By: Staff Writer September 22, 2023 The Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner heads to Buckingham Palace this winter to meet with the Queen Consort about his winning this year’s contest…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
The Sister Accord® Foundation Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary with AAA and The Nelson Mandela Foundation; Expands to the Caribbean with First Bahamian Chapter
September 22, 2023 The Sister Accord®️ Foundation, the organization whose movement is changing the way girls and women treat, support, and interact with each other, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with…
CARICOM congratulates St. Kitts and Nevis on its 40th Independence Anniversary
September 22, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated St. Kitts and Nevis on its 40th Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on Tuesday, 19 September 2023. Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett, in…
CARICOM Chair pushes need for participation in science and technology!
By: Staff Writer September 19, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chair, Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, told the Group of 77 plus China summit that due to the need…
“Territory”: Dominican Film wins Best Documentary at Canadian Film Festival
September 19, 2023 “Territory,” a short film focused on the indigenous people of the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica- the Kalinago, wins Best Short Documentary at the 18th annual Caribbean…
“No one must be left behind,” at this year’s Ananse SoundSplash!
By: Staff Writer September 12, 2023 The upcoming Ananse SoundSplash festival is going into its 25th year of encouraging storytellers from Jamaica to embrace their culture and this year they…
Caribbean nations want reparations now from the British Royals!
By: Staff Writer September 12, 2023 Caribbean nations are preparing to write a formal letter to the British Royals demanding reparations for slavery. According to a report by The Telegraph…
Coral Catastrophe: Bleaching Engulfs Exuma Cays’ Renowned Reefs
September 12, 2023 Newly unveiled findings from the Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS) and The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) have painted a grave scenario for coral reefs in the…
Statement by the Eminent Persons Group on their September Visit to Haiti
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…
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…