The CSME—a slow pace toward integration or a much-needed turbo boost?

At the recently concluded 49th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, which took place in Jamaica this year, something remarkable happened. Four Caricom member states took the bold step to embrace full, free movement of their citizens...

What does Hispanic Heritage Month mean to students, faculty?

The flags of Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua represent the diverse group interviewed. (Image by Jo Douglas) Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. This is due to the multiple...

Concerns over full free movement

The Barbados Bar Association (BBA) is seeking clarification on the legal status of the just implemented full free movement initiative between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines. In a media release yesterday, BBA, which is...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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Unitedville Family Speaks Out After Wrongful Murder Accusation

Tonight, we bring you the story of a man who says he was wrongfully accused in the murder of Police Constable Oswald Young Senior. The incident has sparked strong reactions. The Ministry of Home Affairs has called the killing a targeted attack on...

Road Trip: Cunard's Dazzling Queen Elizabeth Arrives to Miami for the First Time to Begin a Full Season in the Caribbean

Caribbean Voyages Will Feature New, Locally Inspired Dining and Elevated Entertainment Starring Award-Winning Broadway and West End Performers A plaque-and-key ceremony celebrated the arrival in Miami where the Cunard ship will homeport from...

UDP Slams Government Over Free Movement Rollout

The Opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has sharply criticized the Government’s handling of the October 1 launch of full Free Movement of CARICOM nationals among Belize, Barbados, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, arguing that...

T&T, BVI And Grenada Saluted By PAHO For Immunization Gains

The 39th Meeting of Caribbean Immunization Managers hosted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Trinidad and Tobago concluded last week with the British Virgin Islands, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago celebrated for their achievements...

Widening Opportunities in the Caribbean

COULD YOU IMAGINE, one decade or two ago, an announcement that four Caribbean countries, Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines by name, were opening their doors to immigrants from each other, providing the right to live,...

Opposition Calls Out Government Over Budna Report and Rosado Reinstatement

The Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Tracy Panton and her parliamentarians held a press conference this morning at their Euphrates Avenue headquarters in Belize City, to update the public on pressing matters affecting the lives and circumstances...

Researcher’s warning on T&T, Caribbean population decline

On Oc­to­ber 7, labour mar­ket re­searcher Dr Jus­tine Pierre re­leased an ar­ti­cle en­ti­tled “How Falling Fer­til­i­ty and Mass Mi­gra­tion Threat­en the Re­gion’s Growth: An ur­gent need to im­port up­wards of 150,000 Haitians/Venezue­lans as...

World Food day: Hand in hand for better foods and a better future!

Views: 18 Views: 18 Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2025. 8:27 am CST. By Zoila Palma: World Food Day is observed annually on October 16. This year’s World Food day theme is “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future.” Special Envoy for the...

More Travelers Are Testing Their Limits With These “Wild” Adventures in Total Darkness

In the absolute darkness 333 feet beneath Tennessee’s Cardwell Mountain, I am belly-crawling through a passage barely wider than my shoulders, headlamp cutting through blackness so complete it seems alive. The limestone presses against my back as...

Top UN judge criticises Lenny Henry for using his report to claim Britain should pay £18trillion in slavery reparations

Sir Lenny Henry's claim that the UK owes more than £18trillion in slavery reparations was misquoted from a report, the former UN judge behind the study said today. The comedian has argued in his new book that all black Britons should be paid...

Mapped: Life Expectancy Around the World in 2025

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US Control Of The Caribbean And Its Multiform War Against Venezuela

Above photo: US military presence in Latin America. Granma. For centuries, the peoples of the Central American isthmus have had to face the consequences of the ambitions of European and US ruling elites for control of the Caribbean region. Since...

Phyllis Mikity

Phyllis Ann Mikity, 94, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2025, at Kendal at Longwood in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, surrounded by her family. Born in March of 1931, in Peoria, Illinois, and...

ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight

Here’s how Yushell Alejandro Yin Del Toro sums up the three miserable days he recently spent at the federal facility in suburban Broadview, where federal officers hold immigrants after arresting them: For sleeping, crowded cold floors or scant...

No Student Visa and Skills Certificate Required

So, how will the full free movement work for Belizeans seeking jobs or education in any of the participating countries? Will a student visa or skills certificate still be required? And what kind of access will Belizeans have to education,...

Prime Minister of Barbados welcomes historic free movement between four Caribbean nations

THE PRIME Minister of Barbados has welcomed the historic free movement agreement with three other Caribbean nations. Mia Mottley referred to Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – who will be implementing full free...