investigate the disappearance of two United States sailors. The sailors, whose names have not been...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The police in Dominica say they have uncovered a plot to cause unrest in the country during a protest meeting and march being organised by the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) on Sunday. Acting police...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The chief executive officer of the Guyana-based Queensway Group Inc, Mohamed Qualander, has denied any involvement in the oil spill that has been impacting the neighbouring island of Trinidad and Tobago....
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Government of Trinidad and Tobago announced Tuesday that it is partnering with international experts to remove the wreckage of a barge that capsized in nearby waters and caused a major oil spill. T&T...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government on Tuesday said it had successfully negotiated and executed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ( SpaceX) “marking a revolutionary leap for The...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian authorities are investing the cause of the deaths of 16 people, whose bodies were found at a house in the mountain town of Sequin in southern Haiti, a day after the family attended a funeral. The top...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Former Dominica prime minister Edison James was released on EC$50,000 bail on Friday, spending an estimated 20 minutes in a holding cell in a magistrate's court after he was committed to stand trial in the High...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A top court in St Vincent and the Grenadines upheld laws on Friday that criminalise gay sex, a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative...
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Magistrate Michael Laudat on Friday ordered that former prime minister of Dominica, Edison James, be committed to prison as the trial continued into the incitement case involving senior members of the main opposition...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands Airports Authority (CIAA) has launched an investigation following an incident last Friday, in which a Delta 737-900 aircraft from the United States managed to hit and knock over a stairs...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its Cutter Bernard C Webber repatriated 33 migrants to Haiti on Monday following an interdiction of a “migrant venture” near Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida. The US Coast...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A fiery debate over public health and personal rights gripped Puerto Rico this week, intensifying on Wednesday as legislators clashed with medical experts. The debate began earlier this month after the...
Published:Wednesday | February 14, 2024 | 11:46 AM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A stalled marijuana law in the United States Virgin Islands got a big push Tuesday after an advisory board approved a list of proposed rules and regulations that would govern the recreational use of...
