ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Apr 24, CMC – Several of the region’s best coaches have thrown their full support behind Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) plans to develop a High-Performance Campus in Antigua. It was recently announced that the Antigua & Barbuda government had given the green light for CWI to construct the campus at the site of the Coolidge […]

TORONTO, Canada, Apr 24, CMC – Legendary Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands has officially announced his retirement. The 52-year-old Husbands, one of Canada’s most decorated riders, had been a cornerstone of Canadian Thoroughbred racing since 1994. Over the course of his career, the Hall of Fame jockey amassed more than 3700 victories and captured several Woodbine riding titles […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 24, CMC – A senior government minister has described false and misleading that the Trinidad and Tobago government has approved one-thousand-dollar flights (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) on the domestic airbridge. Energy and Energy Industries Minister, Dr. Roodal Moonilal, who said he is authorised to make the statement, described the media […]

WASHINGTON, Apr 24, CMC –  The Inter-American Commission for Human rights (IACHR) is renewing its call for Barbados to  abolish the death penalty,  acknowledging that no  execution has been carried out since 1984. In its 2025 annual report released here, the IACHR, an autonomous body of the Organization of American States that “there has been […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Apr 24, CMC -The Guyana-based Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) Friday congratulated The Bahamas after it became the latest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to be certified by Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for achieving the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (EMTCT). Director of PANCAP Coordinating Unit, Dr. […]

NASSAU, Bahamas, Apr 24, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip Davis, Friday, said that the country has a clear roadmap to manage trade more strategically and to improve the competitiveness of Bahamian businesses. “We want to build on our natural strengths in areas such as fisheries, creative industries, natural products, and high value services, even as […]

Basseterre, Saint Kitts, April 23, 2026: Senator and Minister of State, the Honourable Isalean Phillip, has been selected as a 2026 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF), earning membership in its prestigious Forum of Young Global Leaders. The announcement, published on April 16, 2026, on the WEF’s official website, recognizes Minister Phillip […]

A successful maritime rescue operation was carried out by the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) Coast Guard on Monday, 20 April 2026, following a distress call involving the Antigua and Barbuda–registered fishing vessel F/V Lady Medesha. The SKNDF, in an official release, confirmed that its Coast Guard Base received an alert at approximately […]

Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is making $60 million in initial federal funding available to rural hospital districts to create or improve community-based prevention, wellness, and nutrition programs. “Every community in Texas deserves to have a health system that works as hard as them,” said Governor Abbott. […]