By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 27, 2022 While many nations often come up to the United Nations’ General Assembly to come and complain, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has…
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TT FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER REAFFIRMS ITS MEMBERSHIP TO UN ON REPUBLIC DAY ANNIVERSARY
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 27, 2022 Twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago might have celebrated 46 years since becoming a republic but its Foreign Affairs Minister Dr.Amery Browne…
Dominican Republic Takes Tentative Measures against Haiti Gangs
September 27, 2022 Officials in the Dominican Republic have made a series of moves this year to try and prevent a spillover of Haitian organized crime, yet they do not…
Colombia’s President Petro Challenges US Anti-Drug Policy in UN Speech
September 27, 2022 The new president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, lambasted the US’ decades-long war on drugs in Latin America in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, confirming…
Regional environmental negotiators in preparations for COP15
September 27, 2022 Environmental officials from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic participated recently in a training workshop in Saint Lucia as the Region continues preparations…
CDB Approves USD4.4 Million Loan to Improve COVID Health Care Response in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
September 27, 2022 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of approximately USD4.4 million (mn) for the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) to improve the…
TCI may get CCRIF payout for Fiona
By: Staff Writer September, 2022 The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says that the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) may get a payout for Hurricane Fiona depending on the…
GUYANA PRESIDENT HITS HARD ON GLOBAL SCALE AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 23, 2022 Requests temporary membership to security council, calls for equality in climate financing, refrains voting against Russia Human rights violations. Guyana President Dr Mohammed…
80 percent of climate losses in Caribbean cities
By: Staff Writer September 23, 2022 The World Bank says that five Caribbean countries rank in the top 20 in terms of fatalities per capita with regard to extreme weather…
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) awards US$1.1M in grants for Caribbean conservation
September 23, 2022 The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) has awarded US$1.1million in grants to four civil society organisations working in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. The grants to the…
Civil society calls for role in forest budgeting in Jamaica
September 23, 2022 Civil society organisations in Jamaica are calling on government agencies to involve them in the budgeting process for the forest sector, given the important contribution that CSOs…
Caribbean’s ability to cope with change Depends upon broad-based innovation
September 23, 2022 How can the Caribbean better deal with change and continue to develop? That depends on the investment made in its people and their ability to innovate in…