PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti has named the members of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), paving the way for the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to continue efforts at holding fresh elections in a bid to...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC - A police officer in Belize has been charged and placed on interdiction after he allegedly shoved his wife out of a moving vehicle last weekend. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hiberto Romero, said that Rosa Bol reported to...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Ministry of Health and Wellness in Barbados says there is no shortage of any therapeutic class of insulin on the island even as it acknowledged that due to supply challenges, there is currently a scarce supply...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Lawyers for a Ramsaran Dairy Products (RDP) Monday threatened to take legal action against the Trinidadian government over its inability to source foreign exchange to import paper-based cartons. In a pre-action...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says the government will be working along with a Cuban foundation for a sculptured bust of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and other people who were killed...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on former Surinamese President Desiré Delano Bouterse and six former Surinamese military officials for alleged “gross violations of human rights....
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it hopes to ease the situation regarding a constant supply of electricity to consumers by this weekend. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has acknowledged that the Guyana Power and Light (GPL)...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti's next prime minister and Cabinet was established Friday in a move supporters hope will help quell turmoil in the troubled Caribbean country where most of the...
MIAMI (AP) — A former career United States diplomat was sentenced Friday to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba, a plea agreement that leaves many unanswered questions about a...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Health authorities have confirmed that several babies died at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) earlier this month as a result of a bacterial outbreak. In a...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Government of Guyana has signed an agreement with French company OCEA S.A. for the procurement of an offshore patrol vessel at the cost of €39.5 million. In a statement, Guyana's ministry of finance said...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Thursday they have launched an investigation after an immigration officer was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl. The mother of the girl, who is from...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The creation of a transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti's next leaders is imminent, a United States diplomat said Wednesday during a heated forum about Haiti's spiralling crisis. The...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Police in St Vincent say three people are assisting their investigation into the discovery of two burnt bodies in Park Hill, a rural village, northeast of the capital, on Monday. The police have since...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Police say that one of their colleagues is being questioned in relation to the discovery of 593 kilogrammes of cocaine on board a plane belonging to the national carrier, Surinam Airways (SLM) last month...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Fresh gunfire erupted Tuesday in downtown Port-au-Prince, forcing aid workers to halt urgently needed care for thousands of Haitians. Weeks of gang violence have forced some 18 hospitals to stop working and...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police have detained a 39-year-old suspect as they continue investigating the death of a four-year-old girl, who was reportedly beheaded at her home in Arouca, along the east west corridor during the early hours...
OTTAWA, Canada, CMC – Canada said it will provide an additional evacuation flight out of Haiti this week due to a spike in the number of requests to flee the country where criminal gangs are seeking to remove the government of Prime...
NEW YORK, CMC – A Dominican Republic national, who was part of an international drug ring that used various Caribbean ports in their international efforts to distribute cocaine in the United States, has been jailed for more than 13 years....
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Prime Minister John Briceño has announced the return of the embattled senior minister Andre Perez back into the government, coinciding with the announcement of a Cabinet re-shuffle. Perez had been on leave since...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's move to sign into law the results of a recent referendum laying claim to two-thirds of Guyana triggered fierce condemnation Thursday from the neighbouring South...
TEGUCIGALPA, CMC – The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Honduras, Eduardo Enrique Reina, says that at least 20 Honduran nationals, who were employed in Haiti, are set to be evacuated, possibly within this week, with the...
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucian government on Wednesday said it had uncovered a fraudulent social media account impersonating Prime Minister Philip J Pierre. In a statement, the Office of the Prime Minister said that the account,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government on Tuesday said that it would not be providing any military assistance to ensure security in Haiti, where criminal gangs are seeking to overthrow the government of Prime...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has confirmed that it has been collecting an increase in vehicular licence fees without the necessary approval by Parliament. Opposition Leader Dr Keith Mitchell had raised the illegality...
