January 13, 2023 Nearly a year after the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) partnered with the World Bank to launch its “Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean” programme…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
A candidate steps up for the Haitian elections this November!
By: Staff Writer January 10, 2023 Haitian presidential candidate Jude Elie has already thrown his hat in the ring for the upcoming November presidential elections in Haiti and he believes…
TIT-E-TAT, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’s PRESIDENTIAL PREDICAMENT POLITICS AT PLAY
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 10, 2022 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com With the term of Trinidad and Tobago’s current head of state, President Paula Mae-Weekes, drawing to a close, there seems to be a…
Royal Navy Rescues Five from Sinking Tug in the Caribbean
January 10, 2023 The crew of a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel rescued five seafarers from a sinking tugboat in the Caribbean. The rescue took place Friday afternoon when the…
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister condemns assault on Democracy in Brazil
January 10, 2023 The Government of Antigua and Barbuda has condemned the storming of the Congress in Brazil by supporters of the country’s former, leader, Jair Bolsonaro. Prime Minister Gaston…
Harold Lovell declines to debate Prime Minister Gaston Browne publicly
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…
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…