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Bermuda Triangle plane mystery 'solved'

Two of the so-called Bermuda Triangle's most mysterious disappearances in the late 1940s may have been solved. Scores of ships and planes are said to have vanished without trace over the decades in a vast triangular area of ocean with imaginary poi
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St Vincent ponders change to republic

Ralph Gonsalves wants a 'home-grown' constitution Guyana, Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago among Commonwealth Caribbean nations have done it. Now St Vincent and the Grenadines is being asked to follow suit and ditch Queen Elizabeth of Britain as th
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Recession hits remittances

A report commissioned by the BBC says as migrants have faced rising unemployment, remittance flows have slowed more broadly. The document by the UK-based Migration Policy Institute deals with the effects of the global economic crisis on migration an
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Caribbean improves business climate

Two reports this week cast a light on the climate for doing business in the Caribbean and the evidence suggests an improving picture. Both the World Bank and the World Economic Forum both issued their assessments of how countries around the world ar
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UWI campus planned for Grenada

Grenada government is aiming to have a University of the West Indies (UWI) campus on the island within another three years. That was one of the plans outlined for education by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas in an address to the nation last night. He
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Saint Lucia to feature on international US Network

St Lucia’s spot on GetMarried, a Lifetime wedding show Saint Lucia will be featured on the Lifetime Television Network on September 1st and 8th, 2009 as part of an on-going marketing campaign in the United States geared towards continuously promoti
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Caribbean region aims for broadband revolution

A 2009 World Bank report has said that access to affordable high-speed Internet and mobile phone service is key to economic growth and job creation in developing countries. And the Bank has offered to help the Caribbean improve information and tele
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Una Morgan Poised to Release 1st Solo Album

As the daughter of reggae veteran Denroy Morgan, chanteuse Una and her siblings were guided, similarly to the Jackson 5 onto a musical path at a young age. The Morgan clan’s father encouraged his children to explore and develop their talents, and h
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