Pack a better lunch
10 photos that will help you pack a better lunch By Kelli Foster From the Kitchn (Image credit: Susanna Hopler) I think we can all agree that the lunch struggle is real and it can feel totally overwhelming when you’re…
Recipe of the week
Recipe: Cucumber Gin & Tonic Pitcher Cocktail By Sheela Prakash From the Kitchn My favorite cocktail is a gin and tonic. But sometimes, even if I use extra-fancy tonic water and good gin, it feels like it just needs a…
Former boxer throws weight behind prostate cancer campaign to reach out to African Caribbean community
By RHEA TURNER From Burton Mail UK The campaign, which has already diagnosed 24 men with cancer, is the brainchild of Jyoti Shah An ex-boxer has traded punches for prostate advice after joining the fight against men’s biggest killer to…
Barbados – CARIFESTA XIII ends
From Caribbean News Service Ten days of regional cultural expression came to an end at Kensington Oval Sunday night with organizers saying the festival was a resounding success. The Minister of Culture in Barbados Stephen Lashley said that all the…
Trinidad and Tobago a hub for illegal immigrants – report
From Jamaica Gleaner PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Global Detention Project, an international group based in Switzerland, says Trinidad and Tobago is a hub for an alarming number of illegal immigrants. In its online report, Global Detention Project…
Carnival of Resistance and Resilience: How Notting Hill can help the people of Grenfell heal
From Telesur For the Notting Hill district in West London, when masqueraders arrive for Carnival, they will do so in contravention of the attempts by the Tory-led council to use the Grenfell disaster to move the Caribbean-style event from its…
The west’s wealth is based on slavery. Reparations should be paid
By Kehinde Andrews From The Guardian UK The west is built on racism; and not in some abstract or merely historical way. Genocide of over 80% of the natives of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries paved the…
Sick sea lions
Sea lions are getting sick from toxic algae blooms By Mallory Locklear From engadget Industrial runoff is fueling the algae and climate change will make it worse. Sea lions off of the coast of California are getting very sick and…
St. Lucia’s PM on Climate Change: “Time Is Against Us”
By Desmond Brown From IPS The prime minister of Saint Lucia, Allen Chastanet, has reiterated the call for developed countries to assist SIDS to combat the effects of climate change. CASTRIES, St Lucia (IPS) – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime…
Panama City Beach woman travels to Russia to judge goat show
By Riliegh McHugh From WJHG PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – One Panama City Beach woman recently traveled to Russia to serve as a judge in a rather unusual tournament. Cristi Karr lives in Panama City Beach and raises and…