January 10, 2025 Celebrated Jamaican-born, Grammy-nominated jazz virtuoso, Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander, CD, O.J., is set to usher in 2025 in spectacular fashion with a historic, career retrospective and musical…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Rowley calls quits on political career amid State of Emergency
By: Staff Writer January 7, 2024 Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley, is resigning from office before the end of August this year. Rowley, who had 45…
Mercosur Parliament Adopts Historic Resolution for Bonaire to be put back on UN list.
January 7, 2025 Parlasur, the Parliament of Mercosur, comprising elected representatives from South America’s The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is a political and economic bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,…
CARICOM SG says Region remains committed to long-term plan for peace and security ahead of Haiti’s Independence Anniversary
January 7, 2025 Ahead of Haiti’s Two Hundred and Twenty-First Anniversary of Independence on 1 January 2025, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has said that the Region remains committed to…
Bahamas Opposition hurls ceremonial mace out of window, dragged out of parliament
By: Staff Writer December 6, 2024 The Bahamian parliament was forced to suspend on Wednesday as it’s the Deputy Leader for the Opposition Party threw the ceremonial mace out of…
UN: Caribbean has high climate adaptation cost
By: Staff Writer December 3, 2024 The United Nations (UN) Environment Programme said in their Adaptation Gap Report, 2024 that international public adaptation finance flows to developing countries increased from…
Grenada Prime Minister to chair Special COTED on ICT
December 3, 2024 Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM and Prime Minister of Grenada, the Hon. Dickon Mitchell, will preside over the 111th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade…
Senior politicians in The Bahamas scamper from police drug scandal
By: Staff Writer November 29, 2024 The Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Aviation, Chester Cooper, along with Minister for National Security, Wayne Munroe have both denied…
Haitian gang children recruitment up 70 percent says UN
By: Staff Writer November 29, 2024 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that their latest estimates indicate that the number of children recruited by armed groups in Haiti increased…
Recent murders spark Capital Punishment cries in Bahamas
By: Staff Writer November 26, 2024 The recent deaths of a 12 year old who was found strangled to death in the bushes with just her top on last week…