GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Firefighters in Guyana are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged a major section of the 194-room Ramada Princess Hotel on the East Bank Demerara on Saturday night. The Guyana Fire Services (GFS)...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is observing the 47th anniversary of republicanism on Sunday with, as expected, the two main political leaders sending contrasting messages to the population. Prime Minister Dr ...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government has acknowledged that it is experiencing “some challenges” with its information technology (IT) system and is pointing an accusatory finger at Russia. “There has been an...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Government of Grenada says that effective January 1, 2024, it will commence a method of compensation to workers both in the private and public sectors that will see the end of disparity in salary based...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its Coast Guard Cutter Confidence on Tuesday offloaded in Miami more than 12,100 pounds of cocaine, worth more than US$160 million, that were seized in the Caribbean Sea. Along with...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Education Minister Priya Manickchand Tuesday warned schools about sending students home because of their hair style, saying those doing so will face disciplinary proceedings. “I was clear enough IN WRITING....
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday defended his decision to close air, sea, and land traffic with neighbouring Haiti in their dispute over the construction of a canal targeting...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – A few days after Hurricane Lee swept past Bermuda as a Category 1 storm, knocking out power across the island and closing businesses and schools, residents of the British Overseas Territory are on Monday keeping a...
CARIBBEAN, CMC – The government of the United Kingdom has launched a call for research proposals on how to deal with the problem of the sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean region. In the last few years, influxes of sargassum have threatened...
Published:Saturday | September 16, 2023 | 11:00 AM
NEW YORK, CMC – The Mayor of New York City Eric Adams says the city and the US federal government have finalised an agreement on the use of the Floyd Bennett Airfield in Brooklyn to shelter Caribbean and other asylum seekers. After months of...
Published:Saturday | September 16, 2023 | 10:36 AM
WASHINGTON, CMC –United States President Joe Biden has named Jamaica and several other Caribbean countries among major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries for Fiscal Year 2024. In a White House memorandum, ...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced what he described as “an expedited sprint” to identify Caribbean and other asylum seekers in the city's care who are currently eligible to apply for work...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Premier of Bermuda David Burt Friday urged Bermudans to ensure their safety as the British Overseas Territory continues to feel the effects of Hurricane Lee that swiped past the island on Thursday. “I hope that you...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – The President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader, on Thursday issued an order for the complete closure of the country's border with Haiti, encompassing land, air, and sea routes,...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti's government announced that it met Wednesday with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a recent threat by that country's president to close all borders in response to a row...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 3:17 PM
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government on Wednesday announced the closure of public schools over the next two days, as the British Overseas Territory as the center of Hurricane Lee is due to pass west of the island and then...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 1:58 PM
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Bahamas health authorities have confirmed the death of a nine-year-old boy from dengue fever as the country experiences an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. “He presented with a viral type illness but did...
Published:Wednesday | September 13, 2023 | 9:26 AM
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda Weather Service has placed the island under a tropical storm watch as Hurricane Lee, with winds in excess of 115 miles per hour, will begin to affect the British Overseas Territory early on Thursday. The...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government is predicting that at least 3,000 new jobs will be created there over the next three years as a result of an estimated six billion dollars in investments over the same period. “Overall, if...
KINGSTOWN, ST Vincent, CMC – The St Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament has amended the country's citizenship law allowing for “second-generation Vincentians” born overseas to be considered for citizenship. Currently, under...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Residents in Bermuda are keeping an eye on the passage of Hurricane Lee, the large and powerful storm that is expected to pass west of the island on Friday. Officials of the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) met...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana's President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that his administration will be adjusting the daily minimum wage and the income tax threshold. Speaking during a press conference at State House in Georgetown...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Jarbas Barbosa says that with nearly 100,000 deaths by suicide each year in the Americas, it is a “significant public health concern” for the...
GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The corruption trial of former premier Michael Misick and two of his co-conspirators is expected to begin in Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in October. Misick, who was first elected as...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament Friday approved a motion extending economic sanctions against Haiti in keeping with a United Nations resolution, and dismissing opposition claims that Port of Spain and...
