BVI Premier arrested in Miami on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Caribbean Today's top stories this week

BVI Premier arrested in Miami on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Caribbean Today's top stories this week

UN Says Community initiatives are Tackling Climate Change in the Caribbean

Restoring natural habitats as pictured here in Cuba will help to slow down climate change. (Photo courtesy of UNDP)

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says thousands of small-scale, community driven initiatives, including many in the Caribbean, are making “a huge difference” in people’s lives and contributing to efforts to curb global warming. 




British Virgin Islands Political Party to Seek Resignation of Premier Andrew Fahie

Premier Andrew Fahie as he appeared in a Miami courtroom.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP), is now in the process of appointing a new Premier and the members have so far thrown their support behind Deputy Premier, Dr Natalio Wheatley who made the announcement late Saturday.



Protests in BVI Against Planned Dissolution of Parliament and Revert to Full British Rule

Section of the crowd protesting against direct rule from the United Kingdom (CMC Photo)

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – People took to the streets outside the official residence of Governor John Rankin as they protested the recommendations of a report of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) that that examined allegations of corruption and abuse of office by elected and statutory officials




Jamaica Urges Vaccinations as COVID-19 Transmission Rates Increase

(Photo via UNICEF Jamaica/2020/Sheil)

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health and Wellness is appealing to Jamaicans to get vaccinated after health authorities said recent data showed that unvaccinated persons account for 97.7 percent of coronavirus (COVID)-19- related deaths.



Afro-Latinos Are a Growing Part of The US Immigrant Population

Sisters Mar and María Cruz, two Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba dancers. (Photo by Armando Aparicio of KQED)

WASHINGTON, D.C - Afro-Latinos are a growing part of the Black immigrant population in the US and now make up about 2 percent of the U.S. adult population.