Challenging the power of the one percent
By Lydia Alpízar Durán From Caribbean Life SAO PAULO (IPS) – When you are faced with the task of moving an object but find it is too heavy to lift, what is your immediate and most natural response? You ask…
The New York Times just exposed the shady underbelly of the manicure industry
By Natasha Bertrand From Business Insider Workers at nail salons often don’t even make a legal wage, let alone a living wage New York’s governor might try to raise the minimum wage without the approval of state lawmakers The minimum…
Mothers Day: Inspirational stories that prove moms are superheroes
By Ryan Lytle From Mashable In 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson officially recognized Mother’s Day as a national holiday. One hundred years later, the holiday has become a global celebration to honor the mothers who made sacrifices to raise generations…
9 recipes to rock Mother’s Day brunch
By Laurel Randolph From Serious Eats 20150429-Mothers-Day-Brunch-Dishes.jpg There are holidays, and then there are brunch holidays. Brunch holidays are all about lazing around in mid-morning sunlight, sipping refreshing drinks, eating great food, and definitely not thinking about anything else you…
Honduras to host CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship 2015
Eight teams will compete for the title and three spots in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 Miami (Thursday, May 7, 2015) – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today…
Sacha Cosmetics cops top award Caribbean Exporter of the Year
From Trinidad Express Newspapers Sacha Cosmetics, a well-known beauty brand founded in 1979 in the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the winner of the inaugural Caribbean Exporter of the Year Awards, The Bahamas Weekly reports. The family-owned business…
Olwomen story of the week
Very Short Hairstyles For Black Women 2015 By Alissa Ward From Olwomen Very short hairstyles for black women have strikingly unique hair options for the season in groom. Go chic with wonderfully simple and the easiest to manage hair ideas…
First Caribbean fashion show
First Caribbean fashion show to be held during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Amsterdam By Caribbean Fashion Spot PR The fashion labels that will be featured are: Atelier Doré (Suriname), Beatriz Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Charu Lochan Dass (Trinidad & Tobago), Gigliola Gomez…
This Woman Is forecast to be the biggest winner of the U.K. Election
By Megan Gibson/Edinburgh From TIME Nicola Sturgeon and her Scottish Nationalist Party are predicted to wipe out all opposition in Scotland and become the United Kingdom’s third biggest party “Oh my god, it’s Nicola Sturgeon,” a twenty-something woman in a…
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The Editor Speaks: Is it ‘normal’ for women to be insulted by government ministers?
In the Caribbean perhaps so…? Following the “gross mistreatment of a professional colleague, characterized by undertones of prejudice in regard to gender, race and nationality” – Cayman Compass Editorial Board December 19 2014 – we now have another. This time…
