By: Staff Writer March 28, 2025 United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Jamaica on Wednesday, emphasizing the strong bilateral relationship based on shared values and mutual interests. Key…
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Trump threatens tariffs for countries that buy Venezuelan oil
By: Staff Writer March 28, 2025 US President Donald Trump posted on the social media platform, Truth Social, that he would sign an executive order imposing 25 percent tariffs on…
World Water Day: “Every action taken in Haiti to protect the environment contributes to saving the glaciers”
March 28, 2025 Helvetas Haiti and its partners are celebrating World Water Day with a series of activities in Marigot to raise awareness about water management and the impacts of…
U.S. Secretary Of State For CARICOM Meeting; Guyana, Suriname Visit
March 25, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to travel to the Caribbean again this week, but this time its for a series of high-level meetings with…
PRELIMINARY REPORT CARICOM Election Observation Mission to Curaçao General Elections held on 21 March 2025
March 25, 2025 By way of letter dated February 11, 2025, Dr. Richeline C. Joe, President of the Supreme Election Council of Curaçao (SEC), invited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to…
Dominica Police fire tear gas on protesters
By: Staff Writer March 21, 2025 Protests in Dominica hit a fever pitch on Thursday as police hurl tear gas on protestors who came out against controversial electoral reform Bills…
Caribbean leaders scramble to comply with Trump request on Cuban doctors
By: Staff Writer March 21, 2025 Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves says his government is gathering information requested by US authorities on Cuban medical workers…
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Praises Bonaire Delegation for Courage and Dedication at 12th Annual Garifuna Conference at UWI SVG
March 21, 2025 The Garifuna Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Global Campus in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), hosted a historic event celebrating…
Twenty year old woman remanded for brutal child slaying in Antigua
By: Staff Writer March 18, 2025 Twenty year old Angela Mejia was remanded to His Majesty’s Prison in Antigua (HMPA), charged with the brutal slaying a missing nine year old,…
Trump targets Cuban doctors and sanctions Caribbean countries that use them
By: Staff Writer March 18, 2025 Several Caribbean countries have written to the US State Department asking for a clarification on yellow list travel bans due to hiring Cuban doctors.…
Did El Salvador’s Gang Truce Lead to More Violence?
By: Insight Crime March 18, 2025 In the latest of a series of academic articles, two scholars add to mounting evidence that gang truces may provide a short-term reprieve from…
Better economic alternatives needed to stem drug trade in LAC
By: Staff Writer March 14, 2025 The International Crisis Group, conflict monitoring group, said that better policing and better economic alternatives are part solutions to stemming the violence from the…