LONDON, CMC – The London-based human rights group, Amnesty International, has expressed “deep concern” over gang-related violence, particularly against children, perpetrated in what it describes as “total impunity” in...
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of passengers are stranded in the French Caribbean island of Martinique after its international airport was forced to shut down as protesters overran the tarmac and tried to break in, the airport and local authorities...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The leaders of Kenya and Haiti on Friday urged international partners to honour their commitment to the United Nation-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti, saying the mission needs more resources and that its budget will...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) says it is “working diligently” to clear the backlog of vessels and containers at the Port of Port of Spain “as quickly as possible”...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers' Association (TTMA) is warning consumers to be prepared for at least a one-month delay in retrieving goods from the Port of Port-of-Spain following industrial action by...
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip Davis has announced the closure of schools on some islands in the Bahamas as he urged nationals to be prepared for tropical storm conditions as Hurricane Milton continues to strengthen as it...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nearly a dozen officers were injured in the French Caribbean island of Martinique during a fresh round of violent protests over the high cost of living, with demonstrators burning cars, looting businesses and...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A new leader was sworn in for Haiti's transitional presidential council on Monday as it grapples with the fallout of serious corruption allegations against three of its members. Leslie Voltaire...
PORT OF Spain, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad's Finance Minister Colm Imbert Monday said he will investigate the decision by the Hyatt Regency hotel to no longer accept the TT dollar for transactions, preferring instead currencies from the...
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC -The Office of Communication of the Presidency said that the ceremony for the transfer of power between the outgoing President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Edgard Leblanc Fils, and his successor, Leslie...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Two earthquakes, including one with a magnitude of 5.1, rocked the Trinidad and Tobago capital, Port of Spain, on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The Seismic Research Centre (...
SAINT-MARC, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 6,300 people have fled their homes in the aftermath of an attack in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members that killed at least 70 people, according to the United Nation's migration agency....
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos recently offloaded 388 pounds of cocaine, with a wholesale value of US$4.3 million, seized in the Caribbean Sea and transferred...
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – Deputy Premier of the British Virgin Islands Lorna Smith has responded to claims that popular Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel is being contracted by the Government to perform in the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents said they detained 64 Haitian migrants on Thursday after smugglers abandoned them on an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico. Park rangers alerted authorities after discovering the group on Mona...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has confirmed that several teachers with temporary status have not received salaries for months while others with permanent appointments have not been paid for last month. Public sector...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Cayman Islands plans to hold a referendum on whether to turn possession of small amounts of marijuana into a minor offence. Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan said there is widespread support among legislators to...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing several people, a government official said. The total number of victims in Pont-Sondé was not yet available, said Venson Fran...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to 10,000 of them a week. Government spokesman Homero...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An anti-corruption agency in Haiti on Wednesday accused three members of the country's transitional presidential council of bribery in a scathing report that threatens to destabilise the country's fragile...
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada's fourth Governor General, Sir Daniel Williams, died Wednesday following a period of illness. He was 88 years old. A lawyer by profession, Sir Daniel entered politics following the...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -A High Court judge in Trinidad and Tobago has sentenced a 79-year-old man, who is suffering from stage four esophageal cancer, to five years in prison after he was convicted of the sexual penetration of a 14-year...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country's population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as gang violence smothers life in the capital...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is warning Caribbean countries to be prepared for “increased tropical cyclones and severe weather activity” over the next three months....
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands, CMC – The police in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) have disclosed that advanced ballistic analysis has shown one firearm linked to at least 32 murders, highlighting the growing threat of...
