PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 1, CMC – The High Court has ordered One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM) to pay more than TT$350,000 (US$51,558) in compensation to a customs officer who sued over a television report by investigative journalist Mark Bassant that alleged he had links to the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group. According to […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 1, CMC – Jamaica’s Minister of Sports Olivia Grange has revealed that the track at the National Stadium has finally been certified by World Athletics, nearly a year after it was resurfaced. The black, green and gold track was completed in March 2025, but questions lingered as to whether times recorded would […]

Washington, D.C., July 1, 2026 –  Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and to the Organization of American States (OAS), today assumed the Chairmanship of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) for a six-month term running through December 31, 2026. A distinguished diplomat and longstanding advocate for sustainable […]

Sellafield Ltd has committed £195,990 through its Social Impact, Multiplied (SiX) programme to support the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS). This will help fund 30 advanced critical care missions across West Cumbria, including the expert clinical team, specialist equipment, medications and helicopter operations. The investment will enable GNAAS to continue delivering emergency care to […]

In the autumn of 2024, Eduardo Solano, Karina Sánchez, Daniela Chaves and Daniel Wattson left Costa Rica to begin an extraordinary chapter in the United Kingdom. They returned a year later, not just with master’s degrees from world-leading universities, but with new perspectives, lifelong friendships and experiences that will stay with them long after graduation. […]

A landmark international code for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) is being published today (1 July), paving the way for stronger, clearer global standards supporting technology, innovation and safety at sea. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched the non-mandatory MASS Code which provides the first international regulatory framework for remotely operated and autonomous cargo ships covered under […]

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led to the sentencing of an illegal alien from Mexico for production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Virginia. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, Samuel Flores de Dios, […]

On June 17, a Texas woman was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $28,000 in federal disaster relief money. In addition to several false non-disaster claims, she submitted a fraudulent disaster benefits application to FEMA, claiming she lived in Pasadena, California in a rental property that had been damaged by the Eaton […]

This week, three Cuban nationals were apprehended by federal agents following Secretary Rubio’s termination of their legal status. Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez – who spent more than a decade working as a foreign subversive for the Communist Cuban regime’s premier influence and intelligence front group in the United States – and his wife and son […]

Today, the United States and Tanzania signed a five-year bilateral global health Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) through the Trump Administration’s America First Global Health Strategy to save lives, advance shared global health goals, and bolster Tanzanian self-sufficiency to address infectious diseases and emerging health threats. Building on decades of gains made through U.S. global health […]