Regional

On Tuesday, October 8, I went to a meeting at the World Bank and listened with growing disappointment to a presentation on Taxing Wealth for Equity and Growth, supposedly focused …

For the first time in its history, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has established a dedicated regional office. It will be located in The Bahamas …

Hundreds of passengers were stranded in the French Caribbean island of Martinique on Friday after its airport was briefly forced to close because protesters overran the tarmac and tried to …

On the 48th anniversary of the Cubana Airlines bombing off the coast of Barbados, Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM David Comissiong called for justice, solidarity, and global peace.   The commemoration, …

Scores of people including three infants were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday. Members of the …

British Virgin Islands Deputy Premier Lorna Smith has responded to reports that popular Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel is being contracted by the government to perform in the country later …

The United Nations -designated expert on Human Rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, ended a visit to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country on Friday with a warning that the human …

The newly formed Caribbean Association for Probation and Parole (CAPP) has embarked on an ambitious initiative to standardise probation services across the region, in a bid towards modernising the region’s …

Three more young Barbadian creatives are benefitting from specialised training courses in Havana, Cuba.   Aisha Comissiong and Kemal Marshall are participating in a course on popular Cuban dances, while …