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…

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…