NEW YORK, Jul 26, CMC – The Brooklyn, New York-based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) on Saturday strongly criticized the Government of President Dr. Irfaan Ali for operating an 87-year-old ferry in what has been described as the worst maritime disaster in Guyana’s history. Rickford Burke Reports indicate that about 100 of 179 passengers […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul. 26, CMC –  A Jamaican woman who was on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted Fraudster list has been extradited from Jamaica to the United States to face charges in connection with an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain more than US$32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Forty-one-year-old Elaine […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jul 26, CMC – President Irfaan Ali on Sunday announced a five-member Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate the sinking of the MV Barima, one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Guyana’s history. The commission will be chaired by Belizean jurist Justice Godfrey P. Smith and includes regional and international experts in maritime […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 26, CMC – Pakistan have taken command of the opening Test against the West Indies at the end of the second day, thanks mainly to the efforts of pacer Mohammad Ali and top order batter Shan Masood. Ali grabbed four of the seven West Indies wickets to fall and orchestrated a […]

The construction of the MRI Centre at the Joseph N. France General Hospital has entered its final phase, bringing St. Kitts and Nevis closer to expanding access to advanced diagnostic services within the Federation. Dr. Jenson Morton, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, provided an update on the progress of the MRI facility, which […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 24, CMC-The Media  Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) Friday condemned an incident in which the vehicle of the Tobago-based multi-media journalist, Elizabeth Williams was firebombed, saying journalists must be able to carry out their duties “without fear, and any attack of this nature should have no place in our […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 25, CMC – Kavem Hodge’s unbeaten half century has put West Indies in the driver’s seat against Pakistan after day one of the historic first Test at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy here on Saturday. Hodge wrote his name in history’s pages, becoming the first batter to score a half […]

The St. Kitts and Nevis Medicinal Cannabis Authority is taking steps to establish a secure banking framework for the Federation’s emerging medicinal cannabis industry, recognising access to financial services as one of the sector’s biggest challenges. Speaking at the Authority’s quarterly press conference on July 15, Chief Executive Officer Nadiv Mills said correspondent banking relationships […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul. 25, CMC – The police in the western city of Montego Bay   say they are preparing for the expected deportation of a former reputed area leader from the Flanker community in the western parish of St. James, while maintaining that his return will not reverse the significant reduction in violent crime […]

BELIZE CITY,  Belize, Jul. 25, CMC – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB/the Bank) and the Government of Belize have marked major milestones in education development in Orange Walk District, with groundbreaking ceremonies for two new schools and the handover of a rehabilitated classroom block aimed at improving learning opportunities for rural students. The groundbreaking and handover […]