By Linda Nwoke The twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, located in the southern Caribbean, has a relatively high GDP per capita compared to other Caribbean countries. Since 1970, when they discovered and started oil production, they built a mixed economy that relies primarily on its oil and gas industry, which accounts for about 40% […]
The first military challenge coins, one story goes, were handed out in 1969 by a US Army colonel to build camaraderie in his Special Forces unit. He took the idea from a National Guardsman who had required his troops to always keep a sixpence coin on them in order to buy drinks for their buddies. (Soldiers […]
On the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, on Saturday, April 22nd, seven signature and 23 community-organized Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day locations will feature community programming. Citi Bike will offer free one-day passes to all riders New York — New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez was joined today in Times Square by […]
The other three Donald Trump is expected to turn himself in to the Manhattan authorities today. Further down, you can read about the latest developments and what to expect today. I also want to devote part of today’s newsletter to the other three criminal investigations of Trump — because at least one of them could end […]
As Caribbean delegations continue their work to encourage airlines to increase flights to and within the region, American Airlines has given the nod to St. Kitts by adding flights to the destination this summer. Marsha Henderson, Tourism Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, announced at the Routes Americas route development conference in Chicago this week […]
The Saint Lucia Marketing Board has introduced curb side produce delivery as a means of creating a more convenient shopping experience for customers. The service is available to the public at the Saint Lucia Marketing Board’s (SLMB) retail outlet in Castries. Only recently opened in the location which once housed Meats & More, the SLMB […]
A collaborative project undertaken by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (FS) to support MSMEs through upskilling and digitalization, was announced as a winner of the 2022 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards. In 2021, The UWI and FS […]
UNESCO cordially invites you to join the online event Connecting Caribbean: broadcasting diversity, streaming integration on 30 March 2023, from 9:00 am to 12:45 pm (Kingston time, GMT – 5). The event, framed within the UNESCO programme Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, funded by the European Union, […]
The management team of this year’s Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival has just released the list of official sponsorship partners for 2023. The Caribbean’s biggest music event running from May 5-14, 2023, will see seven major brands and corporations lend their support as official sponsors of this prestigious festival. Digicel is the Gold sponsor […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s investigating a drug-resistant strain of bacteria that caused severe injuries in 68 patients, including three deaths, across the U.S. The CDC says most of the patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa reported using artificial tears or eyedrops. Ten different brands of ophthalmic drugs were involved in these […]