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…
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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…
OECS Seeks to Scale up and Accelerate Climate Action
April 21, 2023 Climate Change poses an existential threat to the Caribbean and is increasingly impacting the lives of people of the region, in every sphere. With the most recent…
IS CRIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH OR LEGISLATIVE ISSUE?
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan April 18, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com With violent crime being described as an epidemic by Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, and him declaring it as a…
UWI says Jamaica earthquake from Haiti fault line!
By: Staff Writer April 18, 2023 The University of the West Undies Seismic Research Centre said that the Jamaica earthquake this past Saturday is as a result of the same…
Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela
By: Insight Crime April 18, 2023 The black market for gasoline is quickly disappearing in Venezuela’s oil-rich state of Zulia as changing government policies and supply increases chip away at…
CDB Provides Further Support for Saint Lucia’s COVID Recovery Efforts
April 18, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched the Saint Lucia segment of its Safety Nets for Vulnerable Populations Affected by Coronavirus Project, providing a USD5.217 million (mn)…
COP28 President-Designate Calls on G7 Countries to Deliver on a Practical and Inclusive Energy Transition, backed by a New Deal on Climate Finance
April 18, 2023 COP28 President-Designate, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, attending a Joint meeting of G7 Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment called on G7 nations to lead by example…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Samantha Marchan Awarded CDB’s First Procurement Scholarship
April 18, 2023 Trinidad and Tobago national, Samantha Marchan is the recipient of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)’s first scholarship to complete the International Master in Public Procurement Management (IMPPM)…