By: Staff Writer February 14, 2023 Officials on the French side of Saint-Martin are seeking ways to battle the invasive of green “vervet” monkeys, weeks after the Dutch Sint Maarten…
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The PJ Patterson Institute for Advocacy seeing importance in trading with Africa!
By: Staff Writer February 10, 2023 A former Prime Minister of Jamaica is high on facilitating trade with Africa and is more than willing to use his eponymous institute to…
‘Much to be proud of’ – CARICOM SG on Grenada’s 49th Independence anniversary
February 10, 2023 CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has extended “heartfelt congratulations” to the government and people of Grenada on the occasion of the country’s 49th Independence anniversary. In her…
Haiti Gangs Embrace Political and Police Chaos
By: InsightCrime February 7, 2023 Haiti’s Acting Prime Minister landed in the capital after a foreign trip to be greeted by police rioting, diminishing political credibility, ever-stronger gangs, and no…
IN CELEBRATION OF BOB MARLEY’S 78TH BIRTHDAY, THE MARLEY FAMILY TUFF GONG AND UME RELEASE BOB MARLEY LIMITED-EDITION VINYL SERIES PRESSED AT TUFF GONG INTERNATIONAL IN JAMAICA – AVAILABLE MARCH 24
February 7, 2023 The Marley Family, Tuff Gong, and UMe commemorate Bob Marley’s 78th birthday by honoring his life and musical heritage by announcing twelve limited-edition Bob Marley vinyl L.P.s, each numbered and pressed exclusively at…
This Island Empress is fighting her way to the top of the fashion world!
By: Staff Writer February 3, 2023 How does a young woman born in St Lucia find her way to Paris by way of London? She made the most of her…
New model of policing needed for Caribbean!
By: Staff Writer January 31, 2023 A former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Barbados, turned author, says that the proliferation of guns and drugs brought about by the illicit drug…
GORDON ROHLEHR, has died.
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 31, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com The Caribbean has lost another great son, Professor Emeritus Gordon Rohlehr, who died at the age of 80. His profound grasp and explanation…
Jamaica Seizing Ever-Larger Cocaine Shipments from Colombia
By: Gavin Voss, Insight Crime January 31, 2023 An increase in the size of cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests that the island is playing a stronger role in international drug…
Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar
By: Gavin Voss, Insight Crime January 31, 2023 As American-made guns continue to be Caribbean gangs’ primary source of weapons, heads of government are demanding that the US do more…
CARICOM Statement on Haiti Violence
January 31, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned that the contrasting incidents involving the Haitian national Police indicate the severity of the challenges that the police face as…