September 13, 2024 Aimed at providing a productive outlet for young participants to encourage discipline and camaraderie through sports, political aspirant for the St. Mary’s North constituency on the Caribbean…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
OAS High-Level Group for Strengthening Women’s Political Participation Begins Visit to Jamaica
September 13, 2024 The High-Level Group of the Organization of American States (OAS) to promote the implementation of the recommendations of Electoral Observation Missions (EOMs) on women’s political participation is…
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard sentenced to 11 years for sexual assault
By: Staff Writer September 10, 2024 The disgraced Peter Nygard, fashion mogul extraordinaire who had a lavish enclave in the luxury gated community Lyford Cay in The Bahamas, was sentenced…
Haiti reveals new corruption investigations against officials
By: Staff Writer September 6, 2024 Haiti’s anti-corruption agency announced they are undertaking an investigation on several former officials of the Haitian government in that country’s latest crackdown. The newest…
BVI Premier survives vote of no confidence off technicality
By: Staff Writer September 6, 2024 The British Virgin Island Premier, Dr Natalio Wheatley, survives a scheduled vote of no confidence off of a technicality, due to the way it…
Teen decapitated by shark in Jamaica
By: Staff Writer August 30, 2024 The headless body of a teenager from Trelawny was the victim of a shark attack authorities have said. The body of 16-year-old Jahmari Reid…
Baku Initiative Group Signs MOU with Bonaire Human Rights Organizations and Bonaire Movement for Change to Combat Colonialism and Promote Human Rights
August 30, 2024 The Baku Initiative Group (BIG), a renowned non-governmental organization focused on decolonization and human rights, has officially entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bonaire…
Saint Lucia hosts Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s 2024 Annual Judicial Conference on Constitutional and Administrative Law
August 30, 2024 Judicial officers of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court converged in Saint Lucia for the Annual Judicial Conference 2024. The judges, masters and judicial research officers attended the…
Caribbean nation moves to remove Queen Elizabeth from official documents in fresh blow
August 30, 2024 Trinidad and Tobago’s redesign of its coat of arms could see the late Queen Elizabeth removed amid a plan to scrap the symbol of colonialism. The Caribbean…
CARICOM Secretary-General commends Trinidad and Tobago’s contribution in the international arena as well as its climate change advocacy
August 30, 2024 In a message to celebrate Trinidad and Tobago’s sixty-second anniversary of Independence on 31 August, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett lauds the country’s contribution in the international…
Jamaica’s Clarke to IMF
By: Staff Writer August 27, 2024 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday named Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke to a top post at the agency, after the official spearheaded…