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March 8, 2026

Clarendon police investigating death of man in Free Town, suicide suspected

The Clarendon police are probing the death of a man whose body was discovered in Free Town on Saturday. He has been identified as 26-year-old welder Coye Williams. The police report that about 8:35…
A worker holds a gas pump at a PDVSA state oil company gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
March 7, 2026

Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the United States and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the…
Grantley Adams International Airport
March 7, 2026

Barbados temporarily closes airspace

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The airspace serving Barbados has been temporarily closed. In a brief statement early Saturday, the Grantley Adams International Airport said the disruption is due to an…
A ferry crosses Havana Bay past the Nico Lopez oil refinery where a Cuban tanker is anchored in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, February 26, 2026.
March 7, 2026

US Justice Department official eyes cases against Cuba leaders as Trump floats ‘friendly takeover’

MIAMI (AP) — The top Justice Department prosecutor in Miami is considering criminal investigations of Cuban government officials, according to people familiar with the matter. The inquiry comes as…
March 7, 2026

Antigua to launch amnesty programme for undocumented foreign nationals

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government plans to launch a three-month immigration amnesty from April 2 this year for undocumented migrants who have been living in the country for…
President Donald Trump signs a proclamation committing to countering cartel criminal activity at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
March 7, 2026

Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help US fight cartels

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States and Latin American countries are banding together to combat violent cartels as his administration looks to demonstrate it…
The United States Court of International Trade, centre, in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
March 6, 2026

US Customs and Border Protection official says new process for tariff refunds could be ready in 45 days

NEW YORK (AP) — Government officials are getting closer to ironing out a refund process for the hundreds of thousands of companies that paid tariffs now deemed illegal. In a filing with the Court of…
A vehicle drives down a street during a blackout in Havana, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
March 5, 2026

Millions left without power after major blackout hits Cuba’s western region

HAVANA (AP) — A blackout left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba on Wednesday in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a…
March 5, 2026

UK imposes visa requirement on St Lucia

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – The St Lucia government on Thursday confirmed that it has formally received communication from the United Kingdom government advising that a visa requirement will be…