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The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal has set May 2 as the date for hearing the appeal in the COVID-19 vaccine mandate case. The case was initially scheduled to be heard on February 1. The hearing was adjourned after a member of the three-judge panel was unavailable to hear the matter. Since then, public sector ..read more
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High Court judge, Justice Kimberly Cenac-Phulgence Monday ruled that sections of the Sexual Offenses Act contravene the Dominica Constitution as she ruled in favour of a “gay man” who challenged legislations that criminalises buggery and other sexual activity between consenting partners, including and in particular, partners of the same sex. In a 40-page ruling, the ..read more
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Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Monday called for more inclusion of stakeholders within the region’s tourism industry, warning that failure to do so could seriously hamper the development of the industry. Addressing the opening of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC 2024), hosted by the CTO in partnership with the Grenada ..read more
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The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – began today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on the precise day that International Mother Earth Day is celebrated worldwide. This event ..read more
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On Monday, the Opening Ceremony of the 166th Regular Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) was held at The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados. The event marks the beginning of a week of activities in the Caribbean country aimed at establishing a dialogue between the Court and the international ..read more
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Here are four facts pertaining to Sir Richard Drax MP, the Drax Hall Plantation, and the Government and people of Barbados that all people of good conscience need to grapple with :- There are numerous black working-class Barbadians – some of them being descendants of enslaved Africans who were oppressed and exploited on the Drax ..read more
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A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate-change-related health hazards, and existing occupational safety and health (OSH) protections are struggling to keep up with the resulting risks, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The report, Ensuring ..read more
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As the sun sets, a burly man bellows into a megaphone while a curious crowd gathers around him. Next to him is a small cardboard box with several banknotes worth 10 Haitian gourdes — about 7 U.S. cents. “Everyone give whatever they have!” the man shouts as he grabs the arms and hands of people ..read more
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On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the United States Ambassador-designate to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), His Excellency Roger F. Nyhus paid a courtesy visit on the Director-General of the Organisation, Dr. Didacus Jules. In his remarks, the Ambassador stated that the United States (US) considers the Caribbean to be a very important partner ..read more
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The School for Graduate Studies and Research at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has launched an interdisciplinary network of researchers dedicated to better understanding and addressing the challenges faced by regional indigenous communities. The new research cluster for Indigenous Studies was launched on March 26. Speaking on the need for the pioneering ..read more