Bahamas' Free National Movement (FNM) elects its new party leader during the one-day leadership convention at the holy Trinity Activities Centre. Delegates and party supporters gathered to see which of the three Grand Bahama MPs would be chosen to lead the party after voting officially closed
The French Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe have been confronted by escalating social unrest due to anger over the COVID-19 protocols such as ramping up the vaccination drive. On Thursday, France 24 has reported that angry protesters have "looted shops and set up burning barricades overnight" in Martinique, quoting
The Commonwealth of Dominica has signed a visa-waiver agreement with the People's Republic of China, strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries. Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Chinese Ambassador to Dominica Lin Xianjiang signed the agreement in a ceremony held yesterday, November 22 in
Haiti's former police commissioner who was suspected of being involved with the assassination of the late president Jovenel Moïse, has died of complications from COVID-19. According to a Reuters report, Gilbert Dragon, 52, died of cardiac arrest while being transferred to a hospital after suffering from
The lingering border row between Belarus and Poland is a result of the Belarusian president's "quiet revenge" over Poland's support of the opposition in Belarus. This is one of the latest comments of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a news conference in Warsaw with European
As Barbados continues to transition into a republic, the nation has elected a woman as its very first president - Dame Sandra Mason Mason, the current governor-general, was elected after securing two-thirds of the votes in the country's two houses of Parliament. Prime Minister Mia
Minnis is out as the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) led by Attorney Phillip Davis won a landslide victory in the General Election held last Thursday, 16 September 2021. Prime Minister Hubert Minnis, who had been hoping to become the first prime minister in 24 years to
EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO, AP News - A new chief prosecutor was sworn in Tuesday just hours after his predecessor asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and to bar him from leaving Haiti, a
The Caribbean Democrat Union (CDU), in partnership with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), hosted a Power Panel on “The Politics of Climate Change in the Caribbean” on Thursday 26th August 2021. The event was hosted by Ms Aria Laidlow, Vice-Chair for Women and Minorities
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley outlined the process to be followed over the coming months as Barbados moves to a republic status, during an address to the nation. “There is no change to the flag. no change to the name of Independence Day; there is no
