PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 3, CMC – A superb batting display by Abdullah Shafique and Babar Azam have left Pakistan in firm control of the second Test against West Indies at the close of play on the second day here on Monday. Shafique’s unbeaten 107 off 185 balls coupled with captain Azam’s 86 not […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 3, CMC -A magistrate has adjourned to September 7, the court case in which three people, including the captain of the ill-fated MV Barima, have been charged with murder after the 87-year-old vessel sank on July  18, resulting in the death of 72 people and more than 30  others missing and presumed […]

By Ronald Jackson* Each year, when hurricane season begins in the Atlantic, governments across the Caribbean activate emergency plans, test communication systems, preposition relief supplies, and mobilize communities. These measures reflect decades of hard-won experience managing hurricanes, some of the most destructive in the world. But by the time the first hurricane appears in the […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts (Aug. 3, 2026) — Four individuals have been charged or convicted in separate matters involving offences ranging from drug-related charges and public misconduct to escaping lawful custody, according to recent updates issued by the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. Treisha Boyles of Molineux, St. Kitts was formally charged at the […]

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Aug 3, CMC – A High Court has sentenced a man to 11 years in jail, who at the age of 14 years in 2023 breached his curfew, stabbed a 19-year-old man to death and then threatened to “deal with” the deceased man’s relatives one by one. Justice Rickie Burnett has set […]

KINGSTOWN, Jamaica, Aug 3, CMC  – Jamaica and Guyana Monday signed several agreements strengthening their diplomatic, trade, economic as well as health and tourism as the two countries also moved towards deepening regional and international cooperation. Visiting Ghanian President, John Dramani Mahama, who acknowledged the role Pan Africanism had played in the liberation of both […]

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Aug 3, CMC – The St. Lucia government Monday announced that Governor General, Sir Cyril Errol Melchiades Charles, had demitted office on July 31 and that Britain’s  King  Charles, ,acting on the advice of Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has appointed  Felix Finisterre to act in the position from August 1. Sir Errol […]

National Grid has today unveiled a major new commitment to support 5,000 young people who are not in employment, education or training over the next five years, becoming one of the first major employers to respond to the Prime Minister’s drive to help more young people into work. The new £5 million ‘Power Within Employability Fund’ will […]

Delivered through a partnership between the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), the British Army and Landmarc Support Services, the investment includes new trench systems at Copehill Down Training Village on Salisbury Plain and Eastern European-style trench networks at Eastmere Village within Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk. The projects improve training facilities and support the Army’s […]

New funding will help develop robots and innovative technologies that can plant, tend and harvest crops, giving farmers a helping hand at busy times of year, Farming Minister Stephen Morgan announced today (Monday 3 August). Innovative agri-tech businesses can now bid for a share of £20 million to collaborate with researchers and farmers to develop the next generation of farm automation and […]