SANTIAGO, CHILE, CMC - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has expressed concern that low-income countries are falling further behind in a more fragmented world with less trade, and less...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – At least 12 people have been reported dead following the torrential rains that drenched Cap-Haitien for several days causing widespread floods and landslides, the authorities have confirmed. The Municipal...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Opposition legislators in Suriname have called for the Government to reverse the recent increase in electricity rates, as trade unions gear up for protest action later this week to signal their own disagreement...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled Port of Spain on Wednesday. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St Augustine campus of the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti's new prime minister is threatening to fracture a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled Caribbean...
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines has joined 10 other Caribbean countries in achieving UNAIDS certification of the dual elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis. In addition,...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The Trade Union Federation of Suriname has warned that the two-day industrial action planned for later this week to protest increased electricity rates will last longer if the government does not give a favourable...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Apr 30, CMC – The Department of National Drug Control in Bermuda says alcohol and tobacco use among young people appear to be declining, but that cannabis use is more common among school pupils than smoking regular...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's newly installed transitional council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire as the Caribbean country's prime minister Tuesday as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean. In its latest Caribbean Climate Outlooks bulletin, CariCOF said for the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Despite recording a 37 per cent reduction in the number of workplace fatalities over the past three years, Guyana has so far this year recorded more deaths than the previous three-year period. Figures show that in...
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has revoked a decision to offer TT$10,000 to registered fishermen who are able to capture the bull shark that severely injured British visitor, Peter Smith on Friday. Speaking at a...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, says it is continuing to facilitate removal flights of single adults and family units to Jamaica and Cuba. ICE said those removal flights, which took...
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard on Friday said that crews from two of its cutters have repatriated 92 migrants to The Bahamas and Cuba following unlawful, irregular migration attempts over the last weekend. The Coast...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A High Court judge in Guyana has sentenced a 40-year-old mason to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a nine-year-old child in 2022. Justice Sandil Kissoon, in imposing the sentence on Orland...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados government has hinted at the possibility of negotiating payment for reparations with British owners regarding the Drax Hall plantation, that for centuries had been the scene of inhumane treatment of...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armoured vehicles roll slowly past Haiti's National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Every day, bullets whiz past the area, striking buildings and people alike. Gangs control most of the territory...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC -Haiti's coalition criminal gangs have decided to ramp up violence in a move to deter the newly appointed Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) from taking office, amid fears that the political and socio-...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Legislators in Grenada will on Thursday begin a debate on a resolution giving effect to a gun amnesty from May 1 to July 30 this year. Parliament recently approved an amendment to the Firearms Act, and...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus 'Gene' Leon, has resigned with “immediate effect” from the regional financial institution. According to a three-page...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi has sought to re-assure citizens that his administration is creating a safe environment in which they can strive, as the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (...
KINGSTOWN, Apr 20, CMC – The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal has set May 2 as the date for hearing the appeal in the COVID-19 vaccine mandate case. The case was initially scheduled to be heard on February 1. The hearing was adjourned...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force have launched a joint operation aimed at fighting crime and tackling the reckless use of the country's roadways through the use of drones. The drones are manned by...
