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Source: Jamaica Gleaner A historic women’s 100 metres medal sweep could well be the centrepiece of Jamaica’s campaign at the World Athletics Championships, which start on July 15 in the United States…
CDB Takes the Case for its Vulnerability and…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – July 12, 2022: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has taken the case for its vulnerability and resilience measurement framework to the United Nations (UN), proposing that its…
Antigua and Barbuda: High Court Decriminalizes Gay…
(New York) – The High Court of Justice for Antigua and Barbuda struck down discriminatory legal provisions that criminalized same-sex relations in a landmark ruling on July 5, 2022, Human Rights Watch…
Bishop James Roberts Sr gets his own way
Nationals from the twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda, along with the Antigua and Barbuda Progressive Society, INC, celebrated the posthumous co-naming of the corner of 122 Street and Lenox…
Colonial-era Antigua and Barbuda sodomy law struck…
Source: LOS ANGELES Blade ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda — A judge on Tuesday ruled provisions of a law that criminalizes consensual same-sex sexual relations in Antigua and Barbuda are…
Judgment delivery: CCJ Agrees Petitioners Have No…
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On 5 July, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed an application for special leave to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal of the Eastern…
St. Maarten Running Things in Under 17 Cricket
The under 17 Cricket tournament being hosted in the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has revealed some exciting young talents from the three participating islands: St. Maarten, St. Kitts and Nevis.…
Relay team gets gold medals 14 years after Olympic…
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CMC): TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S (T&T) 2008 Olympic men’s 4×100 metres relay team received their long-awaited gold medals yesterday. The quintet of Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thompson,…
Mitchell sworn in as opposition leader
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): Eleven days after leading the New National Party (NNP) into defeat, former prime minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell was on Monday sworn in as the island’s opposition leader. “It is both…
CWI Congratulates Sir Viv on Order of The…
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) congratulated Sir Vivian Richards on his being presented with the prestigious award the Order of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The legendary West…
Message by His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali,…
The Treaty of Chaguaramas, signed on this day forty-nine (49) years ago, established the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Common Market. Each year, Guyana observes, as a national holiday, the…
Potential Tropical Cyclone Two Could Become 1st…
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for countries including Curacao, Aruba and the coastlines of both Colombia and Venezuela The first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season could form in the coming…
Risk of Long COVID in the Americas as Cases Rise
PAHO director warns of the risk of long-COVID in the Americas as cases continued to increase. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne has warned all the countries of the…
Government of Mexico offering scholarships to OECS…
THE EMBASSY OF the United Mexican States to the Eastern Caribbean States has placed a call to residents of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), to apply for scholarships granted by the…
NationalTrials2022 | Shericka upsets the…
In 10.77 seconds Shericka Jackson wrote her name in history. The 400-metre specialist turned sprinter is the fastest woman in Jamaica after claiming the National title in a 100-metre race fraught with…