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‘Every group unifies except African people’ - Cromwell Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Amidst the conversation surrounding immigration reform in the Virgin Islands (VI), Talk show host Cromwell Smith aka 'Edju En Ka', who hosts ‘Umoja’, Thursday nights on ZBVI 780 AM, is imploring people of African ancestry in the VI to unite as one despite differences in nationality and origin.
Haiti gets new Prime Minister
JAMAICAN GLEANER
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise on Tuesday announced Jean Michel Lapin, who once served as a courier in the public administration, to be the new prime minister of the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
Aeroplane crash-lands in Dominica
MELVILLE HALL, Dominica – A plane has crash-landed in the Caribbean territory of Dominica after encountered some difficulty while landing at the Douglas-Charles airport in Melville Hall.
It is Cemented in my Spirit
By Lorna M. George
When I was a little girl growing up in Long Look, Tortola, my parents Captain and Mrs James George owned a cargo boat and a grocery store. A couple from St. Lucia worked for my parents.
Faster warming ocean spells bad news for Caribbean
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - The Caribbean islands, seen as dots in the Atlantic Ocean, have been ravaged by hurricanes throughout history. But as global warming continues to accelerate, the impact of storms on the islands—scientists have said—will become more dire, a reality that could make many Caribbean islands uninhabitable overtime.
Chad A. Lettsome makes global mark with ‘Ching’
HAARLEM, Netherlands - On November 28, 2018, Virgin Islander and Caribbean entrepreneur, Chad A. Lettsome, left his imprint with ‘Ching’ as he walked across the stage at the ‘Present Your Startup Global 2018’ competition in Haarlem, Netherlands.
ONE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE
By Lorna M. George
We are one Caribbean people. It does not matter in which West Indian island we were born, be it Cuba, Antigua, Nevis or St. Vincent, we are brothers and sisters in the Lord. We share a common heritage.
Reaction to Dutch settlers in the Caribbean dependencies assessed
OVERSEAS REWIEW
European Dutch and foreigners are not always that welcome in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. This appears from new data presented by the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean studies (KITLV), John Samson reports on Caribisch Netwerk.
AIDS activist Victor J. Mooney to row 1,500 mls to NY
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – HIV/AIDS activist Victor J. Mooney who was in the Virgin Islands during August and September this year is now preparing to make his final 1,500 mile row to New York, USA following a number of unfortunate events in the Caribbean Sea.
Trade Jumps Between Caribbean, Brazil
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Trade between Brazil and the Caribbean Community has significantly increased in recent years, according to Brazil’s new Ambassador to CARICOM, Lineu Pupo De Paula.
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