Basseterre, St. Kitts, Thursday, August 13, 2026: Students returning to classrooms on September 7 will have access to an improved school bus fleet, as the Ministry of Education moves to strengthen the reliability, safety and accessibility of student transportation across St. Kitts. Among the key developments ahead of the new academic year is the return […]

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Aug 13, CMC – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have agreed on a series of actions to strengthen implementation of Grenada’s development programme following a joint review of some of the country’s active development projects. The joint Portfolio Review Mission brought together senior officials from both […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 13, CMC – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Bar Association and the Organisation of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA) are calling for an immediate and thorough investigation into the disclosure of private emails between Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) judges, as well as an urgent examination of allegations concerning the […]

ROSEAU, Dominica, Aug 13, CMC – A 23-year-old former police officer, Jean-Luc Langlais, appeared in Court on Thursday charged with murder of 16-year-old Jerbiah Paul, whose decomposing body was discovered in a precipice in Capuchin, north of here on Wednesday. Her body had been discovered by members of the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS). Jean-Luc […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 13, CMC – David Riley, the technical leader of Jamaica’s Under-20 team that participated at the recently concluded World Athletic Under-20 Championships in the United States, said he is satisfied with their performance at the meet. Jamaica ended the Championships with eight medals (two gold, three silver, three bronze) to finish fourth in […]

The man was later released under investigation and enquiries remain ongoing. Following the arrest, NFCU Officers, working alongside local authority partners, disposed of 25 tonnes of suspected illegal frozen food products in June. Investigations into the wider trade of suspected illegal food products are continuing. Local Authorities have been taking action, seizing over 8 tonnes […]

The world-renowned exhibition is on loan from the Natural History Museum, London and opens at the Solomon Islands National Art Gallery this month. The exhibition will display some of the world’s finest nature photographs. On Wednesday 5 August, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Bunyan Sivoro, and British High Commissioner Paul Turner, along […]

Young people out of work or at risk of entering unemployment after school are set to benefit from a first of its kind AI summer bootcamp kicking off in the North West this week. The government’s new TechFirst AI Apprenticeship Pathway will build on the Prime Minister’s mission to raise the profile of technical education and create […]

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Microsoft, Hut 8 and Equinix will comply with the standards and guidelines he established for data centers. Governor Abbott’s guidelines and guardrails are working. They are being universally implemented by data centers across the state. One data center that could not comply chose to end operations before even beginning construction. “I established clear guardrails to […]

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth traveled to Panama this week to lead the second Americas Counter Cartel Coalition (A3C) Forum in his role as A3C Chairman, participate in the PANAMAX 2026 military exercise in defense of the Panama Canal, and host bilateral engagements with key leaders in the Western Hemisphere. On August 12, 2026, Secretary […]