Millions of people are set to benefit from faster eye care as the government invests £20 million to digitise referrals from the high street. Community-based optometrists will be able to refer patients directly and digitally into NHS hospital eye services – including NHS Online when it launches next year – with access to relevant patient records to […]

NASSAU, Bahamas, Jun 8, CMC –  The Bahamas government is urging citizens to avid “all non-essential” travel to Cuba saying the country continues to experience challenges affecting electricity supply, fuel availability, transportation, and access to basic goods and services. “These issues may impact daily life across the island, including in Havana and could change with […]

On Friday, June 5, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin was in Birmingham, Alabama to attend the ribbon cutting ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest training facility at the historic Birmingham-Southern College Campus. Secretary Mullin presided over the ceremony, accompanied by Admiral Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, Senators Katie Britt […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 8, CMC – Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says the French Caribbean island of Martinique is willing to provide Guyana with radioactive nuclear drugs to treat certain cancers. “The discussions that we had a couple months ago – they are actually willing to send some of these things to the doctors here […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 8, CMC –  Former employees of the Stabroek News Monday said they will launch on Sunday, June 14, a new digital news entity called  “Kiskadee Watch”. It will be led by Anand Persaud  the former editor- in- chief of  the Stabroek newspaper, which shut down on March 15 this year, citing the […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 8, CMC – The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres,  will travel to Haiti next Tuesday for a solidarity visit, UN Deputy Spokesman, Farhan Haq, announced Monday. He said that Guterres will meet men, women and children whose lives have been affected by violence and “will see firsthand the humanitarian and security challenges facing […]

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after a criminal illegal alien was sentenced to 25 years in prison in Loudoun County, Virginia upon his conviction for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl. On May 28, Aroldo Santos-Velasques, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 25 years in […]

A federal jury in the District of Colorado convicted four individuals today of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their operation of an abusive trust tax evasion scheme that caused approximately $40 million in losses to the United States. “The defendants orchestrated an abusive trust tax scheme designed to help clients evade their tax […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jun 8, CMC – Pan Trinbago has paid tribute to Robert Greenidge, the renowned steelpan legend, arranger, composer, producer, recording artist, and cultural ambassador, who died in the United States on Monday. “We honour his life, his legacy, and his immeasurable impact on the steelpan fraternity. His music and influence will […]

The Department of Justice announced today that it filed denaturalization actions in various U.S. district courts against 17 individuals accused of serious offenses—including sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud, and distributing drugs wholesale without a license. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a naturalized U.S. citizen’s citizenship may be revoked, and certificate […]