By :Juergen T Steinmetz |eturbonews.com |Photo courtesy:eturbonews.com Most Caribbean nations rely on income from the travel and tourism industry, with the United States by far having the highest number of arrivals. The extra-judicial killings by the U.S. military against alleged drug smugglers in these otherwise peaceful waters of the Caribbean Sea are a direct threat […]
By Janet Howard Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica is under siege as Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of 2025 and one of the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, barrels toward the island with catastrophic Category 5 winds topping 175 mph. The monster storm, which underwent explosive intensification within just 24 hours, now poses an existential […]
Photo credit: PP/IQ Inc Click here to listen to message Kingston, Jamaica, September 23, 2025 – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, has confirmed the safe return of Jamaican national Orville Etoria, who was repatriated yesterday (September 22) from the Kingdom of Eswatini with the assistance of the […]
By: OECS Media Release | pressroom.oecs.int The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission extends heartfelt congratulations to the Government and people of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the occasion of the nation’s 42nd Anniversary of Independence, celebrated under the theme “Perpetual Progress – A Sustainable Future in View.” In his remarks on this momentous […]
By: Mary Campbell | Editorial credit: Luigi W Morris / Shutterstock.com Brooklyn’s Little Haiti is experiencing heightened fear and uncertainty as federal immigration policies shift, particularly regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals. The neighborhood, long recognized as a hub of Haitian culture and resilience, is now gripped by anxiety over potential deportations, community […]
By: caricom.org Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States—Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—are on track to implement full Free Movement among themselves from 1 October this year. By implementing the full free movement regime, these four countries have agreed to grant their nationals the right to enter, leave and re-enter, move freely, […]
BY: paho.org 77% of countries lack national strategies to prevent drowning—a leading cause of death among young children and older adults. Washington, D.C., 15 September 2025 (PAHO) – Drowning remains a significant and largely unaddressed public health crisis in the Americas, with new analyses from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) revealing that 77% of countries lack national […]
Photo: CTO Sharon Banfield-Bovell, CTO’s Director of Resource Mobilization and Development CTO Regional Tourism Youth Congress Returns at SOTIC 2025 in Barbados BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (September 8, 2025) – The highly anticipated Regional Tourism Youth Congress, organized by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Tourism and International Transport and Barbados […]
By:caricom.org |Photo courtesy: Caricom press “What was once a devastating tragedy for our people – the Atlantic Slave Trade – should now be translated into the Atlantic Bridge, a bridge of hope, a bridge of advancement, a bridge that will ensure that our people take their rightful place in this world.” This sentiment was expressed […]
By:Caricom.org |Photo courtesy: CARICOM Press (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On Saturday, 6 September, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, engaged with Caribbean nationals living in Ethiopia. The engagement took place on the eve of CARICOM-Africa Day and, one day before Heads of Government from CARICOM and Africa convened for their second […]