It’s time for a new way to think about aid By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor When disaster strikes all masks come off. Every little problem gets magnified 10 fold. This is exactly the situation in Haiti post-Hurricane Matthew. Immediately after the impact, the most devastated area, the southe...

Keron Bascombe is the creator and editor of tech4agri.com.  At the end of 2014 he decided to transform this blog into a social enterprise which uses journalistic activity to provide up-to-date information on the Caribbean agri-sector, among other goals. Here’s his story… Name of B...

By Sir Ronald Sanders BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday July 1, 2016 – The result of the British referendum to leave the European Union (EU) has already left a trail of culprits, victims and intended and unintended consequences. Its primary outcome is grave uncertainty within Britain; within the E...

Can you tell us about the risks that Brexit poses for the Caribbean? Brexit poses both risks and potential opportunities for the Caribbean, in my view. In the short-term, we are already seeing the fallout for the UK economy as consumers have said in a poll reported by Bloomberg, that they will cur...

By Jessica Faieta NEW YORK, United States, Thursday June 23, 2016, IPS – Latin America and the Caribbean countries have experienced historic economic and social transformation in recent years. This has led to a considerable reduction in poverty and inequality and to advances in clos...

Anastasha Elliott is the creative mind behind Yaphene, an organic cosmetic and food product business. Here’s her story…. Name of Business: Yaphene Country: St. Kitts Years of Operation: 4 years Profile: At Yaphene we farm and then create organic cosmetic and food products using the ...

The Caribbean is experiencing growing interest as a delivery destination for global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. With its proximity to the North American market, the region represents the largest source of near-shore English speaking talent pool in this hemisphere. Moreover, there ar...

Republished from the Caribbean Open Institute Blog. The original can be found here. Data Journalism has been described as the future of media by no less a luminary than Sir Tim Berners-Lee. As such, regional media houses and professionals need to embrace this new paradigm especially in a world...

WASHINGTON, United States, Tuesday April 12, 2016 – Approximately US$1.8 billion would be needed to end poor housing conditions currently endured by 1 million residents in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, according to a new Inter-American Developm...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –  Amid a maze of car repair shops in Haiti's gritty capital, Andre Eugene pitches a shredded tire he found atop a towering sculpture he built out of rusty engine parts, bed springs and other cast-off junk. "This is what I do: I work with the garbage of the worl...