Actor and playwright David Heron to receive Caribbean Life Impact Award
From Broadway World Award winning actor and playwright David Heron will be honored in New York next week with the Caribbean Life Impact Award in recognition of his career achievements in Entertainment and Entrepreneurship. The Jamaican born Heron will be…
SVG Diaspora Committee to host public lecture on role of CCJ
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life The Brooklyn-based St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diaspora Committee of New York, Inc., says it will be collaborating with Brooklyn’s Medgar Evers College in hosting a public lecture, at the college’s Founders Auditorium,…
Vincentian Designer turns heads at Barbados Fashion Week
From Caribbean Export Persons in the audience were left mesmerized when Kimya Glasgow’s designs hit the runway at the recently concluded International Fashion Festival – Barbados Fashion Week held from the 26-28 October, 2018 hosted and managed by the Caribbean…
St. Maarten 2nd busiest airport for private jets in Caribbean
From The Daily Herald St Maarten Infographic about most popular private jet destinations in the Caribbean. LONDON/MIAMI–PrivateFly, an internationally operating company that offers private jet charters, shared some good news for St. Maarten on Thursday, even though it is based…
Telemedicine to cancer screening: 5 Million Euro INTERREG CARES projects to boost OECS health
Friday, November 9, 2018 — Improving health services for every citizen has been boosted with Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélémy and OECS Member States launching INTERREG CARES initiative (Cooperation, Accessibility, Referrals, E-Information System) in Saint Lucia on October 31, 2018. The 5 million…
Cooperation, not competition, is key for Caribbean’s continued success
by Daniel McCarthy From Travel Market Report The Caribbean has seemingly forever been the bellwether for the cruise industry. According to CLIA’s 2018 Cruise Outlook, 35.4 percent of all cruise deployment was dedicated to the Caribbean, more than double the…
Civil society role critical to advance CCJ, says former president
By LK Hewlett From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — Former president of the Caribbean Court of Justice Sir Dennis Byron has weighed in on why two more Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have rejected the CCJ. Antigua and…
Aspiring attorney loses Law Schools’ challenge at Caribbean Court of Justice
By: Denis Chabrol From Demerara Waves Port of Spain, Trinidad. The legal challenge alleging that the Law Schools’ admissions process discriminates against holders of non-University of the West Indies (UWI) law degrees was dismissed Friday afternoon in a judgment delivered…
Mystery corals of the Caribbean: Porites
By NICOLE HELGASON From Reef Divers.io Now, this is a question I must ask my most serious coral loving colleagues. How to tell the difference between all these Porites corals? *Looking to solve the mystery scroll to the bottom for…
Best in clean energy revealed at Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum
From CARICOM ( Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum Press Release) The Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF), the largest annual gathering of the regional clean energy market, today announced eight winners for its second annual CREF Industry Awards. The winners were recognised…