By Ernesto Sagás | The Conversation Haiti is fast becoming a failed state. Armed gangs control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and have forced the shutdown of the capital’s international airport and gasoline refinery. Most businesses are closed or are being extorted by the gangs. Ordinary Haitians fear for their safety without the umbrella of law and order that only […]
The 2024 Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF 2024) was at the forefront of the agenda during a visit of the Executive Director of Caribbean Export in January 2024. The Caribbean Investment Forum has emerged as the premiere regional forum bringing investors and businesses together to create deals in sectors that can drive regional transformation. During the […]
By Leo Gilling On Thursday, March 14, the Privy Council quashed the Adidja Palmer (VK: Vybz Kartel) case. The London-based court ruled that attempts to bribe the trial jury in the original murder case of Clive “Lizard” Williams made the conviction unsafe. The results of the original conviction we can put aside for now. The […]
Editorial credit: Simlinger / Shutterstock.com By Sir Ronald Sanders When the Foreign Ministers of the world’s wealthiest nations gathered in Brazil on February 21, 2024, Haiti’s dire situation found a brief moment of attention—not on the main agenda but on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro. This sidelining is […]
Photo courtesy: Caribbean Business Report The EU-LAC Digital Accelerator is proud to announce its first call for business partnerships, aiming to foster cross-regional collaborations between Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean in the realm of digital business development. As a leading initiative supported by the European Union and spearheaded by TECNALIA, the accelerator serves as […]
Editorial credit: Mike van Schoonderwalt / Shutterstock.com By Sunita Sohrabji | Ethnic Media Services More than 160 detained migrants have embarked on a hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, following the death of a migrant who had been held there for more than four years. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that […]
By Julia Ainsley | MSN Despite extreme violence, political instability and hunger engulfing Haiti, the United States is continuing to return Haitian migrants interdicted at sea back to the gang-controlled country, to the dismay of Haitian advocates in the U.S. who decry the policy. On Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard stopped 65 Haitians who were trying to flee Haiti […]
By Jake Pearson, illustrations by Dominic Bodden, special to ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. Unchanged diapers. Fees collected for care never given. New York Guardianship Services is often tasked with caring for the “unbefriended,” but records show more than a dozen cases where it failed to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. ProPublica […]
Originally published on 311bankruptcy.com Transforming your financial life can be daunting but breaking it down into manageable steps can make the process much more achievable. It involves significant changes to improve your financial situation, habits, and outlook. Here are some steps you can take to begin this transformation: Assess Your Current Situation: Take stock of […]
Reverend Al Sharpton. Editorial credit: a katz / Shutterstock.com By Kat Stafford and Jayla Whitfield-Anderson | Reuters ATLANTA, March 11 (Reuters) – Much has changed since Wanda Mosley helped galvanize thousands of Black voters across the battleground state of Georgia to help clinch the 2020 general election for U.S. President Joe Biden. Excited to head to […]