Caribbean Current Affairs

Yvonne Peart is the Community Host for Common Interests Group "Caribbean Current Affairs"

Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse has been killed and his wife injured in an attack on their home in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. Mr Moïse had led Haiti, one of the poorest nations in the world, since 2017 but had faced widespread protests demanding his resignation. The nation's recent hi

Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, May 10: • Dominican Republic- 271,548 cases, 3532 deaths, 231,645 recoveries • Cuba- 115,981 cases, 732 deaths, 109,363 recovered • Jamaica- 46,708 cases, 806 deaths, 22,268 recovered • French Guiana- 20,366 cases, 104 deaths, 9995 rec

This will be the first Bitcoin community where goods, services and the houses themselves could all be paid for through Bitcoin. Concept art for the clubhouse will have pools and shops (Image: onebequia.com) The housing devloper Storm Gonsalves plans to build 39 luxury villas complete with shop

In March 2006, Portia Simpson Miller became Jamaica's first female prime minister. Is this a testament to improved equality and opportunity for Jamaican and Caribbean women to enter leadership roles? https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/caricom-secretary-general-calls-for-redoubled-efforts-to-a

It is stated that Caribbean business communities are largely made up of necessity-based, non-innovative, low-skilled, low barriers to entry businesses. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report it was noted that 30 percent of businesses in the Caribbean region are started out of financial need, and

In 2022, a monument commemorating the Windrush generation will be unveiled at London Waterloo Station. On 22 June 1948, hundreds of passengers, many of whom had begun their journeys in the Caribbean, disembarked the ship at Tilbury Docks in Essex in search for a better life in Britain. The MV Em

2021 marks the thirteenth anniversary of June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month. It is observed to remind Americans that their greatness lies in their diversity. This year's theme is Our Shared History, Our Shared Future. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Caribbean-American

The links between the UK and the Caribbean could hardly be stronger. With over one million people of Caribbean origin in the UK and over 200,000 British nationals in the Caribbean, we are more than friends, we are family. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/fs-speech-10th-uk-caribbean-forum-18-

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/sport-olympics/shellyann-fraserpryce-100m-jamaica-tokyo-olympics-elaine-thompsonherah-b948574.html Jamaicans Elaine Thompson-Herah ( won gold 10.61 ), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (won silver 10.74 seconds ), Shericka Jackson (won bronze 10.76) in the women’s 100m final

Raheem Sterling (L) celebrates his second-half goal in England's Euro 2020 campaign which secured victory over Croatia at Wembley. Raheem Shaquille Sterling was born in Maverley, Kingston, Jamaica on December 8, 1994, He was among a group honoured with new titles after being named in the Que

La Soufrière, the highest point in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is one of the most active volcanoes on earth, with five explosive eruptions dating back to 1718. Despite not erupting since 1979, it is considered an active volcano that is coming out of a quiet period. Scientists and local officials

No doubt 2020 will go down as one of the worst years in memory for the Caribbean, as . international supply chains wobble and tourism plunges. There is a large amount of untapped economic potential, in which online access could play a supportive role, amid opportunities for developing more