By Kimberly Ramkhalawan June 27, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com With just under one week to go before the Caribbean Region converges in Trinidad for CARICOM’s 50th celebration, Antigua and Barbuda held its…
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Antigua and Barbuda leads “historic” declaration by CARICOM and Central American countries
June 27, 2023 An historic “first” was recorded at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) when 20 countries, drawn from Central America and the Caribbean, issued…
Momentous Day for Rastafarians in St Kitts as weed now available to them!
By: Staff Writer June 23, 2023 St Kitts and Nevis government passed the Rastafari Rights Recognition Bill, 2023, which would now allow Rastafarians in that country to smoke marijuana for…
Windrush: Hundreds with chronic and mental illness sent back to Caribbean
By: By Navtej Johal & Joanna Hall for the BBC Hundreds of long-term sick and mentally ill people from the Windrush generation were sent back to the Caribbean in what…
OECS CHAIRMAN EYES YOUTH, ORANGE ECONOMY, SPORTS AND HEALTH AS FUTURE
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan June 20, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Dr Terrance Drew, has assumed the role of Chair of the OECS and addressing the flag hoisting…
One year into the Dickon Mitchell administration- Not so new anymore
By: Helen Grenade June 20, 2023 Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, celebrated his first year anniversary of becoming the leader of Grenada under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and…
CARICOM Statement on the violent attack on building housing Jamaica’s Consulate in Haiti
June 20, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with deep concern the report that the Sun Auto Car Dealership in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, owned and operated by the Honorary Consul for…
COMMONWEALTH SG BRINGS MULTI-AGENCY RISK ASSESSMENT COMMITTEES, MARAC TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan June 16, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Baroness Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary General is in Trinidad and Tobago to assist in setting up the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Committees (MARAC), a…
Bonaire Human Rights honored with award by CSA – Transforming our Caribbean.
June 16, 2023 A Bonaire delegation participated in the Caribbean Studies Association 2023 Conference from 5th – 9th June in St Croix, Virgin Islands United States. This was an historical…
Statement from the Meeting of the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group with Haitian Stakeholders in Kingston, Jamaica
June 16, 2023 A wide cross-section of Haitian stakeholders, a microcosm of Haitian society, met in Kingston, Jamaica, at the invitation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 11-13 June 2023. …
CARICOM Heads congratulate Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago on high-level UN Elections
June 16, 2023 Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) extend heartfelt congratulations to the Government and people of Guyana on its election, by an overwhelming majority, to a…