Browsing Category

Regional

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce takes Zurich Diamond…

Five-time World Championships 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completed her season with her fifth Diamond League title at the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland…

Shericka Jackson takes Diamond League 200m title

World Championships winner, Shericka Jackson, closed her season in style by capturing the 200 metres at the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland today. Jackson claimed her first…

30,000 CXC students fail to submit SBAs

Source: Jamaica Gleaner More than 11 per cent of Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) candidates across the region did not submit their School-Based Assessments (SBAs) for the May-June 2022 sitting.…

CSEC maths, English language passes decline

Source: Jamaica Gleaner Fewer students received passing grades in this year’s sittings of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate mathematics and English language exams compared to 2021. This is…

With the Americas facing COVID-19 and monkeypox,…

Washington D.C., 7 September 2022 (PAHO) – With the Americas now accounting for the highest numbers of monkeypox cases in the world, and COVID-19 remaining a “significant threat” to the region,…

Earthquake rattles parts of country

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale rattled Thiotte in the South-East Department of Haiti on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or loss…

Advocates propose CXC changes

Article by Emmanuel Joseph Source: Barbados Today Two advocacy groups that campaign for student justice are suggesting that efforts to reform education must include a change in the governance of the…

COP-27 – Failing Before It Begins

By Sir Ronald Sanders The most ominous sign of what the forthcoming COP-27 meeting on climate change portends for small states is that officials from a Group of 20 (G20) major economies, who met on…

Tropical Storm Earl Forms East of the Leeward…

Tropical Storm Earl was expected to bring two to four inches of rain over the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. The…

Gill resigns as CARICOM ambassador

ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Grenada’s ambassador to CARICOM, Arley Gill, has confirmed his resignation. Gill also said he had submitted his resignation as chairman of the Spicemas Corporation effective…

Tropical Storm Danielle forms in the Atlantic

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Danielle formed Thursday in the Atlantic and is expected to become the first hurricane of an unusually quiet storm season. But the storm is not currently a threat to any…

Trinbago Knight Riders Close Out Thrilling Win

The Trinbago Knight Riders Women edged to victory by the barest of margins beating the Barbados Royals Women by one run in a nail-biting first game of the inaugural Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier…