CARIBBEAN NEWS T&T-Venezuela relations warm — but who gets the gas money? Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo said on September 3, 2026 that the government intends to negotiate fiscal terms for cross-border natural gas arrangements with Venezuela — covering fields…
CARIBBEAN NEWS Jamaica presses slavery case at Palace as King Charles stays away in Balmoral The petition was delivered to Buckingham Palace on Monday, timed deliberately to coincide with the anniversary of the 1781 Zong Massacre, when British enslavers killed 130 enslaved Africans by throwing…
CARIBBEAN NEWS Chicken shortage hits Trinidad as US avian flu, heat squeeze supply Trinidad and Tobago’s chicken shortage is a supply crisis — driven by heat-reduced farm placements and a US avian influenza outbreak cutting hatching-egg exports — that has pushed retail prices…
CARIBBEAN NEWS From Jamaica to Puerto Rico to Trinidad: the Caribbean’s drought is regional, not local Jamaica’s National Water Commission is expected to issue a water prohibition notice on Wednesday, August 12, with restrictions set to take effect on Monday, August 17, banning non-essential water use…
CARIBBEAN NEWS T&T joins new US military command — and says nothing about it The Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) is a new US Southern Command operational headquarters, activated in 2026, that will synchronise military operations with partner nations across the Western Hemisphere…
CARIBBEAN NEWS French Guiana joins Caricom — and brings a space launchpad with it Caricom associate membership is a limited, non-voting affiliation that allows territories to participate in regional programmes and discussions without acquiring full member-state powers, and on 7 July 2026, French Guiana…
CARIBBEAN NEWS Stephen ‘Franno’ Francis proved Caribbean greatness doesn’t need to leave home Vincent Stephen ‘Franno’ Francis, co-founder and Technical Director of the MVP Track & Field Club, died late on Saturday 4 July 2026 — just one day after celebrating his 64th…
CARIBBEAN NEWS Jamaica is taking Britain to court — using Britain’s own laws Jamaica is preparing to send a formal delegation to the United Kingdom on 6 September 2026 to personally lodge an unprecedented reparations petition with King Charles III — a date…
CARIBBEAN NEWS Venezuela’s earthquake has reshaped and lifted Trinidad’s coastline At approximately 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, two massive earthquakes struck Venezuela’s northern Caribbean coast in rapid succession — a magnitude 7.2 foreshock near Morón followed just 39…
LOCAL NEWS President Trump Says Green Card Seekers Must Now Return Home to Apply WASHINGTON, DC – In a stunning move on Friday, the Trump administration in the United States announced that applicants for permanent residency status, or green card, must return to their…