Cap Cana, Dominican Republic Gets Luxe Villas with a License To Chill: Margaritaville Island Reserve Cap Cana Launches In October

May 14, 2021 Karisma Hotels & Resorts, the award-winning collection of properties spanning Latin America, the Caribbean and Mexico, and Margaritaville, the global lifestyle brand synonymous with fun and escapism,…

Dominica and UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund to Sign $50m Clean-Energy Plant Contract

May 14, 2021 The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF) have announced a deal for a hurricane-resistant clean energy project. The $50m development…

Second Pair of Teachers to begin lessons on Regional Integration and the CSME

May 14, 2021 Another pair of High School teachers continues a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat pilot project for teaching on-line, each other’s classes in Belize and Guyana and giving lessons…

Invenergy, BW LNG complete $128m financing of FSRU for transformative LNG-to-Power Project in El Salvador.

May 14, 2021 Global sustainable energy developer Invenergy and global liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions provider BW LNG today announced that they recently closed a $128.3m financial package with IDB…

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts to convert St Croix, Curacao and Belize resorts to its brand

May 14, 2021 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel franchising company with over 8,900 hotels across nearly 95 countries, remains on a steady growth trajectory around the world…

CARICOM remembers late Anguilla Chief Minister Hubert Hughes as ‘Regionalist’

May 14, 2021 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended its condolences on the passing of the former Anguilla Chief Minister Mr. Hubert Benjamin Hughes, who died last Saturday, 8 May…

Statement from the 28th Special COHSOD regarding CXC concerns

May 14, 2021 The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD) met in Special session on Tuesday 12 May to examine concerns related to the administration of…

EDITORIAL: The US is vaccinating at a rapid pace, we must be ready for the onslaught of tourists.

The end of 2021 may break records in travel and tourism as Americans begin to travel to the Caribbean in record numbers. The COVID-19 vaccinations are happening at a record…

VIDEO: Devotions led by Rev’d Chitan Thompson

Morning Devotions led by Rev’d Chitan Thompson.  The Assistant Curate of Christ Church Cathedral. May 10, 2021.

Health Tip: Control your hunger!

May 11, 2021 This week’s health tip from Dr Kent Bazard is about controlling your hunger, managing it so you don’t over-eat and destroy your personal weight loss goals.

COMMENTARY: NAVIGATING THE UWI GALAXY: RETURN OF THE JEDI, SIR HILARY BECKLES

By: Anthony Gafoor May 11, 2021 Despite pervasive comments of covert, threatening actions from a traitorous Darth Vader, on Friday, April 30, 2021, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West…

IADB hails Barbados “Roofs to Reefs” policy in climate change battle

By: Staff Writer May 11, 2021 The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in a recent report hailed Barbados’s “Roofs to Reefs” climate change policy as a “good example” of climate change…