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Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Former NFL football player Herschel Walker, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the Bahamas, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 11, 2025.

Health

U.S.-China in major row over Bahamian hospital

By Bert Wilkinson

Rescue workers walk on a flooded street in Havana, Cuba Feb. 1, 2026.

Bahamas

U.S. cold front hits northern Caribbean

By Bert Wilkinson

Philip Joseph Pierre, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy of Saint Lucia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 78th session.

Antigua

U.S. orders St. Lucia to stop sending students to Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Antigua

Mottley calls snap elections as opposition fractures

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness

Antigua

PM Holness says Jamaicans must develop the island

By Bert Wilkinson

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew.

Antigua

More visa suspensions for CARICOM nations

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

News

Caribbean governments fight illegal gun trafficking network

By Bert Wilkinson

Nassau Terminal Royal Place in The Bahamas.

Bahamas

Bamahas becomes second Caricom country to seek visa-free access to US

By Bert Wilkinson

The Bahamas' Prime Minister Philip Davis attends the 44th Regular meeting of CARICOM at Baha Mar in Nassau, Bahamas, February 16, 2023.

Bahamas

CARIBBEAN ROUND UP

By Devika Ragoonanan

Rick Fox, three-time NBA Champion and founding partner of Vision Venture Partners, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 3, 2017.

Sports

Former NBA, Lakers star Rick Fox to run in Bahamian elections

By Bert Wilkinson

Women hold belongings as they cross a flooded area after heavy rains brought by Hurricane Melissa caused deadly flooding, in Petit Goave, Haiti October 31, 2025.

News

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

News

AG Letitia James warns against charity scams amid Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

By Nelson A. King

People sit on the roof of a vehicle riding on a flooded road, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Prospect, Manchester, Jamaica, Oct. 29, 2025.

Bahamas

Western Jamaica ravaged by Hurricane Melissa

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., Sept. 26, 2025.

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By Devika Ragoonanan

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