August 15, 2023 The CARICOM Secretariat joins the world in celebrating steelpan on 11 August which has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as World Steelpan Day. We…
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Bahamian MP resigns on sex assault rap: Out on $9k bail
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A Bahamian legislator was forced to resign as a parliamentary secretary because of being formally charged in the courts for sexual assault. Kirk Cornish,…
Disgrace on Venezuelan migrants in COVID-hold in Trinidad!
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A lawyer for one of the formerly detained Venezuelan migrants at the Chaguaramas Heliport says it is a “disgrace” that the Trinidadian government has…
Report of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, to the Permanent Council on the situation in the Republic of Guatemala
August 11, 2023 It is impossible to start today without referring to the murder of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador and how the enemy of democracy is organized crime and drug…
El Salvador’s Gangbusters
By: Staff Writer August 8, 2023 With El Salvador’s presidential election slated for next year February, its President, Nayib Bukele is seeking a second term on the strength of his…
UN backed $6.5m project on early warning systems for Caribbean hurricanes
By: Staff Writer August 8, 2023 The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) completed a project for early warning systems…
The Shattered Mafia Behind Criminal Chaos in Zulia, Venezuela
By: Insight Crime August 8, 2023 Over Carnival weekend, as families crowded into Maracaibo’s small, air-conditioned shops, gunmen got off their motorbikes, entered a butcher’s shop, and without uttering a…
CARICOM Statement on Multi-National Force to support Haiti
August 8, 2023 The Caribbean Community welcomes the decision taken by the Governments of The Bahamas and Jamaica to join Kenya to contribute to a multi-national force in the Republic…
CARICOM congratulates Jamaica on its Sixty-First Anniversary of Independence
August 8, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Jamaica on attaining its Sixty-First Anniversary of Independence. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett extended the Community’s congratulations to the Prime Minister…
Bahamas joins Kenya to send 1,500 troops to Haiti
By: Staff Writer August 4, 2023 The Bahamas joins with Kenya to send troops to Haiti amid the civil unrest in that island nation. In a release to the media…
US warns against travel to Haiti as American nurse and daughter kidnapped
By: Staff Writer August 1, 2023 The United States is warning its citizens about travelling to Haiti as a result of the recent kidnapping of an American nurse and her…