ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Feb. 5, CMC — With fears circulating among non-national residents that the ongoing population census could be used to identify and deport undocumented individuals, the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics has moved to assure the public that all census information is legally protected and cannot be shared with immigration or […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 5, CMC -Police are probing the circumstances that led to the deaths of four men, whose bodies were removed from a split barge on Wednesday night. The barge is owned by the Guyana Port Inc, a company that constructs and maintains vessels. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the men were inspecting a dry space within […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, Feb 4, CMC –  The St. Kitts-based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) says it has partnered with the United Nations Capital Development Fund to prepare the draft ECCU Financial Inclusion and Literacy Strategy that is intended to address gaps in how citizens and businesses access and use financial services across the Eastern […]

Seattle, Washington – When Holland America Line’s Veendam II sailed from New York in February 1926, it charted a course that would help define Caribbean cruising, making the company among the first to offer regularly scheduled vacations to the region for guests seeking a warm-weather getaway. A century later, Holland America Line is commemorating 100 years of Caribbean cruising with a limited […]

On February 3 (same day local time), in Dhaka, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Mr. SAIDA Shinichi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and Lieutenant General S M Kamrul Hassan, BSP, ndc, hdmc, psc, PhD, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division, Chief Advisor’s Office of the People’s Republic […]

Canberra, Australia – I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.’ I acknowledge all my parliamentary colleagues here today. From the very beginning of the United Nations, Australia has been a leader in the global effort to […]

Washington, DC – From youth leagues and high school varsity to the Olympic Games and the heights of professional sports, for decades, women and girls have exemplified the very best of American athletics.  This National Women and Girls in Sports Day, we celebrate every female athlete for their devotion to excellence and for their incredible […]

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. […]