ROSEAU, Dominica, Wednesday October 11, 2017 – Three weeks after the Category 5 Hurricane Maria ripped through Dominica, the scope of the damage remains daunting, with islanders in dire need of water, electricity, food and supplies, the United Natio
Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday pledged Jamaica's assistance to Caribbean nations impacted by major hurricanes in recent weeks as Hurricane Maria headed towards the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with the US National Hurricane Cent
This image provided by the Antigua & Barbuda Broadcasting Services on September 07, 2017 shows people affected by the disaster on the Island of Barbuda after Hurricane Irma hit the Island. (Photo: AFP)
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — Prime Minister Gasto
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Saturday September 2, 2017 – Sandals has debuted its new Beachfront Crystal Lagoon suites at the Sandals Halcyon Beach resort in St Lucia.
The romantic suites are steps away from one of St Lucia’s finest beaches, with convenient
FILM COMMISSIONER AT JAMAICA PROMOTIONS CORPORATION (JAMPRO), RENÉE ROBINSON. (PHOTO CREDIT: JIS)
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday August 24, 2017 – Film Commissioner at Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Renée Robinson, says the country has been
GRENADA HAS SEEN A WHOPPING 33 PER CENT INCREASE IN ARRIVALS FROM GERMANY.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Saturday August 19, 2017 — Stay over visitor arrivals in Grenada are up five per cent overall for the first half of 2017.
A breakdown of that increase s
THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE NORTH OF BARBADOS AS TROPICAL STORM HARVEY DUMPED HEAVY RAINS ON THE ISLAND LAST NIGHT AND INTO TODAY.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday August 18, 2017 – Heavy flooding and power outages were left in the wake of Har
TOURISM MINISTER EDMUND BARTLETT (SECOND LEFT), BITES INTO A ‘BAD DAWG’ SANDWICH AT THE LAUNCH OF DEVON HOUSE AS THE FIRST GASTRONOMIC CENTRE IN KINGSTON. OTHERS (FROM LEFT) ARE: HEAD OF THE TOURISM LINKAGES NETWORK, CAROLYN MCDONALD RILEY; CHAIRPE
There will be a void in athletics when sprint icon Usain Bolt retires after the IAAF World Championships in London.
The Jamaican has swept all before him in the past four editions of the event, only missing out on one medal at Daegu 2011 due to a fa
The region is said to have a US$4 billion per year food import bill.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Thursday July 27, 2017 – A new EC$20,000 (US$7,407.26) a week trade agreement has been signed to export produce from St Vincent and the Gr
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Rum and Beer Festival is heading back to Barbados this year.
After spending several years away and being hosted in Grenada and St Maarten, the annual beverage expo is back where it started.
“The first Caribbean R
AT TOP: TOURISTS ENJOYING REFRESHING COCONUT WATER ON A SAVOUR THE SPICE, SAVOUR THE CITY TOUR, WHILE AT BOTTOM IS THE GRENADA HIGH WIRE CHALLENGE.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday July 7, 2017— Grenada is gearing up for the next winter season with i
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 27 (ACN) The business opportunities portfolio of the Cuban sugar agroindustry will be presented today at the XIV International Congress on sugar cane and derivatives (DIVERSIFICATION 2017).
General Director of ZERUS SA, belonging t
(From left) Sanya Richards-Ross, Olivia Grange and Marva Bernard at the book launch of Chasing Grace and Run with Me. (Photo: Dwayne Richards)
Despite the heavy rains that lashed the island since Friday, over a hundred Jamaicans, including the Mini
Lenbert Williams, host and driver of the One Love Bus Bar Crawl is all smiles at the first stop on the tour in Negril, Jamaica
The moment the dated Mitsubishi Rosa bus pulled up, I knew this
Five years ago, Nathan Patrick left a cushy job as a designer and creative director in Sydney, Australia to return to Jamaica after spending ten years away from the island. A surfer and 'beach bum' at heart, Patrick found that there were many simila
FLORIDA, United States, Thursday June 1, 2017 – Today marks the official start of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, but no tropical cyclones are expected during at least the next five days, according to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC).
The sea
FROM LEFT: MATT COOPER OF THE CARIBBEAN HOTEL AND TOURISM ASSOCIATION, WPLG’S HUNTER FRANQUI, CHEF RALPH MOTTA AND COMMISSIONER OF TOURISM BEVERLY NICHOLSON-DOTY IN MIAMI ON TUESDAY.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands, Tuesday May 30, 2017 – St.
CARICOM COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS’ OUTGOING CHAIRMAN SIR LOUIS STRAKER, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES’ DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday May 19, 2017 – The
