BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Mottley Monday announced a new cabinet, while offering two seats in the Senate to the opposition parties as she begins a new five-year term in government following her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) whitewash of its adversaries in the January 19 general election.
NEW YORK, New York – Newly-elected New York City Council Speaker. Adrienne Adams. has appointed a number of Caribbean American legislators in Brooklyn to top leadership position on the Council.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The main opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP), will be electing a new president in April, following the party’s devastating loss in Wednesday’s general election Speaking to the media on Friday , the DLP’s interim president, Steve Blackett in confirming the resignation of Verla De Peiza as president, added that a special conference will be held in mid-April to elect a new president.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Mia Mottley was sworn in as Prime Minister on Thursday afternoon, announcing that until she swears in her Cabinet next week, she will take responsibility for the health portfolio amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia –Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre Monday appealed to young people not to settle “their differences with the power of the gun” as he appealed for an end to the criminal activities confronting St. Lucia.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Electoral and Boundaries Commission (EBC) Monday said that just over 266, 000 people are eligible to cast ballots in Wednesday’s general election that Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called 18 months ahead of the constitutional deadline.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke said on Friday that she “proudly voted” for passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the United States of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate has passed the “Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act,”, or HR. 2471, which measures the progress of post-disaster recovery and promotes efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law and media freedoms in the French-speaking Caribbean country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A fellow at a Washington-based think tank says there is a consensus among most of Haiti’s political factions and the international community, that rushing toward elections in 2022 is “unrealistic and simply dangerous for both voters and candidates.”
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The first set of votes in the snap general election called by Prime Minister Mia Mottley were taking place on Wednesday as the three main contenders for control of the 30 seat Parliament romped up their campaign ahead of January 19.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell Wednesday predicted that his ruling New National party (NNP) will be victorious in the next general election, constitutionally due in 2023, brushing aside suggestions that he may call a snap election in Grenada.
NEW YORK, New York– Newly-elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday appointed Barbadian-born Justice Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix as the City’s Corporation Counsel, becoming the first Caribbean-born woman to serve in that capacity in the City’s history.
KINGSTON, Jamaica –Less than a week after Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced plans for a new Firearms Bill to be brought before the Parliament, National Security Minister Dr. Horace Chang said the measure will be tabled during this month.
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