By: Staff Writer July 31, 2026 The MV Barima’s captain and first engineer have both tested positive for narcotics after their arrest and charged with murder. The captain and engineer…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Caribbean CBI Passports Face Schengen Reckoning
July 31, 2026 The countdown has begun for five Eastern Caribbean citizenship-by-investment programs. In letters dated June 25, 2026, the European Commission asked Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts…
Repair Campaign Senior Advisor Dr. Ralph Gonsalves to Shape Reparatory Justice Agenda Through New Global Council
July 31, 2026 The Government of the Republic of Ghana has invited the Repair Campaign’s Senior Advisor/Elder, the Honourable Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves, to serve as a member of the…
STATEMENT from the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group on the Transmission of the Electoral Calendar
July 28, 2026 The Eminent Persons Group (EPG) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the publication of the electoral calendar by the Haitian Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). This critical step…
James Finies Public Question to Bonaire’s Lieutenant Governor Soliano: Does Your Duty Lie with The Hague or with the Human Rights of the People of Bonaire?
July 24, 2026 James Finies, founder of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization and leader of Partido Pueblo Progresivo, has issued an objection letter to Bonaire’s Lieutenant Governor, Mr. John Soliano,…
Another UN Defeat for the Netherlands: ECOSOC Reaffirms Support for Non-Self-Governing Territories
July 24, 2026 James Finies and Davika Bissessar Shaw of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) attended the opening day of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) July…
Antigua and Barbuda on US entry ban list
By: Staff Writer July 21, 2026 A US Congresswoman wants to ban individuals from predominantly black countries including five from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). South Carilona Congresswoman Nancy…
Pollyanna Project Opens Lasting Doors to Village African Village
July 21, 2026 When Pastor Francis Contech first connected with Jamaican-born philanthropist Donna More Stewart several years ago, he did not ask for money or material assistance. Instead, he sought…
James Finies Calls for Inclusion as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Development at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum
July 21, 2026 James Finies, participated in the official High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) side event, “From Doha to Action: Accelerating the 2030 Agenda through Collaborative Approaches to Spillovers, Multidimensional Poverty…
Capsizing of the MV Barima in Guyana
July 21, 2026 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the capsizing of the passenger ferry, MV Barima, off the Atlantic coast near the Pomeroon River. The Community continues…
10 die in horrific Bahamas Independence Day plane crash
By: Staff Writer July 14, 2026 A deadly plane crash in North Andros in The Bahamas last Friday has left 10 dead and a country mourning after the tragedy. Five…
Our moment in time on Reparations
By: Staff Writer July 14, 2026 Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA, vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, said on a CARICOM…