COMMENTARY: Safeguarding rights from authoritarian governments 

By: Sir Ronald Sanders July 8, 2022 The rights of persons everywhere in the world have to be protected from authoritarian governments that suffocate them.  In the English-speaking Caribbean countries  –…

CARICOM wants resumption to Venezuelan PetroCaribe deal- Calls for an end to US sanctions!

By: Staff Writer July 8, 2022 The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, said at the closing ceremony of the 43rd Regular Meeting of the…

CARICOM forming a “coalition of willingness,” says Chair!

By: Staff Writer July 8, 2022 The President of Suriname, Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi, said that the CARICOM must form a “coalition of willingness” in order to address all of the…

Black women beaten during COVID-19 pandemic says UN!

By: Staff Writer July 8, 2022 The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in a report that Afrodescendent women experienced excessive violence during the…

A NEWLY CONCEPTED JAMAICAN RESORT WORTHY OF ITS STORIED PAST: INSIDE THE NEW SANDALS® DUNN’S RIVER NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS

July 8, 2022 Eager to extend a warm welcome home to the wholly reconceptualized and fully renovated Sandals Dunn’s River, Sandals Resorts International (SRI) announced today that reservations are now open…

BONAIRE DESIGNATED AS A CULINARY CAPITAL BY WORLD FOOD TRAVEL ASSOCIATION

July 8, 2022 The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) has certified Bonaire as a Culinary Capital. Through this program, the WFTA, a non-profit organization recognized as the world’s leading authority on food…

CariCRIS assigns “good creditworthiness” credit ratings for Premier Insurance Company Inc.

July 8, 2022 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has assigned initial corporate credit ratings of gyA+ (Local Currency Rating) and gyA (Foreign Currency Rating) on the Guyana…

CIJN LAUNCHES GROUND-BREAKING CLIMATE JUSTICE SERIES

July 8, 2022 The Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN), with support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), has launched a series of journalistic reports on the challenge of Climate Justice…

Clara Sola, a Costa Rican film about to debut in US Cinemas

July 8, 2022 July 1st was the US premiere of the Costa Rican feature film Clara Sola, directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén. The Central American film opened Friday, July 1st at the IFC Center in New York and…

COMMUNIQUÉ: ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 43rd HOG at CARICOM

July 8, 2022 The Forty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 3-5 July 2022.  Chair of the Conference, the…

Grenada Assumes the Chair of the OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development

July 8, 2022 The Permanent Representative of Grenada to the Organization of American States (OAS), Yolande Smith, today assumed the interim Chair of the OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development…

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2022 Article IV Consultation with the Dominican Republic

July 8, 2022 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with the Dominican Republic and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting [2] .…