(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organisation of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto).    Largely unreported by the media in the Caribbean and making no headlines, […]

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By CMC News A United States federal judge sentenced Trinidadian-born jurist Sylvia G Ash to 15 months in prison for conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice, and making a false statement to a federal agent. US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, of Manhattan federal court in New York, imposed the sentence on 64-year-old Ash, […]

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  For the past week, violent clashes have been taking place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) runs the nearby Tabarre trauma hospital. Mumuza Muhindo, MSF head of mission, explains how people in the city have become victims of the violence in this interview. When did this wave of violence begin? Since the […]

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By Gustavo Palencia   TEGUCIGALPA, April 28 (Reuters) – Honduras requested membership of the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, the organization reported Thursday, as leftist President Xiomara Castro’s administration seeks financing to alleviate severe budgetary imbalances left by her predecessor. Castro, who took office in January, must tackle a public debt of almost $15.7 billion, […]

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By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno   PANAMA CITY, April 28 (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Panama’s National Assembly on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the use and commercialization of crypto assets in the Central American country renowned as a hub of offshore financial services. The bill opens the door to private and public use […]

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By Marcelo Rocrhabrun   LIMA, April 28 (Reuters) – Peruvian lawmakers from the ruling Peru Libre party on Thursday presented a bill to cut President Pedro Castillo’s presidential term from five to two years, with general elections set for 2023, an unprecedented setback from within his own ranks. Castillo, a leftist former school teacher and […]

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By Gemma Handy St John’s, Antigua Image source, Getty Images Prince Edward was met by a Guard of Honour as he arrived in St John’s, Antigua   BBC- National flags still adorn the streets of Antigua’s capital days after the Earl and Countess of Wessex departed the island on their Platinum Jubilee Caribbean tour. People […]

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Taiwan is Dealing with Biggest Covid Surge Taiwan is facing its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the start of the pandemic. It’s been mostly spared from the coronavirus, but reported more than 11,000 new cases on Thursday, and at least two deaths. New infections have been on the rise since late March. The health minister also […]

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By Tori B. Powell CBS News   Three alleged Orange County, California Mexican Mafia members and 28 alleged associates are facing a series of charges as a result of a years-long investigation, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The defendants are facing charges that include murder, attempted murder, drug and gun related charges as well […]

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UK Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP statement: This afternoon, the Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Andrew Fahie, was arrested in the United States on charges related to drugs trafficking and money laundering. I am appalled by these serious allegations. This arrest demonstrates the importance of the recently concluded Commission of Inquiry. […]

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