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NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – A 44-year-old American woman died after being bitten by a shark on Monday, the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Public Affairs and Communications Department has confirmed. Media reports said that the woman, a...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Monday described as “misinformation” a video circulating on social media showing the hoisting of a Venezuelan flag along the western border in Essequibo replacing...

GEORETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Sunday urged the Venezuelan government to “show maturity and responsibility” as Caracas moves ahead with a planned “consultative referendum” regarding the ownership of the mineral-rich...

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC –  A 37-year-old Canadian woman and her five-year-old son who were visiting Antigua on a family vacation drowned on Thursday morning at Devil's Bridge. According to police reports, the woman's 38-...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Notorious coup leader Guy Philippe returned to Haiti on Thursday after the United States government repatriated him, sparking concerns that his presence could unleash further upheaval in a country...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says its air and surface units combined efforts with a US Customs and Border Protection aircrew and a Dominican Republic Navy patrol boat to rescue 60 Caribbean migrants from a 35-...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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