8 p.m. Update: Maria now a Category 5 hurricane
Hurricane Maria has become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane as the eye and the intense inner core nears Dominica.At 8 p.m. Maria was...
Major Caribbean cruise ports remain closed
SOME OF THE major cruise ports in the Eastern Caribbean have been closed indefinitely as the tourism authorities continue to survey the damage following...
Caribbean scales up mosquito control efforts
WASHINGTON – Countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, are working to control mosquitos and raise awareness of the diseases they transmit as part...
Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport closed
As a direct consequence of Hurricane Maria, now classified as a category 3 hurricane and currently hitting Martinique, the Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport...
Gunman holds student hostage in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago police have detained a man who held a secondary school student hostage on Monday at a school,...
Hurricane Maria prompts shutdown in Dominica, St Lucia
ROSEAU – The Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit on Sunday ordered the closure of all schools, business and government offices as Hurricane Maria...