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…
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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…
Inflation is the word for 2022!
By: Staff Writer August 26, 2022 The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said that inflation is compounding the problem is getting financing for the Latin…
Jamaica’s public service challenge must be met!
By: Staff Writer August 26, 2022 Nigel Clarke, minister for finance and the public service in Jamaica, said public sector compensation is “too complicated” because there are just so many…
Update on Investigation of the vessel Alfa Nero
August 26, 2022 Antigua and Barbuda’s Foreign Minister, the Honourable E. Paul “Chet” Greene today issued the following further information on the investigation of the Russian-owned Super Yacht, Alfa Nero.…
PRONGHORN INVESTS IN TEN TO ONE CARIBBEAN RUM, FOUNDED BY MARC FARRELL AND CO-OWNED BY GRAMMY-WINNING ARTIST CIARA
August 26, 2022 Inaugural investment kickstarts the company’s initiative to diversify the spirits industry by 2032 and generate $2.4 billion in economic value. Pronghorn announced today its investment in Ten…
OECS DIRECTOR CALLS FOR CELAC TO GET MORE POLITCAL WILL
Caribbean Coverage of the 35th CELAC-CAF International Seminar By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com August 23, 2022 “Give more political muscle to CELAC, as every integration movement is only as strong and…
FAO PUSHES DIGITAL TOOLS FOR BOOSTING TOBAGO AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com August 23, 2022 Its no doubt that climate change has been impacting food production around the world, but measuring just how much it affects produce output…
PAHO: Taxing tobacco does not increase smuggling!
By: Staff Writer August 23, 2022 The Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) said that smuggling of tobacco does not increase with the implementation of higher taxes contrary to popular belief. Anselm Hennis,…
World Bank: Central American schools closed longer than Caribbean schools!
By: Staff Writer August 23, 2022 The World Bank said that school closures during the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic were longer in the Central American countries compared to…
U.S. reports spike in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean
By: Brian Ellsworth; additional reporting by Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince, Editing by Alex Richardson and Richard Pullin (Reuters) August 23, 2022 U.S. authorities have seen a spike in weapons smuggling…