January 10, 2023 The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has revealed that “UPP leader, Harold Lovell, has declined an invitation to publicly debate Prime Minister Gaston Browne on all…
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CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Antigua and Barbuda
January 10, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has responded to the invitation extended by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to mount a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe…
Airlink and USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Launch Haiti Air Bridge to Deliver Humanitarian Aid
January 10, 2023 Funding for the Airlink air bridge comes from a USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) grant to provide at least two charter flights a month until the…
BLACK STALIN: A CARIBBEAN MAN HAS GONE
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 6, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Just a few days after Christmas, one of sons of the region, transitioned at the age of 81. Black Stalin was his sobriquet,…
Browne looking for a clean sweep in Antigua!
By: Staff Writer January 6, 2023 The Antigua and Barbuda general election is set for January 18, 2023 and thus far Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s led Antigua and Barbuda Labour…
CARPHA: COVID SUB-VARIANT XBB.1.5 NOT NEW TO CARIBBEAN
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 6, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com The latest news to be coming out from the United States, shows that the COVID-19 sub-variant XBB.1.5, is affecting its population. And while…
CARICOM SG congratulates Haiti on its Two Hundred and Nineteenth Anniversary of Independence
January 6, 2022 Congratulatory Message from CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett to the Prime Minister of Haiti, Dr. Ariel Henry: “On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish to…
FTX CEO arrested in Bahamas, faces US extradition and charges by SEC.
By: Staff Writer December 13, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), former Chief Executive Officer of the collapsed crypto-exchange, FTX, has been arrested by Bahamian authorities and now faces extradition and additional…
You can’t fight corruption on an empty stomach!
By: Staff Writer December 13, 2022 A noted academic said that where there are no jobs and people have to make due in order to survive, corruption will always be…
DOMINICA: DLP re-elected unopposed, Skerrit promises “national reset!”
By: Staff Writer December 9, 2022 The Dominica elections are over and Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has won 90 percent of the seats in the Dominica parliament albeit…
St Lucia joins Commission of Small Island States in legal effort for climate justice
December 9, 2022 St Lucia has become the most recent nation to join the Commission of Small Island Sates on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS) whose purpose is seek…
CARICOM CUBA SUMMIT DECLARED FRUITFUL
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan December 6, 2022 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Some 28 points were ratified as part of the Bridgetown Declaration as the Eighth CARICOM-Cuba Summit, concluded in Barbados, on Tuesday. Leading remarks, current…