CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 4, CMC –  The St. Lucia Electricity Services  Limited (LUCELEC) said that an island wide blackout over the last weekend was due to an “unexpected fault” that occurred on an 11 kilovolt (11kV) breaker within its Cul-de-Sac electricity network. “The fault triggered the automatic protection systems designed to prevent significant equipment […]

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, May 4, CMC – Police said  that a second person has died at the Academic Hospital in Paramaribo following the tragic incident on Sunday at the Rosebel gold mine in Brokopondo. Media reports that several pork-knockers,  who  are independent, freelance gold and diamond prospectors, who work in the interior wilderness, were  at a location where […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 4,  CMC -Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh says Guyana emergence as a  global leader in climate policy and carbon markets as well as an economic powerhouse is the result of decades of deliberate policymaking and not simply the discovery of oil. He said also that Guyana is now setting international benchmarks in […]

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 4, CMC  – St. Lucia has launched a national smoking deterrent campaign with officials saying it will focus on the rising burden of smoking related diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Acting deputy coordinator of the Substance Abuse Advisory Council Secretariat,  Caleb Paul says the campaign is also aimed […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  May 4, CMC -The state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) Monday denied it had funded last weekend’s concert by the soft rock Australia-based group, Air Supply. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was among government ministers, who attended the band’s 50th Anniversary Tour at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain on […]

Strong progress is being made to bring more overseas-trained doctors already living in New Zealand into the primary care workforce, with half the planned placements now underway, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “Making it easier for New Zealanders to see a doctor is one of the Government’s top priorities,” Mr Brown says. “We know the […]

New Zealand and Singapore have today signed a major agreement to protect the movement of essential goods such as fuel and food. The signing of the Agreement on Trade in Essential Supplies (AOTES), witnessed by Prime Ministers Christopher Luxon and Lawrence Wong, guarantees neither country will impose export restrictions on the other, and formalises practical cooperation on […]

New requirements for electric vehicle (EV) chargers supplied in New Zealand will make it easier and more affordable for people to charge their vehicles, while helping ensure the electricity system is ready for growing demand, Energy Minister Simeon Brown says. By 2050, smart EV charging could: Reduce household power bills by up to $220 a […]

The District Joint Operating Coordinating Committee (JOC) convened on Friday, 01 May 2026, to deliberate on the incidences caused by inclement weather conditions which affected parts of the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality. The meeting brought together key stakeholders from various government departments and municipalities to assess the current impact of flooding on communities, infrastructure, […]

The Department of Health has been informed by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of the medical condition and reported deaths of passengers of an international cruise ship (MV Hondius) travelling from Southern Argentina to Canary Islands via Cape Verde. While the ship was travelling past South African shores, some of the passengers experienced […]