The Bahamas Advances Creation of Social and Inclusive Blue Economy using IDB Guarantee
February 22, 2022 The Bahamas will advance in creating a social and inclusive blue economy with a $200 million Policy-Based Guarantee (PBG) approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This operation will finance…
CARICOM Secretariat staff to train Antigua and Barbuda Immigration Officials on the procedures for movement of CARICOM Nationals and facilitation of travel
February 22, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is this week training Antigua and Barbuda Immigration Officials on the movement of CARICOM nationals and the facilitation of travel. The online…
Colombia to Host XII Week of Citizen Security and Justice
February 22, 2022 The government of the Republic of Colombia, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and strategic partners, including the National Police of Colombia (PNC), Colombia’s University of Los Andes…
Scaling-up Support to Suriname
February 22, 2022 Suriname – located in the north-eastern coast of South America, is one of the fifteen countries that make up CARIFORUM and has been the location for our…
Jamaica Works to Maintain its Hard-won Economic Stability
IMF Western Hemisphere Department February 22, 2022 Prior to the pandemic, Jamaica had successfully stabilized the economy, turning a fiscal deficit of 11 percent of GDP in 2009 into a 1…
IDB Approved $85M Package of Investment Loans for Suriname
February 22, 2022 $85 MILLION SUPPORT PACKAGE COMPRISES THREE INVESTMENT LOANS FOR CRITICAL SECTORS PROJECTS WILL ADDRESS KEY SOCIAL CHALLENGES AND AIM TO DIRECTLY IMPROVE CITIZENS’ QUALITY OF LIFE The…
CARICOM SG congratulates Saint Lucia on 43rd Independence Anniversary
February 22, 2022 CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has congratulated Saint Lucia on its Forty-Third Independence Anniversary which it celebrates on 22 February 2022. Dr. Barnett’s congratulatory message to Saint…
EDITORIAL: The CMP Short Story Contest has come to an end!
February 18, 2022 Dear readers, the editorial board at the Caribbean Magazine Plus wishes to thank all of those that entered into our first ever Short Story Contest that came…
AUDIO: Devotions led by Archdeacon Earl Hepburn
February 18, 2022 Devotions led by Archdeacon Earl Hepburn, Church of The Ascension, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CAKE
By: Kedra Holmes Bahamian Cook Nook Shortcake: 3 1/2 C all-purpose flour 1/2 C granulated sugar 5 Tsp. baking powder 1/2 Tsp. salt 1 C cold butter, cut in pieces …
COMMENTARY: US-Caribbean relations more than China and Russia
By Sir Ronald Sanders February 18, 2022 There has been a troubling development in relations between the U.S. and the 14 independent nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In the…
TRINIDAD INEXLICABLY PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS FOR HOURS!
By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com February 18, 2022 Trinidad spend most of Wednesday in the dark, as the entire island experienced a total blackout starting a little after lunch. Traffic lights…