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Calvin G. Brown News 27 February 2026

CARICOM | CARICOM and Washington: Neighbours, But Who Sets the Terms 50 Years Later?

By WiredJa | February 27, 2026 - There is something deeply symbolic about Marco Rubio touching down in the Caribbean — the son of Cuban immigrants, now the most powerful diplomat on earth, arriving as envoy of an administration that has made no secret of its desire to reassert American dominance in this hemisphere.

Calvin G. Brown News 27 February 2026

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio participates in a group photo with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. JONATHAN ERNST POOL/AFP via Getty Images

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the grandson and trusted man of Raúl Castro

CARIBBEAN | The Crab, The Corpses, and The Cover-Up: Four Men Dead as Rubio's Secret Cuba Deal Explodes Into a Caribbean Powder Keg

While America's top diplomat negotiated regime change in the shadows of a CARICOM summit, a Florida speedboat crossed into Cuban waters — and four men came home in body bags. By...

Calvin G. Brown News 27 February 2026

Jamaica's Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness addressing the opening of CARICOM 50.

CARICOM | The Jamaican Statesman and the Trinidad and Tobago Surrogate

Holness Speaks for the Caribbean. Persad-Bissessar Speaks for Washington. By WiredJa Editorial | February 26, 2026 | Basseterre, BASSETERRE, St. Kitts & Nevis - When Jamaican Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness rose to address...

Calvin G. Brown News 26 February 2026

Four Passengers on US Speedboat shot dead by Cuban Coast Guard

CARIBBEAN | Blood in the Water: Is Trump Opening a New Caribbean Front?

A Florida-registered vessel fires on Cuban Border Guards in Cuban waters. Forty Caribbean fishermen are killed by U.S. drone strikes. A U.S. warship sits in St. Kitts harbour. Marco Rubio...

Calvin G. Brown News 26 February 2026

JAMAICA | When a National Security Minister Fires at the Wrong Enemy, Opposition Fires Back

Opposition fires back as Minister's attack on Jamaicans for Justice exposes a troubling instinct to silence accountability By WiredJa Staff | Kingston, Jamaica | February 25, 2026 In a democracy, the Minister...

Calvin G. Brown News 25 February 2026

Bank of Jamaica’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% per cent

JAMAICA | BOJ Cuts Rates, But Hurricane Melissa’s Shadow Still Looms Over Jamaica’s Recovery

Central bank trims benchmark rate to 5.50 per cent as inflation cools faster than expected — but warns that post-storm spending could yet rekindle price pressures. KINGSTON, JAMAICA — February 24,...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 February 2026

Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde and Azurddin Mohamed outside the court.

GUYANA | High Court Strikes Down Extradition Law Provision in Mohamed Challenge — But Upholds Deportation Framework

By WiredJa | February 24, 2026 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 24, 2026 - In a ruling that sends ripples through Guyana's legal and political landscape, Acting Chief Justice Navindra A. Singh on...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 February 2026

Former Foreign Minister under the People's national Party A. J. Nicholson

JAMAICA | The Silence We Cannot Afford: AJ Nicholson and the Case for Caribbean Solidarity with Cuba

A former foreign minister dares to say what regional leaders whisper behind closed doors — and the moment may be riper than ever There is a particular kind of courage required...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 February 2026

Drone photos of Princess Grand Jamaica & Princess Senses the Mangrove | Green Island, Jamaica

JAMAICA | Concrete Over Carbon: Jamaica Paves its Rich Blue Carbon Coastline with Low Value Foreign Hi-Rises and Hotel Chains

From Green Island to Rose Hall, the hotels lining Jamaica's north-western coast are consuming the very ecosystems that could make us rich — and the government is holding the door...

Calvin G. Brown News 22 February 2026

CUBA | No Fuel, No Light, No Mercy: Cuba Turns to Solar as US Economic Warfare Deepens

And the Caribbean is being asked to help light the way Somewhere in Havana tonight, a student is trying to study by the light of a solar lamp. Not by choice....

Calvin G. Brown News 22 February 2026

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