The Caribbean must build sound fiscal, monetary, financial institutions to boost growth
By: The Inter-American Development Bank March 5, 2021 NEW IDB STUDY LAYS OUT SPECIFIC REFORM AGENDAS FOR THE BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, GUYANA, JAMAICA, SURINAME, AND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO To build resilience…
Reversing the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on working women in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: The World Bank March 5, 2021 Working women in Latin America and the Caribbean have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic compared to men. This underscores the need…
CARICOM IMPACS Boosts Intelligence Platform to Fight Illicit Maritime Trade
March 5, 2021 Windward, the Predictive Intelligence company applying AI to transform global maritime trade, announced today that it has partnered with The Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and…
EDITORIAL: COVID-19 messaging is getting blurry again!
I am getting lost on what to be afraid of these days on the COVID-19 pandemic. By far the preeminent voice in the Western World is Dr Anthony Fauci, the…
VIDEO: Devotions led by Archdeacon Keith Cartwright!
Morning Devotions for Tuesday 2nd March, 2021 The Feast of St Chad led by Archdeacon Keith N Cartwright of St Agnes Church Grants Town New Providence.
Bahamian boxer is back in training after horrific injury- “You cannot lie down and die!”
By: Staff Writer March 2, 2021 Tureano Johnson, world title contender in the middleweight division, told Caribbean Magazine Plus that it has been over five months since he suffered that…
Jamaican virtual Jazz and Blues festival has Grammy Award winning talent in its line-up!
By: Staff Writer March 2, 2021 The 25th annual Jamaican Jazz and Blues festival has Grammy Award winning artist Jon Secada headlining this year’s event, which promises to showcase much…
Bunny Wailer dead at 73!
By: Staff Writer March 2, 2021 Legendary Reggae artist, Bunny Wailer, the last member of the group Bob Marley and the Wailers, is dead at 73. Neville Livingston, aka Bunny…
Caribbean businesses go green with new Trade for Sustainable Development Hub
By: Caribbean Export Development Agency March 2, 2021 The Caribbean Export Development Agency becomes one-stop-shop for sustainability related services for businesses. The International Trade Centre (ITC) in collaboration with Caribbean…
CARICOM’s concluding Communique after Heads of Government meeting held in February.
By: CARICOM March 2, 2021 The Thirty-Second Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on 24-25 February 2021. The Prime…
CARICOM Member States to benefit from additional training in the use of e-procurement system
By: CARICOM MRCH 2, 2021 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be exposed to further capacity building in the use of online systems for executing procurement when they participate in…
PANCAP launches social contracting toolkit to boost HIV response during COVID-19
By: CARICOM March 2, 2021 The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic,…