By CMC News The Guyana government Wednesday criticized American Airlines for continuing to “pay scant regard” to its requests after two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime ministers became the latest high level officials to fall victim to the airline’s policy. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the airline had refused to allow Trinidad […]
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Members of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Sport for the Development and Peace team, together with the appointed consultants Thuso Group, have met with the Hon Samal Mojah Duggins, Minister with Responsibility for Sport and Culture (Creative Economy), the Permanent Secretary Valencia Syder and the members of the National Sports Council (NSC) in St Kitts and Nevis […]
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Brighten up your year with a visit to the Saint Lucia Carnival July 1 – 19, 2023 A variety of competitions including the ever-popular Power and Groovy Monarch, Senior and Junior Panoramas (Steel Pan Competitions), and the Inter-Commercial House Calypso completion, dozens of community events, and of course a continuous calendar of parties and fetes […]
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A city worker fumigates for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes inside a school in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. On Feb. 15, 2023, hospitals in this region of Bolivia struggled to keep up with an outbreak of dengue that has killed at least 26 people, the largest outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease since the COVID-19 […]
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By BERT WILKINSON and DÁNICA COTO GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Top officials from Canada, the U.S. and Haiti met Wednesday behind closed doors to talk about the spiraling chaos in Haiti, a topic expected to dominate an annual Caribbean trade bloc meeting that opened in the Bahamas. The three-day Caricom meeting began Wednesday night, with […]
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KINGSTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Jamaica’s anti-corruption agency has referred the prime minister to its director of prosecutions over government contracts awarded to a construction company between 2006 and 2009. The Integrity Commission released a report on Wednesday referring to an investigation into a recommendation made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness for contracts with Westcon […]
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BOGOTA, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Colombia and Panama have agreed to increase joint military operations in the Darien jungle region to tackle drug trafficking, illegal mining, and irregular migration. Traversing the Darien gap that connects Colombia and Panama has become a popular route to the United States in recent years for thousands of migrants, who […]
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By Nelson Renteria and Sarah Kinosian SAN SALVADOR, Feb 15 (Reuters) – El Salvador’s state of emergency to combat gangs, which has widespread public support despite a growing prison population and allegations of human rights abuses, will be maintained until all criminals are captured, the country’s security minister told Reuters. Since President Nayib Bukele asked […]
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At least 39 people died in Panama when a bus carrying migrants hoping to reach the US plunged into a ravine. The bus was heading north and was near the Costa Rica border when the driver reportedly tried to turn round, having mistakenly passed a migrant hostel. There were 66 passengers on the bus and […]
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By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu will reopen on Wednesday, Peruvian officials have announced. The Unesco World Heritage site, which is visited by thousands of tourists a day, was closed more than three weeks ago as anti-government protestors blocked key access routes. Officials said they would ensure the ancient monument […]
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