Employment and Labour Minister, Nomakhosazana Meth today (03 February 2026) announced a rise in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for 2026 from R28,79 to R30,23 for each ordinary hour worked. Meth said: “The 1st of March 2026 is the date on which this amendment shall become binding”. The R1,44 upward move will benefit all […]

Ben Smith – Opposition leader HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb 5, CMC – Ben Smith was sworn in as the new Leader of the Opposition in a ceremony at Government House  on Thursday afternoon.  Smith replaced Robert King, who was earlier removed from the post. However King, remains the leader of the One Bermuda Alliance (OBA). King was […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 5, CMC – Election observers from the Commonwealth arrived in the country on Thursday. The Commonwealth mission, led by Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, former Speaker of the Saint Lucia House of Assembly, will comprise six observers drawn from across the Commonwealth and supported by its secretariat staff. Representatives from the Caribbean Community  (CARICOM) also […]

The Prime Minister spoke with the President of the United States, Donald Trump today. On Ukraine, the leaders discussed the ongoing peace negotiations. The Prime Minister expressed his deep concern about Putin’s continued barbaric attacks on innocent civilians, particularly in freezing temperatures. They also agreed on the importance of the deal to secure the joint […]

  Statement by Ambassador Archie Young, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on UN Peacekeeping Operations: Police Commissioners. New York – The United Kingdom pays tribute to the UN Police who bravely serve in peacekeeping missions around the world. UN policing is fundamental to effective peacekeeping in many […]

Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Lanein Blanchette (SKNIS) BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, February 05, 2026 – Notice has been given that a sitting of the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis will take place on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. The session will be held at the National Assembly Chambers, Government Headquarters, Basseterre. […]

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Feb. 5, CMC — With fears circulating among non-national residents that the ongoing population census could be used to identify and deport undocumented individuals, the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics has moved to assure the public that all census information is legally protected and cannot be shared with immigration or […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 5, CMC -Police are probing the circumstances that led to the deaths of four men, whose bodies were removed from a split barge on Wednesday night. The barge is owned by the Guyana Port Inc, a company that constructs and maintains vessels. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the men were inspecting a dry space within […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Feb 4, CMC –  The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says it has partnered with the United Nations Capital Development Fund to prepare the draft ECCU Financial Inclusion and Literacy Strategy that is intended to address gaps in how citizens and businesses access and use financial services across the Eastern […]

Seattle, Washington – When Holland America Line’s Veendam II sailed from New York in February 1926, it charted a course that would help define Caribbean cruising, making the company among the first to offer regularly scheduled vacations to the region for guests seeking a warm-weather getaway. A century later, Holland America Line is commemorating 100 years of Caribbean cruising with a limited […]