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CDB President resigns with 'immediate effect'
LOOP NEWS
President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Hyginus ‘Gene’ Leon, has resigned with “immediate effect” from the regional financial institution.
Calls mount for France to compensate Haiti for independence 'ransom'
MSN
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - In a renewed push for historical justice, a coalition of approximately 20 non-governmental organisations has urged France to repay billions of dollars to Haiti, a sum that corresponds to a controversial ‘ransom’ Haiti paid to France in exchange for its recognition of independence.
50k barrels of waste removed from Tobago after oil barge sank
TRINIDAD GUARDIAN
COVE REEF, Tobago, T&T - Approximately 50,000 barrels of liquid waste have been extracted from Tobago’s coastline between Scarborough and Cove in clean-up operations after the February 7 oil spill from the capsized barge there—and clean-up continues.
ICC Men’s T20 Trophy arrives in Antigua
ANTIGUA OBSERVER
It had left the shores of Barbados earlier Tuesday morning, then touched down on the pink sand beaches of Barbuda before making its way to the land of 365 beaches, Antigua, just around midday.
UN urges Guyana & Venezuela to exercise maximum restraint
NEWS SOURCE
The members of the United Nations Security Council have urged Guyana and Venezuela to exercise maximum restraint, reminding the two countries of their obligations to comply with the Order of Provisional Measures issued by the International Court of Justice in December 2023.
4th global coral bleaching event in Caribbean confirmed
LOOP NEWS
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed the fourth global coral bleach event in the Caribbean.
Caribbean 2024 heat season could climb to near-record heat
LOOP NEWS
If you couldn't stand the Caribbean heat season in 2023, then be prepared to be just as irritable from now until October.
Diplomats push for progress on Haiti transition as death toll mounts
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Diplomats at a regional Americas body yesterday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with a transitional council, a move which could trigger the long-awaited deployment of an international security force.
Search on as Suriname’s ex-president flee murder conviction
REUTERS
PARAMARIBO, Suriname – The families of Surinamese activists slain for their opposition to the government in the 1980s say decades of suffering and sluggish legal proceedings have been prolonged by the apparent inability of authorities to locate the man at the center of it all: former President Desi Bouterse.
Over 50,000 fled Haiti capital in three weeks, with politicians in deadlock
REUTERS
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – More than 53,000 people fled Haiti’s capital in just three weeks of March as conflict between powerful armed gangs wreaked havoc for civilians, with the state largely absent and a path out of the chaos yet to be established by politicians.
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