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Published:Friday | February 23, 2024 | 11:39 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 7:22 PM

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....

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 9:00 AM

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...

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 3:21 PM

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...

Published:Tuesday | February 20, 2024 | 8:42 AM

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...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 8:02 PM

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...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 7:34 PM

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...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 2:48 PM

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...

Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 2:18 PM

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...

Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 10:06 AM

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...

Published:Wednesday | February 14, 2024 | 4:40 PM

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...

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2024 | 6:01 PM

KINGSTOWN, CMC – The police in St Vincent have charged the father of the one-year-old baby girl, whose throat was slit last Saturday, after he reportedly damaged the home where the alleged killer lives. The man, Lenroy Robertson,...

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2024 | 12:11 PM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Police in St Kitts have charged a 35-year-old mother with two counts of murder after her two children were found dead last Friday. Police said that Colander Caines has been charged with the murders of her four-year...

Published:Tuesday | February 13, 2024 | 8:58 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti's renowned rum has become the newest victim of violent gangs vying to control a growing number of businesses and territory in the troubled Caribbean nation. At least eight hectares (19.8 acres...

Published:Monday | February 12, 2024 | 2:49 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging people to protect themselves against the adverse health effects of a Saharan dust plume covering many parts of the Caribbean. In a statement,...

Published:Monday | February 12, 2024 | 1:54 PM

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC –  More than 3000 seismic activities or tremors have been recorded by earthquake monitoring stations in Grenada because of the elevation in seismicity at the Kick 'em Jenny Submarine Volcano, the...

Published:Monday | February 12, 2024 | 9:10 AM

MASSACHUSETTS, CMC – A former Antigua and Barbuda Olympian and longtime track coach, who used his status to abuse young boys, will spend what a judge said would be “probably a life sentence” after he pleaded guilty to 12 counts of...

Published:Sunday | February 11, 2024 | 5:02 PM

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC –The Trinidad and Tobago government Sunday said it is not ruling out seeking overseas assistance in dealing with an oil spill that has impacted Tobago. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, who led a ministerial delegation...

Published:Sunday | February 11, 2024 | 11:44 AM

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The police have launched a manhunt for a resident from the town of Rose Hall in St Vincent who allegedly slit the throat of a one-year-old infant on Saturday.  The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) was...

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2024 | 3:47 PM

HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – The Agencies of the Central State Administration in Cuba have started the drafting process of a report on the effects of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba, between...

Published:Saturday | February 10, 2024 | 12:38 PM

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands has been removed from the  Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of countries that are required to improve their anti-financial crime regimes. This marks the first time in...

Published:Friday | February 9, 2024 | 8:55 PM

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it will continue to advocate for the country to be included among regional nations whose citizens are allowed to travel to the Schengen Area in Europe visa-free. Passports holders of ...

Published:Friday | February 9, 2024 | 2:39 PM

MIAMI, CMC -Former British Virgin Islands (BVI) premier, Andrew Fahie, faces the possibility of life imprisonment after he was found guilty late Thursday evening on drug and racketeering related charges. The sentencing is scheduled for April 29,...

Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 10:50 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry urged calm in a public address early Thursday following three days of violent protests that have paralysed the country as thousands of protesters demand his resignation...

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