Our Caribbean Community is one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world, home to plants and animals that are found nowhere else. We are proud of that accolade and are steadfast in our efforts to manage and protect our biodiversity.
Jamaica’s swim star Alia Atkinson on Sunday stamped her dominance on the 50 Short Course Meters (SCM) Breaststroke event in Tokyo winning another gold medal for her country at the FINA Swimming World Cup.
Recording a blistering 28.95 seconds she again finished ahead of the Russian Champion Yuliya Efimova (29.56) and the Australian Champion Emily Seebohm (29.99) and just off her own World Record of 28.56 seconds set in Budapest in October this year.
Celebrating a blistering 28.95 seconds in Japan
(Forbes) As part of the Island Innovation series, today I interview Keithlin Caroo, the founder of Saint Lucian non-profit Helen’s Daughters. This NGO has a special focus on rural women’s economic development through improved market access, adaptive agricultural techniques, and capacity-building. Helen’s Daughters was formed in 2016 in a winning proposal for UN Women’s Empower Women Champions for Change Program.
(Barbados Today) Education is a lifelong journey. We never know everything, but we constantly evolve as we learn more about our communities, this ever-changing world and ourselves.
I’m not ashamed to say I’m still learning. I’ve grown tremendously as an individual through my formal education as well as the global education I have received by travelling the world through music.
The Bishops’ High School in Georgetown, Guyana, hosted its annual 9th Grade (3rd Form) CARICOM Project at the school on Friday, 13 April, 2018.
This year’s activity was observed under the theme, ‘Climate: Resilience and Mitigation – Safeguarding Our Physical and Cultural Integrity’
Two CARICOM Member States – Dominica, and Haiti – were featured this year. The other country featured was Puerto Rico.
The value of the global condiment market is expected to rise to €20.29 billion by 2020, with urbanisation, higher disposable incomes, and growing interest in world cuisine increasing the demand for exotic sauces in North America and Europe.
Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was pleased to feature Dominica’s very own singing sensation, Michele Henderson, in our April 2017 issue.
The magazine promotes the Caribbean region as the ideal place to vacation, highlighting Caribbean culture, food, fashion, art, its people, travel stories, among other things – providing readers an all-encompassing view of the beautiful Caribbean region which a potential visitor may quite easily overlook.
If one Entrepreneur has her way, more consumers will be setting aside their wheat, cassava and sweet potato products for those made with green bananas.
Tonya Ifill, owner and operator of Carlesa’s Enterprises pioneered flour and pasta made from the unripened fruit.
Ifill was attending Agrofest when she spoke with BARBADOS BUSINESS AUTHORITY.
The success of Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry of Tourism and the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) has led to double-digit growth in air arrivals from the USA and attracting new properties, including big names such as Marriott. This has resulted in Antigua and Barbuda dominating in the Caribbean Journal’s 2016 ‘Caribbean Travel Awards.’ The Honorable Asot A. Michael, Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment and Energy was named the ‘Caribbean Minister of the Year,’ Mr. Colin C.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday October 17, 2016 – A husband and wife in Jamaica are teaming up to make it easier for students in the Caribbean to prepare for exams.
Nichole Crawford Thompson and Ricardo Thompson have co-founded Niritech, a startup that offers online study resources and exam preparation for Caribbean high school students.
In addition, the technology company also offers a variety of services geared towards education and technology integration.