CIJN Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network

25/10/2024

The pandemic created a spike in mental health related issues and men who cannot afford private therapy, a lot of work has to be done in the country’s public mental healthcare system to accommodate their vulnerable position.

Read part two of Matthew Chin’s investigative story at www.cijn.org/ripple-effect-part-ii/

22/10/2024

As the rate of male su***de continues to increase in Trinidad and Tobago, the data behind the most common motives still remains unknown. With several male su***des thus far into the year, this two-part series serves to better understand the struggles faced by men, and the effective and ineffective methods addressing the public health issue of male su***de in T&T, juxtaposing Barbados and Guyana for further edification.

Read more on Matthew Chin’s investigative story at www.cijn.org/ripple-effect-part-i/

20/10/2024

In Guyana, Nazima Raghubir reports how young girls, women and immigrant women are victims of extensive s*xual violence in the country. She opens her story with the mother of a young r**e victim reading in court her daughter’s letter to her ra**st, a family friend she called “Uncle.”

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/in-this-south-american-nation-r**es-of-women-young-girls-and-migrants-are-rampant/

Victims Often Abandon Their Quest To Put Rapists Behind Bars; Police Are Slow To Act Clad in all black, the teary-eyed woman could barely compose herself in the witness box of Guyana’s High Court. The mother of the r**e survivor was confronting her child’s ra**st once again, this time to read he...

18/10/2024

In Trinidad and Tobago, a nation that has recorded 6,000 cases of child s*x abuse in the last four years, Natalee Legore describes how a young girl had to endure repeated s*xual molestations by her mother’s male friends before she and her siblings were moved to a shelter for children.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/for-young-victims-of-s*xual-assault-getting-justice-means-surviving-a-broken-justice-system/

For the last 4 years, authorities in the twin-island nation have received more than 6,000 reports of child s*x abuse cases. She curled her tiny body into a ball to fit inside the kitchen cupboard. It was dark and musty. Her four siblings were in the cupboard with her. Cheryl was five years old. Hid...

15/10/2024

In Antigua and Barbuda, Latrishka Thomas tells a gripping story about a young girl who was r**ed at a young age.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/she-and-her-daughter-share-the-same-father/

Survivors of s*xual assault in Antigua and Barbuda endure  a long road to justice. The childhood of S was shattered at age 6 when her father began a cycle of s*xual abuse.  The abuse escalated, resulting in her pregnancy at 15 years old. Now 26, S (the initial of her first name) is mother to […]

13/10/2024

In Montserrat, Keyola Greene reports how men on the island groom young girls at the island’s lone high school.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/in-tiny-montserrat-girls-at-the-lone-high-school-are-targeted-by-predators-including-the-once-powerful-chief-minister/

Montserrat has a child grooming problem.  In the last decade, dozens of teenage girls have become victims to older men who target them when they enter Montserrat Secondary School—the island’s lone high school. To entrap their victims, these men give the girls cash allowances, smartphones, groce...

12/10/2024

For many Caribbean women, few places are safe from the threat of violence. Women report experiencing violence in their workplaces and being violated by people in their towns and villages.

Caribbean Investigative Journalism Network enlisted journalists in four Caribbean nations to tell the human stories behind the prevalence of violence in the region.

Read more on this series at bit.ly/caribbeanwomendailyviolence

For many Caribbean women, few places are safe from the threat of r**e or s*xual violence. Women report experiencing s*xual violence in their workplaces and being violated by people in their towns and villages. Many times, the places that should be the safest for women are the most dangerous: their o...

10/10/2024

Talia was struggling to make ends meet as a bartender in Santiago, Cuba when she was lured to a lucrative job opportunity in Suriname.

Written by Natanga Smith, Valerie Fris, Roseann Pile, Soyini Grey and Marion Ali

Read more on Talia’s story at bit.ly/caribbeantraffickers

Talia was struggling to make ends meet as a bartender in Santiago, Cuba, when a friend told her about a lucrative job opportunity in Suriname. The 26-year-old mother — who asked to be identified by a pseudonym to protect her privacy — had never heard of the Dutch-speaking country nearly 2,000 m...

14/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: St Vincent and the Grenadines

The damage to island infrastructure, particularly in the southern Grenadines, in addition to losses to vessels and fishing gear, threaten to seriously hamper the activities of fisherfolk involved in an activity upon which the populations of these islands rely heavily.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines-riding-challenging-tides

Depending on who is doing the speaking, St Vincent and the Grenadines is anywhere between experiencing a boom in fisheries and the reality of gradual, despairing decline. Local fishermen interviewed for this story all claimed there has been a serious reduction in catches. But, in a speech to open th...

12/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: Barbados

Spear fisher Davian Bailey who was found preparing fish, said that his catch has not been the same as it was ten years ago and he admits that he’s feeling hollow much like the fish he deguts because of the reduced fish landings.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/barbados-heeding-the-warnings

10/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: Barbados

From coast to coast across Barbados, the cry remains constant on the lips of fisherfolk: fish landings are down but just who or what is to blame and with less fish available and would this now mean that fishermen must find alternative employment?

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/barbados-heeding-the-warnings/

From coast to coast across Barbados the cry remains constant on the lips of fisherfolk:  fish landings are down but just who or what is to blame and with less fish available and would this now mean that fishermen must find alternative employment? What is of greater concern even now is the damage to...

08/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: Belize

In this video, three Belize City Fishermen share anecdotal data of declining fish stocks.

One fisherman, Brian Fitzgibbon, describes fishing as a gamble, with unpredictable yields often resulting in insufficient profit. This frustration is widespread within the fishing community.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/belize-wheres-the-data

07/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: Belize

A lack of official data and opposing positions have made it difficult to ascertain the level of fish stock in Belize. According to the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries Department, recent stock assessments indicate strong fish recruitment, stable populations, and consistent catches.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/belize-wheres-the-data

A lack of official data and opposing positions have made it difficult to ascertain the level of fish stock in Belize. In February, the Belize government, through the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries Department, said that recent stock assessments indicate strong fish recruitment, stable populat...

05/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: Trinidad & Tobago

On a visit to local fishing depots across the islands, fishermen sang the same song: catches drastically diminished by more than half, leaving local fishermen with measly quotas that barely live up to their former glory.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/trinidad-and-tobago-on-the-trail-of-underlying-factors/

Ten years ago, Trinidad and Tobago’s waters were typically dotted with small boats brimming with bountiful catch as fisherfolk returned to fishing depots in the early morning. Among these fortunate fisherfolk was third-generation fisherman, Andy Williams, who consistently brought in a diverse arra...

02/08/2024

Mounting Challenges to Caribbean Fisheries: Antigua & Barbuda

A debate swirls around whether fish species depletion in Antigua and Barbuda is a current problem or a future threat. Experts are casting a net over the broader implications for ocean ecosystems and resource usage with livelihoods, diets and recreational activities at risk.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/antigua-and-barbuda-more-research-needed

A debate swirls around whether fish species depletion in Antigua and Barbuda is a current problem or a future threat.  Experts are casting a net over the broader implications for ocean ecosystems and resource usage with livelihoods, diets and recreational activities at risk. The Antigua and Barbuda...

02/08/2024

CIJN investigations have unearthed signs that the regional fisheries sector is currently confronting a variety of potentially disastrous challenges – both natural and human.

Through a series of articles by correspondents in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago – our team has scanned the regional seascape in search of data-supported evidence of a growing claim of perilous times ahead for the industry.

Read more about the series at www.cijn.org/series/mounting-challenges-to-caribbean-fisheries/

There are mixed official and industry messages in a selection of Caribbean countries, but CIJN investigations have unearthed, at minimum, signs that the regional fisheries sector is currently confronting a variety of potentially disastrous challenges – both natural and human. Over recent months, o...

28/07/2024

Like many small-to-medium scale agro processors, 63-year-old Sandra Craig is eager for a solution to Guyana’s unstable power supply. Craig welcomes any project that the government can bring to give her business reliable energy and hopes to expand her line of products once the gas-to-energy project comes on stream.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/guyana-us1-7b-gas-to-energy-project-a-pathway-to-prosperity-or-pandoras-box/

Like many small-to-medium scale agro processors, 63-year-old Sandra Craig is eager for a solution to Guyana’s unstable power supply. Since moving from a small “snackette” in Orange Walk, one of the bustling streets in Georgetown, Guyana’s capital, to having her own agro-processing facility i...

26/07/2024

When it comes to the Gas-to-Energy Project, the stakes are high. On one hand, local authorities are hard pressed to deliver on an electoral promise that many before them have failed to fulfil and on the other hand, if this project caves under the weight of its promise, it could be one of the most costly mistakes for the State of Guyana.

Read more on this story at www.cijn.org/guyana-us1-7b-gas-to-energy-project-a-pathway-to-prosperity-or-pandoras-box/

Like many small-to-medium scale agro processors, 63-year-old Sandra Craig is eager for a solution to Guyana’s unstable power supply. Since moving from a small “snackette” in Orange Walk, one of the bustling streets in Georgetown, Guyana’s capital, to having her own agro-processing facility i...