By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com April 25, 2023 If ever you mention the musical genre ‘calypso’ around the world, the first name that usually is mentioned by non-Caribbean folks that comes…
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EID MUBARAK to the CARIBBEAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com April 25, 2023 This weekend the Muslim community in the Caribbean observed Eid-ul-Fitr, following the month of fasting, called Ramadan. This is known as the ninth month of…
BVI: With Lorna Smith, VIP forms a government
April 25, 2023 Following the revelation Monday night that the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) did not gain enough wins for a clear majority, electeds entered closed-door discussions on forming…
Mob kills 13 suspected Haiti gangsters with gas-soaked tires
April 25, 2023 A mob in the Haitian capital beat and burned 13 suspected gang members to death with gasoline-soaked tires Monday after pulling the men from police custody at…
GSI SKN Inc and US-based NABCEP launch Caribbean hub for solar energy training
April 25, 2023 On 27th March this year Dr. Wayne E. Archibald, Executive Director, Green Solutions International SKN Incorporated (GSI), signed an exclusive international partnership agreement with Shawn O’Brien, President…
World Maritime University and the OECS Work Together to Advance the Blue Economy
April 25, 2023 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), in collaboration with the World Maritime University (WMU), lead by the WMU – Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute team based in…
CDB and Jamaican Government hand over Epworth Road to the Community
April 25, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of Jamaica on Friday officially handed over 3.1 km of rehabilitated road to the almost 200 persons living in…
A former top COP dismisses regional crime symposium as “rubbish.”
By: Staff Writer April 21, 2023 A former Deputy Commissioner of Police for Barbados blasted the most recent Caribbean Crime Symposium as “rubbish,” arguing that they have not addressed any…
DECLARATION BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT WAR ON GUNS
April 21, 2023 We the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-18, 2023, on the occasion of the…
DECLARATION BY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON CRIME AND VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE
April 21, 2022 We the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-18, 2023, on the occasion of the…
OAS Signs Agreement to Observe June 25 Elections in Guatemala
April 21, 2023 Secretary General Almagro thanked the Government of Guatemala for its invitation to observe the elections and emphasized that sending the mission reaffirms the hemispheric institution’s commitment to…
The OECS Business Council and The CARICOM Private Sector Organization formalizes relationship with MOU Signing
April 21, 2023 The OECS Business Council (OBC) and the Caricom Private Sector Organization (CPSO) have entered into a new cooperation agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding…