Executive Summary The GENIUS Act, signed into law in July 2025, requires stablecoin issuers to maintain reserves backing outstanding stablecoins on at least a one-to-one basis. Reserves may only consist of certain specified assets, including US dollars, federal reserve notes, funds held at certain insured or regulated depository institutions, certain short-term Treasuries and Treasury-backed reverse […]

President Donald J. Trump laid out clear objectives in Operation Epic Fury — and in just 38 days, the greatest fighting force the world has ever known has met those objectives with overwhelming strength and lethal precision. Iran has now agreed to a ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz as the Trump Administration negotiates a broader peace agreement — […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 8, CMC – The Guyana government has dismissed as erroneous, media reports that it had secretly paid US$80 million to a contractor after it had lost a matter in arbitration involving the multi-bllion dollar gas to energy project. “There are no secret payments made to the Contractor. All payments are made via the […]

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On 7 April 2026, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) held a case management conference for its first‑ever referral from a national court. The High Court of Belize submitted a question for referral in the case of G. Anwar Barrow and others v Financial Services Commission and the Attorney General of […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 8, CMC – A High  Court judge has ordered Soca artiste Patrice Roberts to pay her former Canadian-based management company more than US$30,000 for services it provided while briefly managing her career. Justice Robin Mohammed ruled that Soca Bookings Incorporated was entitled to compensation for services rendered to the 40-year-old  […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 8, CMC -Food environments in and around schools are influencing children’s diets and long-term health across Jamaica and the wider Caribbean, prompting the Pan American health Organization/and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to call for stronger school food policies. When  the lunch bell rings, Kayli and her schoolmates make their way to […]

By Nelson A. King NEW YORK, Apr 8, CMC – Caribbean climate and environmental advocates say the region is once again confronting the enduring architecture of empire, now expressed through renewed militarism, economic coercion and ecological dispossession. As global powers escalate wars abroad and reassert dominance closer to home, the advocates said, during a virtual forum […]

Frankfort, Kentucky – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear signed House Bills 307 and 642 to help more Kentuckians pursue higher education and increase pay for retired teachers during reemployment. “This is and will always be an education first administration, and I am always grateful for the opportunity to better support Kentuckians on their education journey and our […]

Frankfort, Kentucky – Today, Gov. Andy Beshear signed House Bills 393 and 510 and Senate Bill 97 to support health care relating to Alzheimer’s disease, organ donation and health-care coverage for prosthetics and orthotics. “Health care is a basic human right, and there are so many areas we can invest and improve to better support Kentuckians […]

Nashville, Tennessee — The Agricultural Crime Unit (ACU) has recovered $60,000 in stolen farm equipment in Madison County, and the defendant has been sentenced to eight years. ACU Special Agent Cheshier Crihfield charged Darrell L. Hillis of Van Buren County, leading to his arrest in August 2025. Hillis pleaded guilty to theft of property valued between […]