Justice for Jonty Amplified at 2023 West Indian Day Parade

Justice for Jonty Amplified at 2023 West Indian Day Parade

Photos courtesy: Caribbean Equality Project   Brooklyn, NYC: On Monday, September 4, 2023, Caribbean Equality Project led a historic Queer Caribbean Liberation Collective contingent that participated in the 2023 West Indian Day Parade. Together with partners, activists, and community members, over 150 marchers amplified Caribbean LGBTQ+ representation while celebrating Caribbean culture, to demand action, accountability, and Justice for Josiah “Jonty” Robinson. An estimated 2.1 […]

Prime Minister Hon Dr. Terrance Drew Celebrates Seniors at Independence Cultural Celebration

Prime Minister Hon Dr. Terrance Drew Celebrates Seniors at Independence Cultural Celebration

Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew addressing the seniors at the Seniors Independence Cultural Celebration at the National Heroes Park Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, September 7, 2023, (Press Secretary, PMO) – Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Hon Dr. Terrance Drew attended the Seniors Independence Cultural Celebration held at the National Heroes Park on Wednesday […]

Message from the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Public Advocacy on the commemoration of 7 September as AU-CARICOM Day

Message from the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Public Advocacy on the commemoration of 7 September as AU-CARICOM Day

By P.J. Patterson | September 6, 2023 The 7 September 2023, marks two years since the first CARICOM-Africa Union (AU) Summit, hosted by Kenya. The first Summit of Heads decided to establish for celebration, the 7 September of every year as Africa-CARICOM Day. The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Public Advocacy strongly supports the opportunity […]

Prospect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action

Prospect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action

By Jorge Heine | August 16, 2023 The kidnapping and subsequent release of U.S. nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter in Haiti in early August 2023 drew brief international attention to crime in the impoverished Caribbean nation. But the truth is that such kidnappings are commonplace for Haitians, and they rarely receive attention from outside the country […]

7 September 2023 is Africa-CARICOM Day

7 September 2023 is Africa-CARICOM Day

August 28, 2023 In keeping with a decision taken at the Inaugural Africa-CARICOM Summit on 7 September 2021 for an annual acknowledgement to signal an ongoing commitment to strengthened relationships, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mark Africa-CARICOM Day on Thursday, 7 September 2023. Following the Summit, the pace of initiatives to strengthen Africa-CARICOM’s cooperation has […]

Pan in Times Square

Pan in Times Square

After years of strenuous diplomatic efforts by Trinidad and Tobago, the United Nations has declared August 11 as World Steelpan Day.  This Official confirmation of the global embrace of the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago is a colossal victory for our country. Trinidad and Tobago, is the birthplace and cradle of the Steelpan, an instrument […]

St. Lucian Dona Regis-Prosper Named First Female Secretary-General and CEO of the Caribbean Tourism Organization

St. Lucian Dona Regis-Prosper Named First Female Secretary-General and CEO of the Caribbean Tourism Organization

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (July 13, 2023) – The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the premier tourism development agency for 25 Caribbean countries and territories, has appointed Dona Regis-Prosper the new Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer. Beginning her assignment on September 1, 2023, Regis-Prosper, who hails from St. Lucia, is set to make history as the first woman […]

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