May 27, 2025 As the Co-operative Republic of Guyana celebrates fifty-nine years as an independent nation today, 26 May, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, has acknowledged the country’s…
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US travel advisories for Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago
By: Staff Writer May 23, 2025 The US State Department issued Level 3 advisories for Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, warning US travelers to “reconsider” travel to the…
A Mother’s Cry, a Nation’s Call – Joseline Thielman of Muhernan Fuerte PPU Testifies at United Nations on Cultural Erasure and Discrimination in Bonaire Schools
May 23, 2025 Recently in a historical powerful and emotional address to the United Nations, Joseline Thielman, a founding member of Muhernan Fuerte (Strong Women Chapter of Pueblo Progresivo Uni)…
CARICOM Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Framework significant, instructional – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Sustainable Development
May 23, 2025 Senator the Hon. Dr. Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment of St. Kitts and Nevis, lauded the CARICOM Environmental and Natural Resources Policy…
ARRIVAL STATEMENT: CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION (CEOM) TO THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
May 23, 2025 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have committed to supporting Member States, on their request, by providing an independent, impartial and honest assessment of the preparations for and conduct of General…
UNICEF warns that escalating violence in Haiti is fueling food insecurity
By: Staff Writer May 20, 2025 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that the escalating violence in Haiti has increased the already dire food security challenge in the embattled…
Imported ladybirds save Grenada’s ice cream fruit
May 20, 2025 When Laurel Williams thinks of soursop, she thinks of ice cream. Not just any ice cream, but the one made from the soursop she grows on her…
Dominica and USVI Lead Growing List of Sponsors for Caribbean Week in New York 2025
May 13, 2025 The Nature Island of Dominica and the U.S. Virgin Islands – Naturally in Rhythm – have been confirmed as title Platinum Sponsors of Caribbean Week in New…
Evolving crime demands evolving policing – Top cop tells fellow Caribbean police chiefs
May 13, 2025 With traditional methods proving insufficient in the fight against emerging trends in crime, Guyana’s Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken is calling for enhanced internal intelligence to tackle offences…
The University of South Florida reports increase in Sargassum in Caribbean
By: Staff Writer May 9, 2025 The University of South Florida in a new report said that the levels of sargassum doubled in the Caribbean in just a month, signifying…
Managing Animal Health in the Caribbean: WAHIS Training Boosts Trade and Resilience
May 9, 2025 In an essential step toward enhancing animal health management, food safety, and food security in the region, over 100 Caribbean stakeholders from 19 countries completed training on…
Rubio met with Caribbean officials today
By: Staff Writer May 6, 2025 The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis,…