CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Health authorities in St Lucia Monday confirmed that the island has recorded its first case of the coronavirus (COVID-1) Omicron variant HV.1 as they reported an increase in the number of persons presenting with...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A study conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has found that the average commuter in Trinidad and Tobago spends about one month annually in traffic delays. The study...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC - A 61-year-old man who was being treated at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in St Vincent for stab wounds was found dead near the medical institution after discharging himself. Police said that they responded to a...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A government commission in Guyana tasked with investigating a fire that killed 20 children at an Indigenous boarding school found multiple errors and systematic failures. Calling for reforms to avoid a...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Six nuns were kidnapped Friday in Haiti as they travelled on a bus through the capital, according to religious leaders. The nuns were accompanied by an undetermined number of unidentified people on the bus who...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Health authorities have confirmed the first case of the JN.I variant of COVID-19 as Trinidad and Tobago records an increase in deaths associated with the virus in recent weeks. A statement from the Ministry...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyanese government says it is not considering an amnesty for people with illegal guns saying it does not believe that the initiative would be a success. Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, speaking at a news...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti's capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in an ongoing attack, with residents fearful of the violence...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The owner of Blue Adventures, a Bahamian company that operates a diving experience, has launched an investigation following an incident in which 10-year-old boy from Maryland in the United States was attacked by a...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) has been reliably informed that senior officials of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are on administrative leave. The sources could not provide further...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — With no date in sight for when it will be safe to drink tap water again on the island of St Croix, officials in the US Virgin Islands announced Wednesday night that they would distribute water filters and...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – A former kitchen supervisor at the Sandals Grande Antigua resort has won his case for unfair dismissal after the resort fired him in 2015 alleging that he had stolen cases of shrimp and salmon. The...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The police in Guyana have confirmed that six children were rescued late Tuesday after the canoe in which they were returning home to Venezuela, sank in the Cuyuni River. Police said that the children were students of...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The Ministry of Health has increased surveillance for Hansen's disease also known as leprosy, throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry also said that it is...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday confirmed the death of Justice Jacob Wit, who last week retired from the region's final court due to ill health. In a statement, the CCJ said that Justice Wit, 71,...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti has been listed as one of the countries with the most overcrowded prisons in the world. According to data from World Prison Brief, Haiti ranks second, with prison overpopulation placed at 454.4% after...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Experts are analysing a new set of small mud volcanoes discovered in recent days in the eastern Caribbean island of Trinidad that have prompted authorities to prepare evacuation plans. Officials said they plan to...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The wife of former president of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, who has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for his involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago, says he will not be reporting to jail...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana's Attorney General Anil Nandlall said Thursday that Guyana's government has reassured neighbouring Venezuela there is no plan for the United States to establish a military base in the South American...
MIAMI, CMC – The US Coast Guard says the crew of the Cutter Margaret Norvell on Wednesday, offloaded more than 2,450 pounds of cocaine in Miami, with an assessed street value of about US$32.2 million, seized in the Caribbean Sea....
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, whose conviction for involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago was upheld in December, has been ordered to jail to serve his sentence....
SANTIAGO, Chile, CMC – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) say the increase in the regional employment rate, seen in 2022, slowed significantly in the first six...
WASHINGTON, CMC - The World Bank said Tuesday that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) experienced a significant economic slowdown last year, growing just 2.2 per cent. In its latest “Global Economic Prospects,” report, the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The US Virgin Islands reported an islandwide power outage on St Croix on Monday that forced officials to close schools and government offices. The islands' Water and Power Authority said in a statement that...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says its has established specialised “juvenile dockets” in 49 immigration courts across the US for Caribbean and other migrant children and...
