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…

T&T SIGN SECURITY MOU WITH JAMAICA

By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com August 30, 2022 Holness visits TT for 60TH ANNIVERSARY, Talks CSME Trade, Crime and Cybersecurity. Trinidad and Tobago has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Jamaica…

IDB: Increase Agriculture through innovation for sustainability!

By Staff Writer August 30, 2022 Innovation is needed for the agricultural revolution in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC)  region as digital technologies rise and manufacturing is no longer…

Disaster Preparedness Hub in Caribbean Will Save Lives and Tons of Money

By: Andrew Kaminsky August 30, 2022 The United Nations (U.N.) announced its plans to establish a disaster preparedness hub in the Caribbean earlier this month. Located at the international airport…

Invest Caribbean Forced To Enforce Trademark On Caribbean Government Backed Website

August 30, 2022 Executives of Invest Caribbean, the 11-year-old global private sector investment agency of the Caribbean, were forced this week to enforce their trademark against Salaudeen Nausrudeen and partners,…

Tropical depression likely to form near southeast Caribbean

By David Fleshler, Robin Webb and Steve Svekis South Florida Sun-Sentinel August 30, 2022 The first tropical depression in two months appears likely to form this week, as an unusually…

The Bosses Who Run Venezuela’s Most Lawless Prisons

August 30, 2022 Venezuela’s much-touted prison reform plan appears to be failing, according to recent research that shows how some of the country’s most dangerous criminals control numerous penitentiaries. After…

Haiti’s Gangs Engage in Campaigns of Mass Sexual Violence

August 30, 2022 Over fifty women and girls have come forward with harrowing accounts of rape and beatings at the hands of Haiti’s largest gang federation. Gangs engaged in a bloody…

COSIS approves Plan of Action

August 30, 2022 The Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS) approves Plan of Action. Three Heads of Government met virtually on 26 August 2022…

“The Storm Ends” Short Story Book launch

August 26, 2022 The Storm Ends book of short stories from the Caribbean Magazine Plus (CMP) Short Story Contest, 2022 is now available on Amazon as an e-book only. The…