First India-Caribbean Summit – 2019

Prime Minister Modi met the leaders of the Caribbean Community on 25th September, 2019, in New York. The meeting focused on fighting climate change and increasing India’s participation in the grouping At the meeting, PM Modi announced 14 million USD grant for community development projects in the region. He also extended 150 million USD of ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019

Topics: Antigua and Barbuda • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Caricom • Dominica • Grenada • Guyana • Haiti • India - Caribbean summit • India carricom • Jamaica • Montserrat • Nevis • St Lucia • St. Kitts • St. Vincent • Tobago and Trinidad • UN General Assembly

EU Adds 10 Countries to Tax Blacklist

The European Union has expanded its tax haven blacklist by including 10 countries. The list now has 15 countries. The list was first drawn up by EU in 2017 in the wake of several scandals, including the Panama Papers and LuxLeaks, that pushed the EU into doing more to fight tax evasion by multinationals and ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Topics: Aruba • Barbados • Belize • Bermuda • Dominica • EU • European Union • Fiji • LuxLeaks • Marshall Islands • Oman • Panama Papers • Tax Blacklist • Tax Havens • United Arab Emirates (UAE) • Vanuatu

Mia Mottley becomes first female Prime Minister of Caribbean island of Barbados

Mia Amor Mottley has become the first female Prime Minister (PM) of the Caribbean island of Barbados. The win makes Mottley just the 8th PM to lead Barbados since the island gained independence from Great Britain in 1966. The Mottley-led Barbados Labour Party (BLP) recorded an historic landslide victory in the 2018 general election, secured ..

Topics: Barbadian general election • Barbados • Barbados Labour Party • Countries • Government • Government of Barbados • Legislatures • Mia Mottley • Mottley • Owen Arthur • Westminster system