Welcome Remarks by The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Chairman of CARICOM | Second Regional Symposium on Crime and Violence

Welcome Remarks by The Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Chairman of CARICOM | Second Regional Symposium on Crime and Violence

By CARICOM | Photo Courtesy of Caricom.org Salutations The Hon Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and Convenor of the Second Regional Symposium on Crime and Violence as a Public Health Issue Dr the Hon Mohamed Irfan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Host Other Heads of Government Dr Carla Barnett, […]

Workers at TJ Maxx and Marshalls are Wearing Police-Like Body Cameras. Here’s How it’s Going

Workers at TJ Maxx and Marshalls are Wearing Police-Like Body Cameras. Here’s How it’s Going

Editorial credit: Mark Roger Bailey / Shutterstock.com By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNN Hourly retail security workers are now wearing police-like body cameras at major stores. Retail giant TJX, the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, said it’s equipping some store employees with body cameras to thwart shoplifting and keep customers and employees safe. TJX finance […]

27th Consle: “Ensuring a Safe and Secure Space for Men’s T20 Cup is a Priority for CARICOM Security Cluster”

27th Consle: “Ensuring a Safe and Secure Space for Men’s T20 Cup is a Priority for CARICOM Security Cluster”

By CARICOM CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 24 May 2024: “Ensuring a safe and secure space for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is a priority for the CARICOM Security Cluster.” This is according to the Honorable Leslie Mondesir, Attorney-General (AG) of Saint Lucia, who is chairing the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the […]

Tackling the Challenge of Gun Violence in Trinidad & Tobago

Tackling the Challenge of Gun Violence in Trinidad & Tobago

By Linda Nwoke Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), a twin-island nation in the Caribbean, also popularly called the twin-republic and described as the land of the hummingbird, calypso, carnival, and steelpan, is grappling with a severe gun violence crisis that has plagued the country for decades. Stories of gang activity, poverty, and illegal firearms cast a […]