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United States: Announcing Steps to Impose Visa Restrictions on Associates of Illicit Fentanyl Traffickers

Illicit fentanyl is killing too many Americans. Sanctioned online pharmacies like KS International Traders, based in India, have sold hundreds of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit fentanyl to unsuspecting victims across the United States, devastating families and communities nationwide. Today, the Department of State is announcing steps to impose visa restrictions on […]

United States: United States Participates in Second APEC 2026 Senior Officials’ Meetings and Ministerial in Shanghai and Suzhou, China

The United States is sending a delegation to the second APEC 2026 Senior Officials’ Meetings and Ministerial Meetings in Shanghai and Suzhou, China on May 11-23 to continue advancing America First foreign, trade, and investment policies. U.S. Senior Official for APEC Casey Mace, joined by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cyberspace and Digital Policy John R. Mills, will lead […]

Tobago: Body of toddler found at sea

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, May 12, CMC- Police say they have recovered at sea, the body of a two-year-old child who had been reported missing on Monday night. They said that the relatives of Angelo Tobias had became alarmed after realising the child was missing and that around 7.30 pm (local time), the toddler’s mother and her […]

Trinidadian and Chinese nationals in fake passport scheme

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, May 12, CMC – The Deputy Chief Immigration Officer, Stephen Telford, says foreign nationals have been caught attempting to use fake passports in Guyana, with recent cases involving a Trinidadian and a Chinese national. “We have recently a Trinidadian, a Chinese, they appear with fake documents,” Telford told the online publication, News Room, […]

Haiti records sharp increase in rapes

UNITED NATIONS, May 12, CMC-  The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is reporting an  “alarming” surge in gender-based violence in the first three months of this year. The UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, said humanitarian partners have recorded almost 2,000 incidents of gender-based violence, or about 21 cases per day. UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan […]

Bahamas: Plane crashes while enroute to Grand Bahama

NASSAU, Bahamas, May 12, CMC- The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) Tuesday said an aircraft enroute to the Grand Bahama International Airport with 10 people on board had crashed off the coast of  Fort Pierce in Florida. In a statement, the AAIA said the Beechcraft 300 King aircraft  with registration HP-1859, had previously departed the Leonard […]