President Ali’s interview with BBC News on the Guyana Venezuela Border Controversy
Ex-DEA Informant Pleads Guilty to Role in Killing Haitian President
Editorial credit: Gregory Reed / Shutterstock.com By Sarah Morland and Kylie Madry (Reuters) -Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on Tuesday became the fourth person to plead guilty in a U.S. court for his role in the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president that left a destabilizing power vacuum. A […]
Jamaica Wins Tourism Awards in Dubai, as Bartlett Presents Resilience Awards
Photo: eTurboNews By Linda Hohnholz Minister Bartlett also as Founder and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC), a thinktank based in Jamaica, handed out five Global Tourism Resilience Awards to two major Middle East corporations and three countries. Jamaica was awarded, “World’s Best Family Destination” and “World’s Best Cruise Destination” […]
Vincentian Atiba Edwards Named President and CEO of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Photo courtesy: Brooklyn Children’s Museum Watch the interview with President and CEO of Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Atiba T. Edwards, here. Edwards Formerly Served as BCM’s Chief Operating Officer Before Becoming its 12th President (Brooklyn, NY)— The Brooklyn Children’s Museum today announced the appointment of Atiba T. Edwards as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) […]
Late Henry Kissinger Blamed for Deaths of Thousands
Editorial credit: Truba7113 / Shutterstock.com By Randall Yip | December 4, 2023 | Ethnic Media Services Depending on who you ask, Henry Kissinger will be remembered as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and peace maker. Others consider him a war criminal responsible for the deaths of countless Cambodians. The former Secretary of State and National […]
Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Are Told to Champion Their Success
Editorial credit: Nelson Antoine / Shutterstock.com Fifty-eight successful participants of Cohort 2 of the Entrepreneurs Business Builder (EBB) program graduated in a moving virtual ceremony hosted by Republic Bank in collaboration with EBB partner BDP Associates. The program, themed “Championing HER Success,” was launched earlier this year on International Women’s Day. More than 500 women […]
Ross Gardner is the New President of St Lucia’s Chamber of Commerce
Photo courtesy: Caribbean Business Report The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce has a new president. He is Ross Gardner, the Managing Director of Carasco and Son. He served as 1st Vice-President on the previous board. The new 1st Vice President is Nicholas Barnard, Managing Director St. Lucia Linen. The 2nd Vice President is Jason King, […]
Remembering the Rise and Fall of Grenada’s New JEWEL Movement
Photo credit: Government of Grenada By Bill Fletcher, Jr. | December 4, 2023 As Former Press Secretary to Maurice Bishop, Don Rojas witnessed the triumphs and eventual ousting of Grenada’s socialist experiment by US invasion. In 1979 a socialist revolution under the leadership of the New Jewel Movement took power in Grenada. For the next […]
FDNY Canceled a Dozen Inspections, Including at a Brooklyn Public School, to Fast Track City Hall VIP
By Greg B. Smith | December 3, 2023 The pressure from Mayor Eric Adams’ team to fast-track an FDNY inspection of a 77-story office tower at Hudson Yards triggered the cancelation of fire inspections for a dozen non-VIP New Yorkers, including an overcrowded, racially diverse public school in Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights. In the spring of […]
The Caribbean is the Solution to Climate Change
Photo: eturbonews By Juergen T Steinmetz | December 2, 2023 The host, the UAE, made sure delegates were focused on climate change, and not on the two wars raging at the same time. Today Minister Bartlett delivered his keynote address at the Latin American and Caribbean Development Bank ( CAF) session, making it official in his […]