Washington, DC – First Lady Melania Trump engaged in a private meeting with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel in the White House today. The First Lady’s sit-down with Aviva Siegel in January 2025 sparked a series of events that ultimately led to Keith Siegel’s liberation from Hamas. “That first meeting with Aviva Siegel served as […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Feb 4, CMC – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Wednesday said cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the Caribbean, surpassed only by cardiovascular disease. In a statement marking World Cancer  Day being observed under the theme “United by Unique,” CARPHA said that cancer remains a major […]

COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and CAICOS ISLANDS, Feb 4, CMC – Justice Rajendra Narine will on May 4 this year hear arguments in the sentencing phase of the case against  three people, including former premier, Michael Misick, after they were found guilty on Wednesday on a series of charges dating back to more than two decades. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4, CMC – United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, Wednesday said he is “extremely concerned” about the humanitarian situation in Cuba, which will worsen, if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet. Cuba had been heavily reliant on Venezuela  for its oil supply but ever since the United States launched an […]

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Feb 4, CMC – Haiti’s political future remained in the balance on Wednesday after representatives of several  groups adopted a resolution outlining the procedures to  follow in choosing  representatives of a new interim government to replace the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), whose mandate ends on February 7. The CPT was established […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, Wednesday, February 04, 2026: The Ministry of Education officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Ghana on Tuesday, February 3, 2026. The newly signed MOU is grounded in shared principles and acknowledges the deep historical and cultural connections between St. Kitts and Nevis and Ghana. It seeks to […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 4, CMC –  The United States government Wednesday said it had not asked St. Lucia to stop  sending its nationals to study medicine in Cuba even as it doubled down on its claim that the Cuban health programme is “illegitimate”. “The United States has not recently talked to St. Lucia about international […]

WASHINGTON, Feb 3, CMC –  The International Monetary Fund (IMF)  says Antigua and Barbuda’s economic expansion continued in 2025, supported by a pickup in construction, alongside easing inflationary pressures. An IMF delegation headed by economist, David Moore, has ended a two week mission to the Caribbean island, noting that the most recent data indicate real […]

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb 3, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says there is no “imminent withdrawal” of St. Lucia students studying medicine in  Cuba, amid concerns that the United States has called on Castries to stop sending students to the Caribbean country. “The students, those who are in Cuba, will continue to be […]

FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique, Feb 3, CMC – The French Senate has given the green light to Martinique to seek associate membership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), after it officially signed the accession agreement at the CARICOM summit held in Barbados in February last year. French official however note that the Senate decision on January […]