June 21, 2022 The Board of Directors of the World Bank on Thursday approved additional financing of $20 million for the Project to Strengthen Primary Health Care and Surveillance in…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
CDB changes methodology in its RDA policy
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com June 17, 2022 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it will now include an “Internal Resistance Framework (IRA) into its heavily touted Recovery Duration Adjuster, RDA…
Cuba’s Diaz-Canel: YOU WON’T DEPRIVE US OF OUR VOICE!
By: Staff Writer June 14, 2022 Cuba was not invited to last week’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, but that didn’t mean that the country would not have…
Hurricane center watches possible Caribbean tropical system
By Roger Simmons Orlando Sentinel June 14, 2022 The US National Hurricane Center forecasters are keeping an eye out for a tropical system that could develop later this week over the…
DOMINICA TO HOST WEST INDIES v BANGLADESH T20I CRICKET ON JULY 2nd and 3rd, 2022
June 14, 2022 Dominica is delighted to announce the return of International Cricket at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium for the first time since May 2017, with two back-to-back games starting…
OAS to Observe Grenada’s June 23 General Elections
June 10, 2022 The Organization of American States (OAS) will observe the June 23 general elections in Grenada, following an agreement signed by the Secretary General of the hemispheric institution,…
Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in office
June 7, 2022 The Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources — the son of a former president — was shot to death in his office by a…
Global energy transition for the Caribbean’s survival!
By: Staff Writer June 7, 2022 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) director of projects says that the private sector needs to get more involved in the energy transition for the…
Jude ELIE & Sportspower International in Haiti
June 7, 2022 Twelve months have passed since the four southern provinces of Haiti have been cut-off from the rest of the nation, by gang violence. Compounding this abominable state…
The Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network launches investigative series on Citizen By Investment Programmes in the Caribbean
June 7, 2022 The non-profit news entity, Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network (CIJN), has launched an investigative series on citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes in the Caribbean. The stories examine the benefits…
REGGAE LEGEND SLY DUNBAR OF SLY & ROBBIE CREATES FIRST-EVER OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED REGGAE REMIX OF THE KENNY ROGERS CLASSIC “THE GAMBLER”
June 7, 2022 From North America to Asia, Europe to Africa, and nearly every corner of the planet, global superstar Kenny Rogers touched millions of people all over the world with his music for more than six decades.…