New grant of US$13.9m supports biodiversity conservation, strengthens Caribbean Islands organisations

September 7, 2021 Helping communities conserve biodiversity, build resilience to climate change and pursue sustainable development will be the focus of a new five-year, US$13.9 million grant-making and capacity-building program…

Statement by White House Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson Symone Sanders on Vice President Kamala Harris’s Conversation with Partnership for Central America Leaders Ajay Banga and Jonathan Fantini Porter

September 7, 2021 Today, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Ajay Banga, Executive Chairman of Mastercard and Board Member of the Partnership for Central America (PCA) and Jonathan Fantini Porter,…

The Innovative Caribbean Disaster Fighters NFT Collection Is Here

September 7, 2021 The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), has partnered with SuperWorld, a virtual world in Augmented Reality (AR), for the first time, to release the NFT “Caribbean…

UPDATE: CMP’s Poetry Contest 2021 finalists

September 3, 2021 I know all of you are waiting for the results to be announced for the inaugural Caribbean Magazine Plus Poetry Contest, 2021 as much as we are.…

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line bullies its way on to disputed land despite ongoing court proceedings- Local entrepreneur is furious!

By: Staff Writer September 3, 2021 Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) is heating up its bullying campaign against a local entrepreneur over disputed crown land on Paradise Island, The Bahamas.…

JAMAICA: This award winning Catholic boy with a love for architecture and art dazzles the fashion world

By: Staff Writer September 3, 2021 An award winning Jamaican fashion designer started off firefighting to now lighting up the fashion world with dazzling pieces, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Moses…

US Warns Against Travel To These Caribbean Countries

September 3, 2021 The US State Department and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are urging U.S. travellers not to travel to three Caribbean countries because of the risks…

Social media marketing is beating the COVID-19 economic slump on book sales!

By: Staff Writer August 31, 2021 A Trinidadian author had to up her social media marketing to beat the COVID-19 drag on book sales and it is paying off. Shellyann…

Sunfinity Helps to Spread the Sunshine in Haiti

August 31, 2021 As recent natural disasters, from hurricanes to earthquakes, illustrate, Haiti is an island that faces great challenges – and even basic infrastructure is frequently compromised. But with…

Int’l Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Declares Bahamas “World’s Living Lab” for Bonefish

August 31, 2021 A team of researchers working under the umbrella non-profit Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) this week called The Bahamas “the world’s greatest living laboratory” for the study…

Reggae Great, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, dies

By: Abka Fitz-Henley August 31, 2021 Renowned Jamaican music pioneer, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is dead. He died on Sunday morning at the Noel Holmes Hospital in western Jamaica. He had been battling…

CARICOM congratulates Trinidad and Tobago on its 59th Independence Anniversary

August 31, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Trinidad and Tobago on the country’s fifty-ninth anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 31 August…