September 13, 2022 Antigua and Barbuda plans to hold a referendum on becoming a republic within the next three years, the Caribbean nation’s prime minister told British media Saturday, a…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Long way to go after “landmark” anti-buggery laws in SKN struck down!
By: Staff Writer September 9, 2022 A lawyer that worked on having the St Kitts and Nevis (SKN) anti-buggery laws struck down last month says that there is a long…
CARIBBEAN BLUE ECONOMY: A TRILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 6, 2022 There over ten blue economy concepts within the region and twenty-five national projects within OECS states that require both innovators and financiers if…
RAY KLEIN TAKES UP ROLE IN REPUBLIC BANK GHANA
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 2, 2022 Republic Bank Ghana is making it official, the appointment of Ray Klein as its newest Chief Operating Officer. The move comes after holding…
Banker at Center of Puerto Rico Corruption Scandal Denies Guilt
By: Bloomberg September 2, 2022 Bancredito founder Julio Herrera was arraigned in San Juan Herrera is accused of bribing former Gov. Wanda Vazquez The Venezuelan financier in the middle of…
U.S. Coast Guard Offloads $3.1M In Cocaine Seized In The Caribbean
September 2, 2022 The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents offloaded 330 pounds (150kgs) of seized cocaine last week in San Juan, Puerto…
OECS Commission and UNICEF support Capacity Building of U Report Ambassadors in the Eastern Caribbean
September 2, 2022 The U Report Steering Committees from the OECS, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago met in Barbados for a Training Workshop from August 17th to 19th 2022, to…
Justice is never given, it is won: How Eastern Caribbean activists developed the successful strategy to defeat the laws which criminalised LGBT people.
September 2, 2022 For almost 150 years, to be gay in St. Kitts and Nevis was to be criminalised. What the colonial authorities inhumanely labelled “the abominable crime of buggery” has been…
Caribbean American legislators join calls for better tracking of gun sales
September 2, 2022 Three Caribbean American legislators have joined New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other elected leaders in calling on three of the world’s largest credit card companies…