Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn (the Diocese) to address its years of mismanaging clergy sexual abuse cases and for failing to uphold the policies and procedures it adopted for investigating and responding to abuse complaints. Instead, […]
By Department of Public Information Guyana has supported calls for a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This position was confirmed by Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Hon. Oneidge Walrond, as she addressed delegates at the Opening of the Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in Geneva, […]
By Judana Murphy | Jamaica Information Service Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is urging members of the diaspora to “come home” for the 10th Jamaica Diaspora Conference from June 16 to 19. The 2024 conference, which is the first in-person forum in five years, will […]
In the XXXVII CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States enjoyed significant representation, with Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines all figuring in the medal count. Over four days of competition at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau, The Bahamas, some 500 athletes from 25 […]
By Andrew Dawkins | BBC News A fundraiser has been set up to help pay funeral costs and settle the financial affairs of a man who died after accepting payment from the Windrush compensation scheme (WCS). Anthony Williams, of Birmingham, had been incorrectly told he was living in the UK illegally. along with thousands of other […]
By Julie Carrington | Barbados Government Information Service Minister in Economic Affairs and Investment, Senator Chad Blackman, is suggesting that Barbados, as a mature tax jurisdiction, must continue to be a “beacon” in the Americas. He stated this today while delivering the feature address at the Barbados Revenue Authority’s Global Tax Update hybrid session at […]
Editorial credit: Debbie Ann Powell / Shutterstock.com By Linda Hohnholz | eTurboNews Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has emphasized the critical role that travel advisors play in advancing the growth of Jamaica’s tourism. Speaking at a special luncheon to honor top travel advisors in Northeast America, the Minister reflected on the effort and dedication […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) – The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcome the news today of the publication of the decree establishing the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti. The establishment of the nine-member broad-based, politically inclusive Council signals the possibility of a new beginning for Haiti. CARICOM has supported Haiti, its […]
BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis, April 12, 2024 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Prime Minister the Honorable Dr. Terrance Drew has been invited to participate in the panel for the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit in Miami, Florida. Now in its eighth year, the 2024 Concordia Americas Summit will provide the leading nonpartisan, public-private sector forum in the […]
NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga today celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the city’s landmark Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law. The law, which went into effect in April 2014, was historic in its scope, and now offers more than 3.8 million employees the legal right to […]