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Published:Thursday | November 30, 2023 | 9:36 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the United States Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St Croix. The report...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2023 | 4:10 PM

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – The prosecution on Wednesday withdrew the charge against a 58-year old vendor who had been accused of throwing missiles on August 5, 2021 during a protest against the St Vincent government's COVID-19 vaccine...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2023 | 2:22 PM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – The St Kitts-Nevis government has launched a plastic ban campaign to raise public awareness and support for its agenda towards banning, phasing out, and replacing selected single-use Styrofoam and polystyrene...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2023 | 10:46 AM

SURAMA, Guyana (AP) — Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana gathered recently to bid on a bounty of bananas, squash and other produce during a community event. They sang hymns and rang a bell...

Published:Wednesday | November 29, 2023 | 8:59 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) says it has reported its industrial dispute with its pilots to the Minister of Labour, even as it said it “remains committed to a constructive and transparent dialogue...

Published:Tuesday | November 28, 2023 | 6:43 PM

UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Gang violence in Haiti is on the rise with new alliances being forged and expansion into rural areas previously considered safe, according to a new report issued by the United Nations on Tuesday. The report was...

Published:Tuesday | November 28, 2023 | 12:06 PM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 rattled parts of Barbados on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre said...

Published:Tuesday | November 28, 2023 | 9:38 AM

NEW YORK, CMC – A new report is warning that several Caribbean countries including Jamaica without shoreline defences could permanently lose five per cent or more of their cities to sea level rises by the end of the century. It cited Kingston...

Published:Monday | November 27, 2023 | 1:29 PM

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government has allocated EC$1.8 million for the disbursement of an EC$600 one-off payment to public sector pensioners. A government statement said an estimated 3,105 pensioners will benefit from the...

Published:Sunday | November 26, 2023 | 4:52 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A radio disc jockey died Sunday in Trinidad when the car in which he was travelling flipped before it crashed into a light pole along the recently opened San Fernando to Point Fortin Archibald-De Leon...

Published:Sunday | November 26, 2023 | 11:15 AM

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – The Bermuda government says it is moving ahead with plans to join the regional integration movement, CARICOM, after being given the green light from the United Kingdom to do so. Deputy Premier, Walter Roban, in a...

Published:Friday | November 24, 2023 | 3:32 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has approved a mandatory programme for expelled students to transition to the Military-Led Academic Training (MiLAT) Programme. Education Minister, Dr Nyan Gadsby-...

Published:Friday | November 24, 2023 | 1:24 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it has noted the continued increase, over the past six months, in reports of suspected and confirmed cases of dengue in the Caribbean...

Published:Friday | November 24, 2023 | 10:06 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo says teams from the United States Department of Defense will arrive in Guyana from next week amid the ongoing tension between the CARICOM country and Venezuela over the ownership of...

Published:Thursday | November 23, 2023 | 2:33 PM

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Clarence Henry, has reiterated a call for an “independent and comprehensive” analysis of claims being made by regional...

Published:Thursday | November 23, 2023 | 9:49 AM

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Nurses and Midwives Council in Grenada is warning persons against participating in and completing education programmes at institutions that are not certified by the competent authority. In a statement,...

Published:Wednesday | November 22, 2023 | 9:14 PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian law enforcement authorities said a man belonging to a violent gang accused of kidnapping four Americans has been extradited to the United States. Haiti's National Police said Tuesday that Jhon...

Published:Wednesday | November 22, 2023 | 2:38 PM

President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the US Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on St Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Published:Wednesday | November 22, 2023 | 10:59 AM

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica on Wednesday said it intends to sign the Samoa Agreement that will serve as an overarching legal framework for the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Organisation of African, Caribbean...

Published:Tuesday | November 21, 2023 | 12:55 PM

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Parliament in St Kitts has given the nod to legislation regarding the unauthorised disclosure of official information. Attorney-General Garth Wilkin, who tabled the legislation, said it focuses on preventing leaks...

Published:Tuesday | November 21, 2023 | 8:23 AM

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The death toll from the collapse of an illegal gold mine at Rosebel in Suriname climbed to 14 on Tuesday after more bodies were recovered at the facility. On Monday evening, President Chandrikapersad Santokhi,...

Published:Monday | November 20, 2023 | 2:58 PM

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A concrete wall along an avenue in the Dominican Republic's capital that collapsed over the weekend and killed nine people during heavy rains was poorly designed, experts said Monday. The...

Published:Monday | November 20, 2023 | 12:45 PM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge has ordered Trinidad and Tobago to pay a total of TT$2.4 million to more than 24 Venezuelan nationals who had entered the country illegally and were later arrested by police in July 2020....

Published:Monday | November 20, 2023 | 9:26 AM

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior member of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Monday dismissed suggestions that the law enforcement agency has been involved in getting warring gangs to reach a truce following a wave of...

Published:Sunday | November 19, 2023 | 11:00 AM

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Belize government says it has received commendation from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for eliminating user fees at public hospitals. “This acknowledgement is a...

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