By: Staff Writer May 5, 2023 Fake news and online disinformation along with cyber bullying and cyber violence are plaguing the region as it sinks lower and lower on the…
Category: NEWS AND POLITICS
LOBBY FOR TT TO HOST THE BASEL CONVENTION CENTER TO GET SCRC STATUS
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan May 5, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com There is a current lobby for the Basel Convention Regional Center for the Caribbean, which is located in Trinidad and Tobago, to also…
Privy Council sides with Bahamian Chief Justice on citizenship!
By: Staff Writer May 5, 2023 The Privy Council in the United Kingdom sided with The Bahamas’s Chief Justice on a major citizenship case that now paves the way for…
CEO lauds govt.’s commitment to improving labour
May 5, 2023 The CEO of a regional recruitment service recently expressed optimism about the future of labour relations in the country, if several initiatives the government has alluded to…
CARIBBEAN MINISTERS OF HEALTH COMMIT TO STRENGTHENING NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMMES THROUGH DECLARATION OF NASSAU
May 5, 2023 Caribbean Ministers of Health have committed to evidence-informed measures to strengthen national immunisation programmes through the signing of the “Declaration of Nassau: Reinvigorating the National Immunization Programmes…
CMP Short Story finalists open up!
By: Staff Writer May 2, 2023 The Caribbean Magazine Plus Short Story Contest, 2022 finalists open up to Dr Nicola Hunte on how they developed their prize winning stories. Dr…
Drought threatens Panama Canal!
By: Staff Writer May 2, 2023 The Panama Canal is at risk of drying up due to the severe drought hitting Panama. The drought has forced authorities in Panama to…
Across the Americas, Governments Aim to Rein in Flow of Guns
By: HENRY SHULDINER AND ANASTASIA AUSTIN- Insight Crime May 2, 2023 Latin American leaders are renewing their commitment to confront arms trafficking, but it remains unclear how much of a…
Cocaine and Marijuana Fuel Ever-Higher Homicides in Costa Rica
By: Henry Shuldiner- Insight Crime May 2, 2023 Drugs gangs battling over control of Costa Rica’s cocaine trafficking infrastructure and the domestic marijuana market are fueling an increase in violence…
In Lara, Venezuela, Criminal ‘Colectivos’ Control Public Services
By: VENEZUELA INVESTIGATIVE UNIT- Insight Crime May 2, 2023 “They keep an eye on the transportation and the water. When something is damaged, they work with officials and fix it.…
Hospitality businesses encouraged to recruit online to fill job vacancies
May 2, 2023 With tourism on a rapid rebound in the region, and several hotel partnerships on the table for Guyana in the near future, hospitality, food & beverage and…