Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a request from the State of Texas for a Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) for the Stinky Fire in Potter County, which has threatened homes, damaged property, impacted infrastructure, and prompted local evacuations in the Texas Panhandle. “Texas has secured federal resources to further […]

Washington, D.C. —Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action against four individuals associated with the pro-Hamas flotilla organized by the U.S.-designated Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) that is attempting to access Gaza in support of Hamas.  OFAC is also taking action against key actors operating […]

The United States is committing to rapidly supporting the Ebola outbreak response by funding up to 50 treatment clinics, and associated frontline costs being established in Ebola-affected regions of the DRC and Uganda. These rapidly deployed clinics will enable implementing partners to establish clinical care and containment perimeters around affected areas.  Clinics will provide emergency Ebola screening, […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 19, CMC- The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) said 42 animals including 35 sheep had been euthanased after they were found to have been illegally imported into the country. A police statement said that the animals, including seven goats were found to be infected with a communicable disease and […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 19, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is urging producers and industry stakeholders to work with her administration in a renewed national effort to rebuild production, expand exports and strengthen Barbados’ economic resilience. “Barbadians have been satisfied to be consumers and not producers. That is not going to get us anywhere,” […]

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 19,  CMC – A High Court judge has sentenced a 56-year-old fisherman to 10 years in jail  after he was found guilty of causing the death of his friend,  Cameron Alexander, a security guard, whom he  struck in the head with a rum bottle in August 2023. Justice Rickie Burnett imposed […]

The High Court of Justice of St. Christopher and Nevis has convicted Devin Richardson on three counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice, following a detailed judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Patrick Thompson Jr. on May 12, 2026. According to the court’s findings, the matter stemmed from Mr. Richardson’s contact with a woman […]

BASSETERRE, SAINT KITTS, May 19, 2026 (SKNIS) — The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis has confirmed that three nationals of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, specifically Jamaica and Belize, are expected to arrive in the Federation on May 19, 2026, following their transfer from the United States of America. Their relocation is being facilitated […]

NIA CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS (May 18, 2026) — The Nevis Island Administration’s Department of Gender Affairs has launched its first annual Women’s Asset Building Seminar, marking a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening women’s financial independence and long-term wealth creation. The session was held under the theme “Own Your Future: Women, Wealth and Home Ownership.” Roughly 50 […]

The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Monday, May, 18, 2026— The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), in tribute to the Hon. Dennis Hugh Lalor O.J., LLD, who passed away on May 14, 2026.  The University of the West Indies community extends our […]