Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced a new $144 million investment by the Trump Administration to help states expand proven interventions that support students with disabilities. These funds will be awarded this year for state and local agencies to use for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) programs. In an additional effort to […]
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United States: The United States is Ready to Provide $100 Million in Direct Assistance to the Cuban People, If the Cuban Regime Will Permit It
The United States continues to seek meaningful reforms to Cuba’s communist system, which has only served to enrich the elites and condemn the Cuban people to poverty. As U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, the United States has also made numerous private offers to the Cuban regime to provide generous assistance to the […]
United States: U.S. Department of State Announces Initiative with SC Johnson and the Global Fund to Deploy Innovative American Malaria Prevention Tool
Today, the U.S. Department of State announced a new initiative with SC Johnson and the Global Fund to deploy the Guardian, a first-of-its-kind American innovation designed to save lives by reducing the burden of malaria. The Department will utilize the Global Fund to support the procurement and distribution of approximately 30 million Guardian spatial repellents […]
Trinidad PM says country will not recognise Barnett as CARICOM SG after August
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 13, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Trinidad and Tobago will not recognise Dr. Carla Barnett as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General after August when her first five year term ends, even as regional countries maintained that she had been reappointed to the position for another five years. […]
Bermuda: Government launches new initiative to deal with violence
HAMILTON, Bermuda, May 13, CMC – National Security, Michael Weeks, says Bermuda cannot address the issue of violence if it does not take into account the mental and emotional strain “men are carrying” as the government launch a new initiative to deal with the situation. The “Healing Starts Here,” is the third campaign under the ”Stop […]
Suriname: Doctors urge media to be more careful when publishing material on HIV/AIDS
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, May 13, CMC- Six medical practitioners are urging the media here to “not merely act as a conduit” but ensure that the members of the population are fully informed about the HIV/AIDS situation in Suriname. In a letter, the doctors under the grouping “The Surinamese HIV treatment providers,” said that they were forced […]
Police say Kittitian national killed was not part of regional witness protection programme
ROSEAU, Dominica, May 13, CMC – Police say the St. Kitts and Nevis national gunned down here last weekend was not part of any regional witness protection or security arrangement. “At this stage, preliminary investigations do not suggest any connection between the deceased’s death and any criminal matter or court proceeding in which he may […]
Trinidad: Government says it does not issue statements on “small oil spills”
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 13, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government Wednesday said that there is no policy requiring the Ministry of Energy to issue public statements on small oil spills, as Port of Spain defended its handling of an offshore oil spill that became public only after Venezuela issued a statement over […]
Premier Mark Brantley to Host Key Press Conference on May 26
Charlestown, Nevis (May 13, 2026) — The Honourable Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Government Information in the Nevis Island Administration, will host his next monthly press conference on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place in the NIA Cabinet Room on the second floor of the Social […]
A priceless Artistic treasure for all to see.
In the 1940s, a Swiss insurance company based in Basel had bought two paintings by Picasso to diversify its investments and serve as a guarantee for the insured risks. Following an air disaster (Globe Air in 1967), the company had to pay out heavy reimbursements. The company decided to part with the two paintings, which were deposited […]