SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — United States actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash near a tiny private island in the eastern Caribbean, according to police in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The crash occurred...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An international armed force slated to fight violent gangs in Haiti this year will face multiple challenges including shifting gang allegiances and widespread corruption among police, politicians, and...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The government of Grenada on Thursday, barred all media representatives from covering the swearing-in ceremony of new cabinet ministers. Following the stance taken by the government, the Media Workers...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – A small plane crashed off the coast of Bequia in St Vincent on Thursday, shortly after departing from the northern Grenadines island sometime after midday. Initial reports indicate that five people were...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBTB) says it is relaxing the guidelines for domestic banks and credit unions on the minimum equity injection requirement for residential mortgages. It said while this is not anticipated...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Wednesday said no fees are to be imposed for electronic transactions through Automated Clearing House (ACH) and real-time payments (RTP) transfers. The announcement comes...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police have captured a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) who is the main suspect in the shooting deaths of a 66-year-old woman and her 43-year-old daughter at their home on Tuesday. Police...
AZUA, Dominican Republic (AP) — It was a busy Saturday morning at Marcia González's church. A bishop was visiting, and normally she would have been there helping with logistics, but on this day she was teaching sex education at a...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has thanked citizens who have chosen to hand over illegal weapons even before a national amnesty is announced. “The RSVGPF encourages others who possess...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Basdeo Panday died on Monday. He was 90 years old. His daughter, Mickela Panday in a post on social media, confirmed his death saying “with deep sorrow, we...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti is marking the 220th anniversary of its political independence from France on Monday with the international community expressing support for the French-speaking CARICOM country as it moves to...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela said Saturday it will continue to deploy nearly 6,000 troops until a British military vessel sent to neighbouring Guyana leaves the waters off the coast of the two South American nations. In a video posted to X,...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A British warship arrived in Guyana on Friday afternoon amid rising tensions from a border dispute between the former British colony and Venezuela. The HMS Trent's visit led Venezuela to begin ...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government Friday said that it will seek to recruit 200 nurses from Cuba next year as the country moves to deal with a shortage. Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony, speaking at an end-of-year news...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A magistrate in Trinidad has sentenced a man who called the E999emergency hotline to threaten to kill both Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Commissioner of Police, Erla Harewood-Christopher, to...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela's armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana's territorial waters as the South...
CARACAS, CMC – Venezuela on Thursday called for Guyanese authorities to take immediate action for the withdrawal of the HMS Trent, a vessel from the British Navy, and to refrain from continuing to involve military powers in the...
UNITED NATIONS, CMC – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a deadly Christmas Day attack by an armed group on a family in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. UNICEF said four people, including two girls under the age...
NEW YORK, CMC – New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a multi-state coalition calling for expanded access to work authorisation for new Caribbean and other immigrants. James is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general...
Published:Wednesday | December 27, 2023 | 12:14 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 34-year-old policeman is due to appear in court virtually later on Wednesday after he was charged in connection with the December 17 murder of two relatives at the Courts Mega Store car park in San Juan,...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The National Insurance Board of Trinidad and Tobago (NIBTT) says all its offices will be closed from Wednesday for the next three days after having experienced a ransomware attack on Tuesday. In a statement, the...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Ministry of National Security says it is working with relevant authorities to investigate the circumstances that forced a United Kingdom-bound flight to divert to Bermuda with almost a dozen injured people on...
MIAMI (AP) — A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, which plunged the Caribbean nation into violence and political turmoil. Mario Antonio Palacios...
GENEVA, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda has told the World Trade Organization (WTO) that this year marks 20 years since it requested consultations with the United States regarding measures applied by central, regional and local authorities in...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC -The Barbados government has started paying out reverse tax credits to more than 14,000 people for the income year 2000. Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Ryan Straughn, said that the...
