PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 rocked Trinidad and Tobago near midnight on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first dengue-related death since 2017, with Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh saying that the country has recorded 126 confirmed cases so far this year. Deyalsingh would...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Dr Jarbas Barbosa has issued an urgent call to action to reduce maternal mortality in the Americas, including the Caribbean. According to PAHO, in 2020, Latin...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Police in Bermuda say online fraudsters have robbed elderly persons of an estimated US$1.5 million since January last year and are reminding the public “to help protect our senior citizens against falling victim...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Canadian YouTuber facing a possible two years in prison on a sedition charge was on Friday given permission by the High Court in Trinidad to return to his home until his next court appearance in August....
BOSTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says agents from its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston, Massachusetts have removed a 28-year-old unlawfully present Dominican Republic national...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 people, according to a new report from the UN migration agency, a sobering figure that underscores the magnitude of...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana's Education Minister Priya Manickchand Wednesday said that the government will next Monday begin the distribution of the $45,000 cash grant for school children across the country. She said more than 200,...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities say with immediate effect the coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard will no longer be issued. The dashboard, which documented COVID-19 cases, test results, and deaths, was initiated by the...
MIAMI, CMC – Lawyers for the disgraced former premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Andrew Fahie, are asking a federal court to sentence him to 10 years in prison for the role he played in a plot to smuggle huge quantities of cocaine...
HAVANA (AP) — A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, left Havana's port on Monday after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. The exercise has been seen by...
NEW YORK, CMC – Immigration advocates are calling for the United States government to provide a pathway to citizenship for Caribbean and other recipients as New York marks the 12th anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An early morning earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled Trinidad and Tobago on Monday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The Seismic Research Centre at the St Augustine campus of the...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC — Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, is calling for the Caribbean banking sector to be infused with greater diversity and competition and to ensure that constraints to economic growth are confronted directly....
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has returned 305 migrants to the Bahamas and Haiti following multiple interdictions of unlawful maritime migration attempts over the last week in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry. The...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Health Minister Kim Wilson is appealing to Bermudians to continue taking precautions against COVID-19 after health authorities recorded six deaths so far this year. She said the virus “has not gone away, we...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it is continuing to pursue efforts to identify and detain the vessels involved in the oil spill that occurred off the coast of Tobago in February, damaging some of the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyanese government on Tuesday said it has sent the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Mae Thomas “on leave with immediate effect” after she was named along with two other Guyanese...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Canadian vlogger Christopher 'Chris Must List' Hughes has been granted permission to leave Trinidad and Tobago and return before his re-appearance in court next week. Master of the High Court, Margaret...
BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Belizeans are being urged to remain “steadfast” in their belief in God as the CARICOM country continues to deal with a series of forest fires that have devastated several parts of the country,...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – United Nations humanitarians say they have finally been able to deliver truckloads of food to highly vulnerable people in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, after gang violence prevented access for more than two...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -Police are searching for gunmen who launched an attack at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Ward of the Port of Spain General Hospital, where a man was being treated for gunshot wounds on Sunday night. Commissioner...
BASSSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Agricultural officials in St Kitts say they are closely monitoring the outbreak of a disease affecting mango trees on the twin-island federation. “We understand the significant impact this issue has on local...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is reiterating its earlier warning that 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean. In its latest Caribbean Climate...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – An executive member of the political party, the Working People's Alliance (WPA), Kidackie Amsterdam was Thursday charged under the Cyber Crime Act with using a computer system to encourage or incite persons to...
