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August 3, 2026
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…
August 3, 2026
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…
August 3, 2026
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
July 30, 2026
WestJet flight attendants threaten to strike during long August weekend in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Flight attendants at WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, threatened Thursday to go on strike over unpaid work, a move that could disrupt travel during the busy…
July 29, 2026
Rescuers search for survivors after a 7.1 quake kills 18 in southwestern Japan
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed…