Two residents of Sandy Point, St. Kitts, have been sentenced following their convictions for a robbery committed in Belle Vue on November 3, 2023. The sentences were handed down on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at the High Court in Basseterre, where His Lordship Justice Patrick Thompson Jr. presided over the matter. Zhane Warner was sentenced […]

NEW YORK, Sept 5, CMC – New York’s Caribbean Carnival Week is underway as the Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) celebrates 59 years of Caribbean culture with a week of food, music, mas, steelpan and other activities. Festivities kicked off at the Brooklyn Museum parking lot, dubbed the “New York Carnival Village”, […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 5, CMC – Guyana and the United States have finalised a migration cooperation framework under which Guyana will receive a limited, vetted number of skilled and non-criminal individuals through the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Assisted Voluntary Return Programme. The Government said in a statement on Saturday that it retains full discretion […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept 5, CMC – The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is threatening to shut down the scrap-metal trade in Guyana altogether if illegal operations continue. The ministry indicated in a statement on Saturday that this would be the ultimate step, as it warned licensed dealers that purchasing or handling illegally obtained copper […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept 5, CMC – Government has signed J$1.05 billion (US$6.6 million) in contracts to begin construction of 268 semi-permanent housing units for families severely affected by Hurricane Melissa. The contracts, signed this week, form part of the Shelter Recovery Programme (SRP), with the initial phase targeting Westmoreland and St Elizabeth. DT Brown Construction […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sep 5, CMC – Three-time defending champions Barbados Tridents Women began their Women’s Caribbean Premier League in disappointing fashion, falling to a 21-run defeat at the hands of Trinbago Knight Riders Women in the opening match of the season here on Saturday. After a scorching start to their innings, the Knight Riders would […]