By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com In the midst of turmoil and a natural disaster erupting with La Soufriere at St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the hard-working team of the UWI Seismic…
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Maurice A. Ferré Foundation gift $7.5m to establish Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership at FIU
April 20, 2021 The Maurice A. Ferré Foundation has announced a $2m gift to Florida International University and pledged to raise additional funds, totalling $5.55m, for the university to establish…
Bahamian Olympic Committee head says athletes resilient- will be professional during COVID-19 restrictions for Olympics.
By: Staff Writer April 16, 2021 Head of the Bahamas Olympic Committee says that athletes are resilient, they understand the COVID-19 restrictions that will be placed on them for the…
Holness: Drop the foolishness, we are trying to save your life.
By: Staff Writer April 16, 2021 Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, in a passionate speech earlier this week warns Jamaicans to take the COVID-19 virus serious and that the government…
New details shed light on Gaetz’s Bahamas trip
By: Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon April 16, 2021 The group took off for their Bahamas weekend getaway on three separate flights. Most of the passengers, which included at least…
Haitian government resigns- change to tackle insecurity in crippled country
April 16, 2021 Haiti’s government has resigned and a new prime minister has been appointed, President Jovenel Moise announced on Wednesday, saying the change was aimed at tackling insecurity in…
Researchers denounce revived theory of Caribbean cannibalism
April 16, 2021 In January 2020, a prestigious scientific journal published a paper that revived a long-discredited theory, first suggested by the explorer Christopher Columbus: A group of marauding cannibals…
World Bank Provides US$20M for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Response to La Soufrière Eruption
April 16, 2021 The World Bank disbursed US$20m to support the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ response to the crisis posed by the La Soufrière volcano eruption. The…
Taiwan allies for medical capacity building in the Caribbean
April 16, 2021 Taiwan inks an MoU on disaster management and medical capacity building in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean ally on April 13, 2021. The ally…
Police brutality continues in Dominica, protestor beaten, shot and taken away.
By: Staff Writer April 13, 2021 A large protest turned violent as police in Dominica clashed with bus drivers this week, one man shot with rubber bullet taken away after…
SVG’s La Soufriere will have “ongoing explosive eruptions,” says lead expert- Does not predict end as pyroclastic flows now pouring out of volcano.
By: Staff Writer April 13, 2021 St Vincent and the Grenadines La Soufriere volcano will continue to have eruptions says lead expert on the ground as pyroclastic flows now pouring…
Statement from the CDB President on the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
April 13, 2021 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) joins with the regional and international community in expressing our solidarity and best wishes to the Government and People of St. Vincent…