Jamaica electoral office removing over 260,000 dead people from voters’ list
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) has embarked on an exercise to remove from the voters’ list the names of persons who have died...
Trinidad MP says Charrandas Persaud a regional hero
(Trinidad Guardian) Opposition MP Barry Padarath yesterday hailed Guyana MP Charrandas Persaud as a hero for democracy in the Caribbean and warned the Dr Keith...
HIV prevention response inadequate – PANCAP
The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) recently conducted research in the Region, which found that the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention response is...
Jamaican high commissioner urges UK to halt deportations
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Seth George Ramocan, has called for a suspension of deportations to the island until the...
CARICOM warns of elusive peace in Venezuela
(CMC) — Chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Timothy Harris, says peace will continue to be elusive in Venezuela until the “contending...
US imposes sweeping sanctions on Venezuelan government
President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping sanctions on the Venezuelan government, freezing its assets in the US and barring transactions with it.
This measure is...
CTO to close offices in New York, United Kingdom
(CMC) — Chairman of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Dominic Fedee, Tuesday announced the closure of the organisation's offices in the United Kingdom...
T&T records second death from COVID-19
An elderly man has become the second person to succumb to COVID-19 in Trinidad and Tobago, CMC has reported.
According to CMC, the ministry of...
St Lucia Zouks to retain 8 Caribbean players for CPL 2020
The St Lucia Zouks have announced the Caribbean players they will be retaining for the 2020 Hero Caribbean Premier League. International retentions and signings...
Another knee on the Caribbean’s neck
By Sir Ronald Sanders
The failure of the world’s richest nations to respond adequately to the abrupt and rapid decline in the economies of developing...