How the other half live!
Aussie Home Loans heiress Deborah Symond soaks up the Caribbean sun on a luxury yacht while drinking bottles of Veuve Clicquot and wearing a $400 bralette By Cait Kelly From Daily Mail Australia Being the daughter of Aussie Home Loans…
Tri-nation football for Barbados
By George Alleyne From Caribbean Life Wiser now from their mistakes that placed them in the bottom rung of the regional football competition, Barbados Tridents are gearing for the future by hosting a European and a fellow Caribbean team this…
Conch is making a comeback in Turks & Caicos
By Adrienne Jordan From Forbes The edible marine snail with beautiful conical shells are found throughout the Caribbean, but especially in abundance in the Turks & Caicos. The peach-and-cream colored conch are so popular, it is even illustrated on the…
The intoxicating languor of the Caribbean
From Repeating Islands WRITTEN IN 1929, PAUL MORAND’S CARIBBEAN WINTER IS FINALLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. IF YOU DISREGARD THE RACISM, IT’S A TRAVELOGUE THAT’S HARD TO BEAT A review by Ian Thomson for The Spectator. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing…
Cholesterol levels spike after Christmas
From Newsmax After indulging in big, rich, holiday meals, cholesterol levels go through the roof, Danish researchers report. After Christmas, cholesterol levels jumped 20 percent from summer levels among the 25,000 people studied. Your risk of having high cholesterol becomes…
Tropicalfete
Tropicalfete’s ‘Finale’ blows audience away By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Brooklyn’s cultural group, Tropicalfete, recently blew the audience away with its final production for 2018 that featured the organization’s various groups. According to Alton Aimable, the St. Lucian-born…
Wandsworth father appeals for more blood donors from the African Caribbean community
By Toby Porter From Londononline A six-year-old schoolgirl with sickle cell anemia was able to celebrate Christmas and new year only because she was given blood by a hero she did not know. Now Angel Salami and her family are…
Caribbean youth offered sail training on ship ‘Eendracht’
From The Daily Herald St Maarten MARIGOT–The non-profit association Caribbean Sail Training (CSTA) announced Thursday it is again offering great sailing adventures to Caribbean youngsters. In cooperation with the Dutch “Stichting Zeilschip Eendracht” and Maritime School of the West Indies…
Sir Viv: Little hope for WI
By Azad Ali From Caribbean Life Legendary former West Indies Captain, Sir Vivian Richards has little hope of the regional team winning this year’s ICC World Cup in England. He identified the hosts, along with five-time winners and reigning champions…
The Caribbean and climate change: Evil in paradise?
By Rebecca Theodore From The Nassau Guardian Is there an immediate lifeline for the lives of the more-than-40 million people who now lie in peril in the Caribbean? In no uncertain terms, the ravaging effects of climate change in the Caribbean…