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Around the Caribbean region, there has been a political shift towards labour parties. • Philip J. Pierre, leader of the St Lucia Labour party (July 2021) • Natalio D. Wheatley, leader of the Virgin Islands Party (April 2022) • Dickson Mitchell, Leade...

The Covid-19 pandemic set women’s employment back by two years in Bermuda, a spokeswoman for UN Women said today. Tonni Brodber, from the UN Women’s Multi-Country Office, added that the pandemic demonstrated how “hazards exploit already-existing ineq...

A few days ago a question was posed on a Facebook group that asked the following: “How many of you consider De Rock part of the Caribbean?” Ninety per cent of the answers were as follows; “Not!!!” “No way”. “Negative!!!”. No real surprises with the n...

Activists in the British Virgin Islands have predicted widespread opposition to an attempt for direct British rule over the troubled Caribbean territory. Former Bermuda Governor John Rankin, who became Governor of BVI in January 2021, faces sceptici...

David Burt, The Premier and Minister of Finance, has recently returned from meetings in Barbados regarding the lack of banking services for proceeds of gaming, fintech companies and blacklisting, and how the status quo is inhibiting the economic pros...

Work to make Bermuda more sustainable will be highlighted by the Minister of Home Affairs at two conferences this month, a Government spokesman said. Walter Roban will represent the island at a Climate Change Summit from April 21 to 22 in the Turks a...

The commanding officers of British Overseas Territories’ military units from around the world have joined forces for the first time to create strength in numbers. A total of six military officers, coordinated by Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Beasley, t...

In February, the Freemasons of the three lodges in Bermuda, under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, welcomed a distinguished visitor in the form of the Grand Master Mason William Ramsay McGhee. He flew in from Edinburgh, Scotland, to visit the island and ...

In 2020, Caricom produced a report that the Caribbean region imported more than $10 billion worth of food items per year. Considering that most islands had historically produced their own foods, this is more than a tragedy. Caricom began to set a pla...

The Atlantic and Caribbean Overseas Territories have population sizes ranging from 5,000 in Montserrat to 70,000 in the Cayman Islands. In each island grouping, they have registered voters: • The Cayman Islands pop 70,000 with 23,596 registered vote...

A Diploma in Education programme run by Bermuda College in association with The University of the West Indies has been suspended on a temporary basis. But a spokeswoman for the college said that the college still had a partnership with the Caribbean ...

President of Cricket West Indies, Ricky Skerritt fully understands the negative effects of a recent Caribbean Premier League proposal, which impacts countries like Bermuda, but believes the decision had to be made. Organisers of the popular Twenty20...