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Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne.
Published 4 hours ago

Antigua and Barbuda seeks US review of visa restrictions and bond programme

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Antigua and Barbuda government has launched a fresh diplomatic effort to persuade the United States to remove the twin-island nation from recently imposed visa…
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Updated 22 hours ago

IMF urges Guyana to resolve Exxon cost-oil disputes, strengthen oversight

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Guyana to accelerate efforts to resolve longstanding disputes over ExxonMobil’s cost-oil audits, saying the issues have important…
Children were among the dozens rescued after the ‘MV Barima’ capsized last month.
Updated 22 hours ago

Search begins for specialist firm to salvage sunken ferry

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC The Government has begun the search for an experienced marine salvage company to recover the wreck of the ferry – the MV Barima, nearly two weeks after the passenger and cargo…
Dr Natalio Wheatley, British Virgin Islands premier and minister of finance.
Updated 21 hours ago

Wheatley orders multiple investigations into unauthorised government investment

TORTOLA (CMC): British Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley has ordered multiple investigations into an unauthorised government investment in Delta Capital Partners…
St Lucia Prime Minister and CARICOM Chairman, Philip J. Pierre
Updated 21 hours ago

CARICOM chairman calls for economic freedom and reparative justice in Emancipation Day message

GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Philip J. Pierre has called on Caribbean nations to continue the “unfinished journey of emancipation” by pursuing economic…
Migrants return to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Friday. - AP photo
July 31, 2026

Spain's PM blames trafficking gangs as 60,000 cross into Ceuta from Morocco, with 41 deaths

CEUTA, Spain (AP) – About 60,000 migrants have entered Spain's Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said on Friday. That is equivalent to 70 per cent of the city's…
FILE - The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 31, 2022. (Mandel Ngan, Pool via AP, File)
July 31, 2026

US to make visa bond requirements permanent, affecting mostly African countries

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is making permanent a pilot programme under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a United States visa, and…
Dr Anthony Fauci is sworn in before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, in Washington.
July 30, 2026

Fauci invokes fifth amendment during Senate COVID-19 hearing

WASHINGTON (AP): Dr Anthony Fauci yesterday repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer dozens of questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling of…
This aerial image shows rescue operation at the Nippon Paper Industries Co.’s Yatsushiro factory, following an earthquake in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
July 30, 2026

Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18

KUMAMOTO (AP): Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors yesterday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least…