by Bert Wilkinson November 28, 2024 Caribbean Community leaders say they are about to add another weapon to their armor to fight violent crime in the region and will soon roll out an arrest warrant treaty that will target criminals across the 15-nation grouping. Leaders discussed the issue at a two-day mini summit in Guyana late … Continue reading Caricom’s region-wide arrest warrant template: Criminals beware
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l-r: Barbados Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Kerrie Symmonds speaking with Deputy Principal of the Cave Hill Campus, Professor Winston Moore The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus is once again at the forefront of Caribbean efforts to address the impact of climate change, as the region prepares to take its … Continue reading Cave Hill at the Vanguard of Climate Justice Arguments
Source: CARICOM By Hilary Beckles, Chair CARICOM Reparations Commission The issue is on all our minds at this week’s Commonwealth summit in Samoa. Now is Keir Starmer’s chance to address it Downing Street has said reparations for the British enslavement of black people in the Caribbean are not on the agenda at the Commonwealth heads of government … Continue reading Global calls for reparations are only growing louder. Why is Britain still digging in its heels?
The need for prison reform in the Caribbean was another issue that was explored in our recent Panel Discussion "Challenged Sovereignty". The issue is not just a Jamaican issue, but this article by Emma Lewis, is a window into the issue in that country. https://petchary.wordpress.com/2024/09/07/a-new-prison-is-needed-for-jamaica-but-rehabilitation-is-a-must/
Source: NYCaribNews Tracy Robinson, a recently recruited lecturer at The University of the West Indies, contends that the Jamaican Constitution and several other Caribbean constitutions show a persistent British influence that impedes full independence. At the UWI, Mona campus in St Andrew, Robinson gave her first professorial lecture titled “A Caribbean Common Law in Flux: … Continue reading Caribbean – Constitutions of Countries Still Bound by Colonial Legacy
In her first trip to Trinidad as part of the course, Tianna Makhurane learned “what sustainability actually looks like outside of me reading a book, or from the context of a Canadian lens.” Last May, Tianna Makhurane spent 10 days in Trinidad and Tobago visiting markets and agricultural projects to learn about sustainability and food … Continue reading October 3, 2023… From TMU: Register now for a once-in-a-lifetime global travel and learning opportunity
January 16, 2023 The Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, concluded a productive trip to Barbados and Jamaica from January 9 to 14, 2023. Minister Sajjan helped strengthen Canadian engagement with the Caribbean by demonstrating support for local and regional priorities, including … Continue reading January 16, 2023… Canada announces $127 million funding for projects in the Caribbean