September 12, 2023 The Eminent Persons Group (EPG), comprising former Prime Ministers Dr. Kenny D. Anthony of Saint Lucia, Bruce Golding of Jamaica, and Perry Christie of The Bahamas, was…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Bahamas Coral Crisis: Global Ocean Heatwave Sparks Urgent Concerns for Coral Bleaching
September 5, 2023 The breathtaking coral reefs of The Bahamas, renowned around the world for their vibrancy and diverse marine life, are under serious and immediate threat as a powerful ocean…
Remembering Mahdia: A Tribute to the Victims of the Mahdia Fire
September 5, 2023 On Sunday May 21, 2023 a horrific fire engulfed a school dormitory at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana, taking the lives of twenty (20) children (nineteen…
Bahamas next up for marijuana legalisation- but not for industrial hemp.
By: Staff Writer September 1, 2023 The Bahamas government released a compendium of bills that would transform cannabis use in The Bahamas from a strictly illegal activity to an industry…
Grenada Author Releases: PIVOT BECAUSE LIFE DOESN’T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED
September 1, 2023 Heather Dolland Taman, serial entrepreneur, author, speaker and life coach, announced the release of her groundbreaking new book, PIVOT BECAUSE LIFE DOESN’T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED. The book…
Gladstone Heirs to Apologize for Both Slavery and Indenture Tomorrow at the University of Guyana
August 25, 2023 The University of Guyana wishes to clarify that the apology it helped negotiate with the Gladstone heirs for Guyana includes slavery and indentureship since the particular ancestor…
Tropical Storm Franklin Impacting Travel in Caribbean
August 25, 2023 Airlines have issued travel waivers and cruise lines are altering itineraries as Tropical Storm Franklin moved through the Caribbean Sea toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where…
Bonaire Human Rights Organization reaction to Dutch State-Secretary van Huffelen call to participate in internet-consultations
August 18, 2023 With regards to the Dutch government using “internetconsultatie” https://www.internetconsultatie.nl/wolbesfinbes/b1 to collect ideas from residents and organizations, including NGOs, about legislative proposals. That these so-called consultations would be…
Media Entrepreneur Jael Joseph Debuts Kalinago Documentary at Caribbean Tales Film Festival
August 15, 2023 Known popularly in the Caribbean and Canadian landscape as a marketing guru, media personality and entrepreneur, Jael Joseph will soon be known by another moniker- director; as…
CARICOM Eminent Persons Group Recent Activities
August 15, 2023 At the end of their visit to Haiti on 12-15 July 2023 to facilitate inter-Haitian dialogue in the search for a solution to the political crisis, the…
CARICOM Celebrates Steelpan as a Caribbean Cultural Touchstone
August 15, 2023 The CARICOM Secretariat joins the world in celebrating steelpan on 11 August which has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Steelpan Day. We…
Bahamian MP resigns on sex assault rap: Out on $9k bail
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A Bahamian legislator was forced to resign as a parliamentary secretary because of being formally charged in the courts for sexual assault. Kirk Cornish,…