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One Caribbean Nation. Political pundit ANCHOR WITH TRINBAGO ROOTS CREATING STIR CNN’s rising star Abby Phillip is getting a chance to shine on her own. The CNN recently announced the network’s new Washington-based anchor roles. Within that release came the news that Phillip has been promoted to senior political correspondent and will be taking the reins of Inside Politics Sunday from John King. So, CNN viewers will now be able to tune into Phillip every Sunday morning from 8 to 9 a.m. starting January 24th. Fans of the show will note that Phillip is no stranger to the Inside Politics set, having been a member of the show’s roundtable in 2015 and even filling in for King last month— perhaps as an undisclosed opportunity for Phillip to test drive the anchor role. Phillip was born in Virginia to parents June and Dr Carlos Phillip. Her parents are originally from Sangre Grande. They migrated to the US in 1985 and returned to Trinidad and Tobago in 1988 when she was a few months old. She ...

One Caribbean Nation. VP-Elect Kamala Harris CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Sun. Jan. 17, 2021 : U.S. VP-Elect Kamala Harris on Sunday night delivered a special message to thousands of Caribbean Americans gathered virtually globally, at a star-studded virtual global Caribbean inauguration celebration in her honor, conceptualized and executed by Caribbean American entrepreneur and advocate, Felicia J. Persaud, and presented by Invest Caribbean and the Caribbean American Action Network, (CAAN). “Thank you for the efforts that so many of you have made throughout the course of the campaign to get us to this moment. … You did the work. You helped lay the groundwork for this historic occasion,” VP-elect Harris said. “Now, because of you and so many others, our country is on a path to heal and rebuild.” She also recognized the contributions of Caribbean Americans to the United States, which she said are woven “throughout the fabric of our country.” “Those contributions are reflected in the liv...

One Caribbean Nation. Prestigious awardees SIR HILARY BECKLES, DR ANTHONY FAUCI UP FOR US HONOURS Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, will next week add another prestigious award to his list of accolades. Reverend Al Sharpton, President and Founder of the US National Action Network (NAN), today announced that the organisation’s Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Day awards would be conferred on Sir Hilary as well as Dr Anthony Fauci, at the annual breakfast event on MLK Day, on Monday. This is the 30th anniversary for the awards by which the work and the legacy of Dr King are celebrated and persons honoured with a view to refocusing and sustaining his dream. Sir Hilary is recognised for his global advocacy, academic scholarship and intellectual leadership in support of social justice, institutional equity, and economic development for marginalised and oppressed ethnicities and nations. Sir Hilary, who is also President of Universities Caribbean,...