The Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) says the United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016 (HR 4939), which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2016, will form the backdrop of the 19th Annual Caribbean American Legislative Forum. On Saturday, ICS said...
The World Bank has approved three grants totalling US$80 million for hurricane recovery efforts in Haiti. The Washington-based financial institution said that the additional financing aims to restore the quality and supply of health services, and scale up cholera prevention and response in the French-speaking Caribbean...
[caption id="attachment_18366" align="alignright" width="300"] DR CONRAD MURRAY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION IN TRINIDAD, WHERE HE GREW UP, AFTER REPORTS SURFACED THAT HE WAS PRACTISING THERE WITHOUT A MEDICAL LICENCE.[/caption] Trinidad and Tobago health authorities are investigating reports that Dr Conrad Murray, who was convicted of the involuntary...
With a record number of 628 murders so far this year, including 54 homicides in one week, Jamaica’s top cop is deploying security officers to crime hotspots to arrest the recent spate of crime. Police Commissioner George Quallo told reporters the situation is frightening, as he...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC)– Prime Minister Gaston Browne has advised his Caribbean Community (Caricom) colleagues to stay out of the internal affairs of Venezuela where opposition forces have been staging street demonstrations over the months in a bid to force President Nicolas Maduro out of...