KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Police in St Vincent are investigating the murder of a businesswoman who was shot in Paul Over on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday night in the presence of her grandsons, whose father was killed in a...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Police in Barbados are investigating the death of a 43-year-old driver who was beaten after he was involved in a traffic accident in St Michael and attempted to flee the area. Police said that they had earlier...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The authorities in the Bahamas are yet to identify the two charred bodies found in the wreckage of a plane that crashed on Ragged Island on Sunday. The crash occurred east of the Duncan Town Airport and the police said...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least one United States airline on Friday temporarily cancelled flights to Haiti's capital after gang members opened fire and hit a United Nations helicopter flying near the country's main...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) — Doctors, nurses and activists in Antigua and Barbuda are fighting a colonial-era law that largely bans abortions, igniting a debate about women's reproductive rights on the tiny twin-island nation. A top...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's Justice Ministry called Tuesday for a boost in security for Prime Minister Garry Conille and other Cabinet officials in response to unspecified threats that they could be targeted by malicious parties...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar disintegrated Tuesday as it headed toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people and unleashing heavy rains on an island also hit by...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Oscar has made landfall in eastern Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, after striking the southeastern Bahamas earlier in the day Sunday, the US National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane...
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A group of about 2,000 migrants left Mexico's southern border Sunday hoping to reach the country's north and ultimately the United States. The development comes weeks before the US presidential election, in...
HAVANA (AP) — Many Cubans were waiting in anguish on Sunday as electricity on much of the island has yet to be totally restored after days of blackout. Some neighbourhoods had electricity restored in Cuba's capital, where 2...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Oscar made landfall early Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward Cuba, an island recently beleaguered by a massive power outage. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm's center...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked in several neighbourhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Saturday, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night. Authorities did not immediately...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Oscar formed Saturday off the coast of the Bahamas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It characterised the storm as “tiny.” The Government of the Bahamas has issued a hurricane warning for the...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country's major power plants failed and left millions without electricity in an outage that started two days earlier....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to expand the arms embargo in Haiti to all types of weapons and ammunition, expressing grave concern at the extremely high levels of gang...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's electrical grid went offline Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, the energy ministry said. The announcement came hours after the government announced that one of the nation's main...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Government of Haiti has announced plans to begin imposing air navigation fees on all aircraft flying over its airspace According to local officials, in order support the initiative, the country has...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Dr Natalio Wheatley has insisted that the government's sponsorship of the Vybz Kartel concert will ultimately yield financial returns to the country,...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is recommending that “dozens” of charges be laid against embattled Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus. “Earlier this...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A leader of one of Haiti's most powerful gangs was injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first major incursion into gang-controlled territory since a United Nations-backed mission...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - Guyana has launched a new high-yielding rice variety known as 'GRDB 18', as part of the efforts to modernise the agricultural sector through innovation and technology. “This variety is very tolerant to...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 rattled two Caribbean countries early Tuesday morning, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Friday said it is collaborating with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) regarding the development of a Junior Stock Exchange in Guyana. In a statement, the GCCI...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Police in Trinidad are searching for several men who dressed up as cops and abducted a 33-year-old businessman and have since demanded a $3 million ransom for his release. Police said that Suvesh 'Cooksie'...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Friday confirmed that efforts are continuing to name a new president for the financial institution following the controversial resignation of the St Lucia-born...
