February 3, 2023 Responding to a request from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), through the Department for Electoral…
Category: NEWS AND POLITICS
New model of policing needed for Caribbean!
By: Staff Writer January 31, 2023 A former Deputy Commissioner of Police of Barbados, turned author, says that the proliferation of guns and drugs brought about by the illicit drug…
GORDON ROHLEHR, has died.
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan January 31, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com The Caribbean has lost another great son, Professor Emeritus Gordon Rohlehr, who died at the age of 80. His profound grasp and explanation…
Jamaica Seizing Ever-Larger Cocaine Shipments from Colombia
By: Gavin Voss, Insight Crime January 31, 2023 An increase in the size of cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests that the island is playing a stronger role in international drug…
Otoniel Pleads Guilty: Farewell to Colombia’s Last Kingpin
By: Insight Crime January 31, 2023 Otoniel, the fallen head of the Urabeños crime syndicate, has pleaded guilty to a raft of crimes in New York. His trial marks the…
Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar
By: Gavin Voss, Insight Crime January 31, 2023 As American-made guns continue to be Caribbean gangs’ primary source of weapons, heads of government are demanding that the US do more…
CARICOM Statement on Haiti Violence
January 31, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned that the contrasting incidents involving the Haitian national Police indicate the severity of the challenges that the police face as…
FAO: Food security has “worsened” in the LAC
By: Staff Writer January 27, 2023 The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), in their latest “Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022,”said that hunger, food insecurity, child overweight and…
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY STATEMENT ON HAITI
January 27, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes the efforts made by various groups of Haitian stakeholders to negotiate political accords since 2021 to contribute to resolving the protracted political…
The African market has the biggest opportunities for black people!
By: Staff Writer January 28, 2023 A British/Guyanese tea manufacturer sets his eyes on the African continent for the further growth of his tea empire, truly taking it global. Mark…
$12.8m vanished from Usain Bolt’s account in fraud
By: Staff Writer January 24, 2023 Lawyers for eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt say more than $12.8m is missing from his account with a Jamaican investment firm now under…