October 8, 2024 The Dance Grenada Festival returns for its fifth season on the beautiful island of Grenada. Under the theme “From the Ground Up 5 Years and Beyond: Promoting…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Top US State Attorneys back Caribbean Gun Act
By: Staff Writer October 4, 2024 A coalition of 12 US Attorney General’s are calling on the US congress to pass the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm (CATCH) Act. Letitia…
Summit of the Future: Bonaire’s Cry for Justice – Demanding Self-Determination and an End to Human Rights Violations
October 1, 2024 Following the participation of our organizations at the United Nations’ Summit of the Future in New York, Davika Bissessar president of Bonaire Human Rights Organization and James…
ECLAC Executive Secretary: Road to Caribbean Sustainable Development not Easy, ECLAC Here to Support… T&T Elected Chair of Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee
October 1, 2024 In the 30th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Caribbean ministers, ambassadors and development specialists discussed solutions to pressing development challenges. ECLAC Executive Secretary…
Holness under fire for secret bank accounts
By: Staff Writer September 27, 2024 Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is facing calls for his resignation amid an Integrity Commission investigation that revealed that Holness had omitted bank accounts…
Violent protests ripping Martinique
By: Staff Writer September 24, 2024 Residents of Martinique are protesting the government over high cost of living after curfew was imposed on the island last week. The citizens are…
Bahamas PM: “Not business as usual” on climate change
By: Staff Writer September 24, 2024 Bahamas Prime Minister, Philip Davis (KC) encouraged other climate change leaders at Climate Week NYC 2024 to “move past business as usual.” Davis, in…
UN: Cocaine and violence goes hand in hand in Caribbean
By: Staff Writer September 20, 2024 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) World Drug Report, 2024 said that in the Caribbean, “increases in cocaine seizures also went…
Caribbean Migrants In ‘Grossly Overloaded’ Vessel Interdicted
September 20, 2024 The United States Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez repatriated 58 migrants to the Dominican Republic on Saturday, after interdicting an irregular, unlawful migration voyage in Mona Passage…
Passing of H.E. Leonard Archer | Former Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM
September 20, 2024 The Caribbean Community notes with deep sadness the passing on Friday 13 September 2024 of His Excellency Leonard Archer, former Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM. During his 15…
CARICOM Secretary-General congratulates St Kitts and Nevis on 41st Independence Anniversary
September 20, 2024 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to St. Kitts and Nevis as the nation celebrates its 41st Anniversary of Independence on Thursday 19 September. In a…