MONTEGO BAY, December 28, 2022 - The public apology by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the Netherlands’ participation in the transatlantic slave trade, elicited a number of responses including one from the King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander who welcomed his government’s apology from Rutte, saying it was the “beginning of a long journey.”
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MONTEGO BAY, December 27, 2022 - Today December 27 is Sam Sharpe Day, and marks the 191st anniversary of the Sam Sharpe War which began just after the Christmas festivities...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 19, 2022 - While Britain and the United States, two of the major beneficiaries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade remain shamelessly silent about their role in...
2015 was the last time the Golden Coach which chauffeurs the Dutch monarchs to open the parliamentary year was seen. This is because the usage of the coach is seen...
Water is a scarce commodity in much of Africa, particularly in southern Africa. This is well symbolised in the name of the Botswana national currency, pula (rain). When tragedies like...
The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market...
MONTEGO BAY, December 3, 2022 - The historic town of Falmouth in Trelawny is ‘bawling’ out for help, as it's in a disgraceful and dilapidated condition. It needs the political...
UNITED NATIONS | UN News - December 5, 2022 - The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing. So says UN...
PEMBROKE PINES, SOUTH FLORIDA. Friday, November 4, 2022 – Glowing tributes, commendations and congratulations are pouring in to the Davie Community Worship Center (DCWC), South Florida, for a beloved bishop,...
While the Anglicans in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean remain reluctant to demand reparations for colonialism and slavery from the Church Commissioners, who manage the Church of England’s £10bn...