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PM Holness goes to bat for $100b climate financing, Haiti, war on gangs. Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has issued a bold challenge to developed nations to honor their pledge of delivering $100 billion in climate financing.  Delivering the national statement at the United Nations General Assembly debate on Friday afternoon, Dr. Holness warned that failure to act threatens not […More]

Israel condemns support for Palestinian state. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that “murdering Jews pays off.” Speaking at the UN General Assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in his harshest terms yet against a flurry of diplomatic moves by leading US allies that deepened […More]

It is now official Penelope Beckles is the new political leader of the Peoples National Movement. She is now the first woman to lead the party. After contesting the internal elections unchallenged Mrs. Beckles called on members of the party to return to the fold. The MP for Arima and her executive were installed at the city hall in Port […More]

Beckles’ slate sweeps PNM internal elections. Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has secured a clear mandate in the People’s National Movement’s 2025 internal election. Beckles, who was unopposed for the post of Political Leader, led a team that dominated voting across all 41 constituencies on Sunday. Preliminary results released by the Elections Supervisory Committee confirmed that over 7,000 members participated in […More]

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88. Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the […More]

US$22B economy can easily absorb $200k per household cash grants – Jagdeo Responding to inflation concerns emanating from the government’s recently announced $200,000 cash grant to every household, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo said that the economy will be able to manage the absorption of the money. In a powerful address to the 12th Parliament […More]

THA reshuffle a ‘disappointing sham’. THE PNM Tobago Council says the reshuffle of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) on May 13 was disappointing, made no sense, and will not benefit the island. According to THA Minority Leader Kelvin Morris, “Whether you move incompetence left, right or center, it is still incompetence.” In a press release on May 13, THA […More]

 Immigration advocates decry the new US rule on Caribbean asylum seekers. Immigration advocates in the United States have condemned a proposed new rule that they say will significantly impact Caribbean and other asylum seekers. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would allow statutory bars to asylum to be applied much earlier in the process. It said, US federal law bars individuals […More]

US again to veto UN General Assembly membership for Palestine. The United States will again block attempts to grant Palestinians increased rights in the United Nations General Assembly despite expectations of a large majority in favor in a vote to be taken in New York on Friday. Nate Evans, spokesman for the US Mission to the UN, indicated that the […More]

UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid. The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the United Nations. The 193-member world body approved the Arab […More]