There's a Social Media travel myth that refuses to die: book your flight in the early hours of a Wednesday morning and you'll land the cheapest fare. It's a nice idea, but it isn't true — and hasn't been for years. Airlines used to load new fares Mon
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Guyana isn't the Caribbean's first oil economy. It's just the newest — and the most closely watched — in a region where Trinidad and Tobago spent a century running the same experiment first. For over 100 years and more than three billion cumulative b
Guyana has gone from a $3.5 billion economy to one valued at over $21 billion in roughly a decade, since ExxonMobil's 2015 discovery of the Liza field in the offshore Stabroek Block. It's now routinely cited as the world's fastest-growing economy — t
China has heavily funded and constructed infrastructure, energy, and port projects across the Caribbean through the Belt and Road Initiative and state-backed loans. Key developments include deep
Headlines have been circulating with phrases like "black gold breakthrough" and "7 billion barrel discovery." Take a breath — that's not quite where things stand. What Jamaica actually has is the strongest scientific evidence yet that oil exists some
Jamaica, the Caribbean's largest bauxite producer, is turning its attention back to West Africa. Two decades after a Jamaican prime minister first pledged to help Ghana build its own alumina industry, the two countries are back at the table — this ti
For most of 2026, Cuba's headlines have been dominated by one word: blackout. Rolling outages stretching up to 16–20 hours a day have become routine in parts of the island, the product of a decades-old US embargo that tightened sharply this year. Int
Across the Caribbean this year, one argument keeps resurfacing on timelines, in Parliament, and in the letters pages of the Gleaner and the Observer: who actually owns the beach? In Jamaica, the answer is complicated — and increasingly, angry. In Bar
Excerpt from: Jamacans.com
On August 6, 1962, Jamaica took its place among the world’s independent nations. As the Union Jack was lowered and the Black, Green and Gold was raised for the very first time, thousands of Jamaicans witnessed a moment tha
The Bermuda Triangle is shrouded in mystery and has long been rumored to be a place of alien abductions and ghost sightings. Although the term “Bermuda Triangle” wasn’t coined until 1964, strange incidents have been recorded in the area for over a h
The St. Kitts Scenic Railway traveling past scenic mountains.Credit: St. Kitts Tourism Authority
Built on former sugar cane tracks, the St. Kitts Scenic Railway offers panoramic views and local cultural experiences. One of the only operational passen
For many travelers, Barbuda is best known as a beautiful day-trip destination from neighboring Antigua. That’s partly because the small, mostly flat coral island—despite its dreamy, pink-hued beaches and picture-perfect lagoon—has remained largely o
Tucked just off the northern coast of Honduras, Utila is the kind of island that doesn't try too hard to impress you — and that's exactly its appeal. While its larger sister island Roatán draws cruise ships and resort crowds, Utila has stayed stubbor
Africa and Caribbean leaders during the high-level consultative conference on the next steps to the landmark United Nations resolution on the trafficking of enslaved Africans the 2nd Africa-Caribbean Summit.
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By Caribshout.com | Caribbean History, Culture & Identity
The Caribbean is one of the most historically complex and consequential regions on earth. Though the islands are small in land mass, the events that have taken place here have shaped the mode
By: Jennifer Tzeses - Excerpt from Yahoo Travel
Few places capture a get-away-from-it-all feeling quite like the Caribbean. From sandy shores and bath-warm waters to multicultural flavor and laid-back living, the islands here satisfy every sense. Par
The geothermal power plant in Dominica has started supplying power to the transmission system as it nears the completion of the commissioning phase.
The 10-MW geothermal power plant in Laudat in Dominica has entered the advanced stages of commissio
General conditions in construction are really the indirect costs, regulations, and administrative requirements that, on one hand, help a construction project but, on the other hand, don't become part of the actual building. So, among others, they ent
