NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell has encouraged Bahamian students in Jamaica to remain in the country as leaving could be detrimental to their education. Mitchell made the comment as the...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for a 31st straight year. The vote on the resolution in the 193-member General Assembly tied the record...
LONDON, CMC – Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, Wednesday expressed “deep concern” at the decision of the Venezuelan National Assembly to undertake a referendum on the status of the Essequibo region on December 3...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamian government says it will begin demolishing illegal structures in two unregulated communities in New Providence from next Monday. Works and Family Island Affairs Minister, Clay Sweeting said that the 28-...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governor of the United States Virgin Islands announced Wednesday that he declared a state of emergency after officials revealed last week that tap water in St Croix contains lead and copper and...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Kitts Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew says he will be travelling to the sister isle of Nevis later on Wednesday following a devastating fire at the Four Seasons Resort on Tuesday night. Drew, in a broadcast,...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says as part of efforts to promote universal healthcare in the country, it is removing fees in public hospitals. “This move eliminates financial barriers and enhances healthcare...
THE HAGUE, CMC – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday said Guyana has filed a request for the indication of provisional measures in the border dispute with Venezuela, as the dispute between the two countries intensified in recent...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) says there was no loss or compromise of customer data, no data was deleted from its databases, or manipulated arising from an attempted cyber attack...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Two men and one woman were arrested in Guyana in the wee hours of Sunday morning for allegedly attempting to scam a number of Automatic Teller Machines (ATM), police said. The Guyana Police Force said at about 12:15...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force(FATF) anti-money laundering grey list after more than two years. The British overseas territory was listed in February 2021 due to a...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it has coordinated with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in facilitating multiple removal flights...
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Miami on Friday sentenced a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting to kill Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Education Minister, Glenys Hanna Martin, has confirmed that school attendance monitors tasked with getting drop-outs back in school had recently found a 12-year-old boy living alone in a car. She said that the child is...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful Haitian gang leader has been charged by United States prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti, which left the woman dead, authorities said Tuesday. Vitel'Homme...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyanese government says it is concerned that Venezuela's December 3 referendum could lay the ground work for the annexation of the county of Essequibo, which Caracas has been claiming belongs to it. In a...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Tammy unleashed heavy rain in the northeast Caribbean on Monday as it spun over open waters after making landfall in Barbuda. The storm was located about 260 miles (420 kilometres) north of Anguilla. It...
NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue officials say a plane rocked back with its nose pointed skyward after landing at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport because of a shift in weight on the aircraft. Videos posted on social media...
CARIBBEAN, CMC- The Miami-based National Hurricane Center in its 5pm bulletin said Hurricane Tammy is moving away from the Caribbean islands but has warned that swells generated by Tammy will continue to affect portions of the Lesser Antilles...
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, CMC – CARICOM member states will review the Draft Model Credit Reporting Bill and the Draft Model Credit Reporting Regulations at a meeting scheduled to take place from October 30 to November 2. The Eight Special...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Dr Terrance Drew has activated all emergency services in preparation for the arrival of severe weather. In an address to the nation on Saturday, the Prime Minister said the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Police on Friday arrested three Venezuelan nationals after they were allegedly found in possession of three unlicensed firearms with ammunition and a quantity of narcotics at Arakaka, Region One. The...
BRIDGETOWN Barbados, CMC – A hurricane warning remains in effect for several islands as the core of Hurricane Tammy – a category one storm is just to the east of Dominica. According to the Miami based National Hurricane...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A former justice official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 was arrested Thursday in Haiti's capital after being on the run for more...
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) Friday said it has made its first payments of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season, totalling US$3.4 million. It said that the payments were made to...
