August 31, 2021 A team of researchers working under the umbrella non-profit Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) this week called The Bahamas “the world’s greatest living laboratory” for the study…
Category: CARIBBEAN NEWS AND POLITICS
Reggae Great, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, dies
By: Abka Fitz-Henley August 31, 2021 Renowned Jamaican music pioneer, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is dead. He died on Sunday morning at the Noel Holmes Hospital in western Jamaica. He had been battling…
CARICOM congratulates Trinidad and Tobago on its 59th Independence Anniversary
August 31, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated the Government and People of Trinidad and Tobago on the country’s fifty-ninth anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 31 August…
Statement from Bureau Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
August 31, 2021 The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Session on Friday 27 August 2021 to discuss the political and humanitarian situation…
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ida to pass Cuba Friday, may strike Gulf Coast as category 2
August 27, 2021 Tropical Storm Ida has formed near Jamaica, and it could threaten Cuba and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a category 2 hurricane ahead of a Gulf…
Saint James School of Medicine Appoints New Dean of Clinical Sciences
August 27, 2021 Saint James School of Medicine has announced that as of August 1, 2021, Dr. Devang Gujarathi will be the new Dean of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Gujarathi is…
T.D. Jakes’ Humanitarian Arm Forms Partnership To Aid Haitian Earthquake Victims
August 27, 2021 United Mega Care, the humanitarian group of The Potter’s House, is teaming up with New York-area Perfecting Faith Church and Tabernacle of Glory in Miami to provide…
C24 Caribbean Regional Seminar at Saint John, Dominica
August 27, 2021 The Special Committee on Decolonization is holding the 2021 Caribbean Regional Seminar in the Parish of Saint John, Dominica, from Wednesday 25 to 27 August 2021, within…
The 200 year plus Imperialist War against Haiti continues- Moise assassination is an extension of that.
By: Staff Writer August 24, 2021 Assassinated Haitian president Jovenel Moise was a victim of the imperialist war against Haiti as he was taken out by oligarchic forces in Haiti…
Thompson-Herah romps to victory in Richardson comeback
August 24, 2021 Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah scored an emphatic 100m victory over the returning Sha’Carri Richardson at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon on Saturday. Jamaican star Thompson-Herah powered over…
AT THE OAS, CARICOM OUTLINES HELP TO HAITI, CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO TURN WORDS TO ACTION
August 24, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says “there is an urgent need for the entire global community to respond swiftly and meaningfully to the dire situation of the Haitian…