April 25, 2025 In a historic milestone for the people of Bonaire, James Finies, Leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni, led a civil society delegation to the United Nations Headquarters in…
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New Learning Resource Centre Offers Hope to Vulnerable Children and Youth in Saint Lucia
April 25, 2025 A new Learning Resource Centre is offering opportunities for academic and personal growth to vulnerable children and youth at the New Beginnings Transit Home in Saint Lucia.…
CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Trinidad and Tobago
April 25, 2025 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat was invited by way of letter dated 10 December 2024 from Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, former Prime Minister of the Republic…
SpaceX landings on pause in Bahamas
By: Staff Writer April 22, 2025 The Bahamas Government, through its Department of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP) agency, has put the brakes on the historic SpaceX partnership until the…
Descendants of slave owners in the Caribbean call for reparations at the UN
April 22, 2025 The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and…
China in the Caribbean: Two-Faced Dragon
April 22, 2025 In the last decade, China has significantly strengthened its penetration in the Caribbean, driven by a strategic combination of economic investments, diplomatic initiatives, and infrastructure projects. In…
Caribbean Leaders Unite to Catalyse Climate Investment at the 3rd NDCFI Investment Forum and Marketplace in Grenada
April 18, 2025 Regional and international leaders, development partners, investors, financiers and youth advocates convened in Grenada from March 31- April 2 for the Third Caribbean Nationally Determined Contributions Finance…
DR Nightclub collapse death toll hits 225
By: Staff Writer April 15, 2025 A popular Dominican Republic nightclub has its roof collapse, killing 225 last week Tuesday with the last four dying in hospital on Saturday night.…
The Caribbean needs to reduce the financial burden of climate change, can new insurance models work?
By: Staff Writer April 15, 2025 The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) in a new report said that the Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI) in the Caribbean…
Operation Calypso: Strengthening Border Security and Disrupting Illicit Flows in the Caribbean
April 15, 2025 Operation Calypso, a joint operation between the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), brought together 28 Customs administrations from…
SALISES conference opens with focus on Caribbean development
April 15, 2025 The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies opened its 26th annual research conference at the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus (UWIFIC)…
Can Young continue Rowley’s legacy of beating the UNC?
By: Staff Writer April 8, 2025 General elections in Trinidad and Tobago will be held on April 28, 2025 with newly elected Prime Minister Stuart Young as the incumbent looking…