February 5, 2024 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development of Grenada and has the honour to request that…
Category: NEWS AND POLITICS
Kenyan president: Haiti mission to proceed despite court order
By: Staff Writer February 2, 2024 Kenya is pushing ahead with plans to lead a U.N.-approved security mission to Haiti, despite a court in Nairobi last week blocking the deployment,…
Caribbean Matters: The fight against Black hair discrimination meets the Puerto Rican Senate
February 2, 2024 We’ve all seen the stories by now: Black students are punished for their hair again and again, while Black men and Black women encounter bias in the workplace when the hair that grows from their…
Barbudans launch new environmental legal fight in Caribbean against wealthy developers
February 2, 2024 Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents and wealthy foreigners seeking to develop…
Bahamas Mangrove Alliance Celebrates World Wetlands Day 2024
February 2, 2024 Today, the Bahamas Mangrove Alliance (BMA) proudly commemorates World Wetlands Day (February 2, 2024), a global occasion that not only celebrates the significance of wetland ecosystems but…
OECS Continues to Strengthen the Free Movement of Persons Regime
February 2, 2024 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has commenced a series of country missions to the Protocol Member States. Between November 5 to December 7, 2023,…
OECS Opposes Additional Powers for UK Governor in the BVI
February 2, 2024 In response to the current situation in the British Virgin Islands, Heads of Government of the OECS: Noted with alarming concern, the evolving situation in the British…
US State Department warns against travel to Bahamas
By: Staff Writer January 30, 2024 The United States Department of State has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for travelers planning on going to the Bahamas. The state department…
US hit Venezuela with more sanctions!
By: Staff Writer January 31, 2024 The United States reimposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector ealier this week after the South American country’s top court this past Friday upheld a…
Statement from the OAS General Secretariat on Recent Events in Venezuela
January 30, 2024 The recent actions of the Venezuelan dictatorship of prosecution and political imprisonment of opponents, especially those linked to the majority opposition leadership, have made it clear that…
I took my children to the Caribbean to live free from British racism, and have never looked back
By: Zoe Smith January 30, 2024 As falls from grace go, spending your 38th birthday packing boxes in an Amazon warehouse is pretty high up there. If that sounds terribly…
Migrant caravan disappears en-route to US
By: Staff Writer January 26, 2024 A caravan of over 500 migrants seeking to cross into the U.S. vanished before reaching the border, Guatemalan officials said Monday. The caravan originated…