Commonwealth leaders to defy Keir Starmer over slavery reparations Draft communique containing agreement to re-examine slave trade reparations adds to building pressure on PM The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024
King Charles to face climate protests and calls for reparations as he heads to Samoa for Commonwealth summit Britain faces demands for £200bn in slavery and £6.2 trillion in climate reparations by 2050 The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2024
UK facing calls at Commonwealth summit to pay billons for role in climate crisis Slavery also on agenda at meeting of government heads, which King Charles will attend for first time as monarch The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024
Bahamas seeks help to pay off debt brought by huge storms, result of climate change Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis tells The Associated Press that his nation is in a financial pickle The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024
Kerry gives scathing rating on climate action: ‘Is there a letter underneath Z?’ Former secretary of state accuses oil and gas companies of ‘business as usual’ at major climate summit in New York The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2024
Dutton fires up faithful in call to unite for election Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has laid out his alternative vision for Australia while rallying Liberal Party MPs and members ahead of the federal election. AAP · Jul 26, 2024
Jamaica and the Bahamas are pushing back against U.S. travel warnings The State Department is discouraging tourists from traveling to the Caribbean islands. But government officials from both nations hope that won't keep tourists from coming. WEKU · Feb 9, 2024
Veteran MP Russell Broadbent quits Liberal party to sit on crossbench Member for Monash will remain in parliament as independent after losing Liberal pre-selection for next election The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2023
Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants say he directed them to commit crimes. He portrayed himself as a hands-off CEO wary of being ‘distracting’ The FTX founder took the stand for a second day of cross-examination on Tuesday. Fortune · Oct 31, 2023
Caribbean nations support Mexico as it targets US-based gun manufacturers with lawsuit The Bahamas and several other Caribbean nations, including Jamaica, have banded together to support the government of Mexico in a lawsuit against gun manufacturers in the United States. Miami Herald · Mar 23, 2023
As Caribbean leaders meet to discuss Haiti, gang violence has new victim: a rural hospital PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Three weeks after seven police officers were killed in a single attack on a rural police station in Haiti’s Artibonite Valley, the repercussions are still being felt. Miami Herald · Feb 16, 2023
Haiti at fore as Caribbean leaders tackle regional issues Top officials from Canada, the U.S. and Haiti are meeting behind closed doors to talk about the spiraling chaos in Haiti The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023
At Bahamas summit, Caribbean leaders to seek international push on Haiti Caribbean leaders will appeal for international assistance on Haiti at an annual meeting in the Bahamas later this week, the prime minister of the host nation said Tuesday. Reuters · Feb 15, 2023
The Bahamas' endangered status as a crypto hub The Caribbean nation is setting up a battle with the U.S. to protect its reputation. Fortune · Nov 18, 2022
Fortune · Nov 17, 2022 FTX broke ground on a $60M Bahamas headquarters in April. Construction never started The project promised hundreds of jobs, but “nothing was ever done.”
WEKU · Nov 9, 2022 Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.
Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022 Bahamas PM signals referendum to remove King Charles as head of state The Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis has said that there will be a referendum on whether to remove King Charles as the head of state and make the country a republic
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022 What will happen to Commonwealth realms now Charles is King? Commonwealth realms now have King Charles III as their head of state – but will any follow Barbados’s lead and become a republic?
Miami Herald · Aug 16, 2022 ‘This is the front lines,’ Bahamas Prime Minister says as he opens climate change summit Almost three years to the day after powerful Category 5 Hurricane Dorian ripped though the northwestern Bahamas, leaving billions of dollars in damage, the island nation welcomed Tuesday delegates from 17 Caribbean countries and international financing institutions to a two-day high-level summit to address the climate crisis.
Reuters · Aug 16, 2022 Caribbean nations should push for climate finance at COP27, Bahamas PM says Caribbean countries should pressure developed nations to provide more financing to mitigate the effects of climate change at the upcoming COP27 climate talks, the prime minister of The Bahamas said at a summit of regional officials on Tuesday.
Axios · Jul 24, 2022 Boat believed headed for Miami capsizes, killing at least 17 suspected migrants The boat capsized in rough seas seven miles off of New Providence, Bahamas, at around 1 a.m. on Sunday.
Miami Herald · Jul 24, 2022 A Miami-bound boat capsized off the Bahamas, killing 16 adults and 1 child MIAMI — A boat capsized in Bahamian waters in Sunday’s first hours, killing 17 “suspected irregular Haitian migrants,” Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis said at a Sunday afternoon news conference.
Reuters · May 30, 2022 The Bahamas says U.S. must do more to control weapons smuggling The United States needs do more to control the illegal flow of weapons to The Bahamas, the country's prime minister said on Monday, amid growing concern about gun violence and homicides in the Caribbean nation.
Salon · May 11, 2022 "Blue carbon" credits arrive in Bahamas One of the world's first government-run underwater carbon offset programs is coming to the Caribbean
The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022 Queen’s 70-year reign praised as William and Kate begin Bahamas visit The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are touring the Caribbean to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.