By: Staff Writer February 2, 2024 Kenya is pushing ahead with plans to lead a U.N.-approved security mission to Haiti, despite a court in Nairobi last week blocking the deployment,…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Caribbean Matters: The fight against Black hair discrimination meets the Puerto Rican Senate
February 2, 2024 We’ve all seen the stories by now: Black students are punished for their hair again and again, while Black men and Black women encounter bias in the workplace when the hair that grows from their…
Barbudans launch new environmental legal fight in Caribbean against wealthy developers
February 2, 2024 Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the latest environmental legal fight between angry residents and wealthy foreigners seeking to develop…
Bahamas Mangrove Alliance Celebrates World Wetlands Day 2024
February 2, 2024 Today, the Bahamas Mangrove Alliance (BMA) proudly commemorates World Wetlands Day (February 2, 2024), a global occasion that not only celebrates the significance of wetland ecosystems but…
OECS Continues to Strengthen the Free Movement of Persons Regime
February 2, 2024 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has commenced a series of country missions to the Protocol Member States. Between November 5 to December 7, 2023,…
OECS Opposes Additional Powers for UK Governor in the BVI
February 2, 2024 In response to the current situation in the British Virgin Islands, Heads of Government of the OECS: Noted with alarming concern, the evolving situation in the British…
US State Department warns against travel to Bahamas
By: Staff Writer January 30, 2024 The United States Department of State has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for travelers planning on going to the Bahamas. The state department…
I took my children to the Caribbean to live free from British racism, and have never looked back
By: Zoe Smith January 30, 2024 As falls from grace go, spending your 38th birthday packing boxes in an Amazon warehouse is pretty high up there. If that sounds terribly…
Have conversations with paintings, not just hold the essence.
By: Staff Writer January 23, 2024 A new anthology on Caribbean paintings will launch this coming Saturday in Trinidad and Tobago that seeks to share knowledge with the general reader.…
Dominican Republic to vote May 19: Former Prez seeks power for fourth time!
By: Staff Writer January 23, 2023 The Dominican Republic heads to the polls on May 19 for its Presidential elections with three top contenders vying for the top spot, one…
Bahamas: Shark attack boy was in resort shark tank
By: Staff Writer January 19, 2024 A 10-year-old boy from Maryland was bitten by a shark while on vacation in the Bahamas on Monday. The Royal Bahamas Police Force said the attack…
Saint Kitts and Nevis Assumes Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development
January 19, 2024 The Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the Organization of American States (OAS), Jacinth Henry-Martin, assumed today the Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral…