Tropical bird spotted at Trial Island, far from its range in northern Mexico (BC)

Photo: John Gillivet This juvenile magnificent frigatebird, typically found in the Caribbean, Mexico and South America, was photographed near Trial Island on May 31. A tropical bird was spotted this week south of Victoria, thousands of kilometres...

Sports Mole previews Saturday's World Cup Qualifying - South America clash between Venezuela and Bolivia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Sports Mole previews Saturday's World Cup Qualifying - South America clash between Venezuela and Bolivia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Venezuela and Bolivia meet in one of the most important CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers...

Effective Haul Road Management: A South American gold mine case study

Effective haul road management is crucial for optimising productivity and minimising costs in the mining industry. This case study highlights how a South American gold mine utilised Haul Road Explorer (HRE) to identify and address a significant...

Nutrition Unit talk Healthy Eating on Caribbean Nutrition Day

Press Release June 6, 2025 Caribbean Nutrition Day was observed across the region on Sunday, June, 1, 2025, and the Nutrition Unit within the Ministry of Health,Wellness and the Environment held a symposium under the theme “Savour the Flavour, Eat...

FORMER ZIZ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIONNE BAPTISTE-CLARKE WINS BIG AT CARIBBEAN TOURISM JOURNALISM AWARDS — TAKES HOME “BEST IMMERSIVE STORY” HONOUR

“This Is For the Caribbean!” — Clarke’s Passion Project, Your Caribbean Guide, Celebrated for Transforming Regional Storytelling BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — In a stunning and well-deserved triumph, Dionne Baptiste-Clarke, former Executive Producer at...

BPA "no guinea pig," in Caribbean drug plan system

Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association (BPA) President Dr. Marvin Smith told Guardian Business that Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA) Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) is ill-equipped to provide guidance for the country’s National Health...

South American Weather and Crop Update (6-3-25)

New travel alert issued for Carnival, Royal Caribbean cruise port

New travel alert issued for Carnival, Royal Caribbean cruise port originally appeared on Come Cruise With Me. One of the things many people (me included) love most about cruising is the opportunity to visit multiple destinations in one trip...

Caribbean Culture Fund Launches USD 400K Grant Call 

News Americas, New York, NY, June 5, 2025: June 2025 – The Caribbean Culture Fund (CCF) has launched its third call for proposals, offering a total of USD 400,000 in grants to bolster cultural and creative projects throughout the region. This...

Caribbean’s 1st Business Centre for Persons with Disabilities opens in Guyana

US restricts visas for Central American officials over Cuban medical program

The US State Department yesterday took steps to impose visa restrictions on several Central American government officials and their relatives because of their involvement in Cuba’s medical mission programs. The announcement came months after the...

Lucia brings Afro-Caribbean fine dining to Fairfax

The new restaurant on Fairfax Avenue serves bold Caribbean fare in a sleek and luxurious setting. (photo courtesy of Brandon Barré/Lucia) Angelenos have a new Afro-Caribbean culinary destination, as Lucia opened on May 28 in the heart of the...

Zaida James & Johnson Charles shortlisted for Major Awards

Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) has announced the nominees for the 8th CWI/WIPA Awards Gala, a prestigious evening that honours the outstanding performances in West Indies cricket over the past year. Zaida...

Brazilian ANAC Certifies Cessna SkyCourier Combi Kit

Sat, Jun 07, 2025 Textron Aviation announced that its Cessna SkyCourier Combi configuration kit received certification from the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil, or ANAC, and the first South American delivery of the aircraft joined the...

‘Bitcoin Family' hides crypto codes etched onto metal cards on four continents after recent kidnappings

The family’s new storage model splits an encrypted 24-word seed phrase into multiple parts, hidden in locations from Europe to South America. Their hot wallets are guarded by multi-signature protocols, while cold funds are stored entirely offline...

Researchers race to understand new disease killing Caribbean corals at unprecedented rates

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a novel coral disease that first emerged in Florida in 2014, and has now spread to 33 countries and territories in the Caribbean, including along the Mesoamerican Reef. SCTLD affects an unprecedented...

New Public-Private Alliance Aims to Transform St. Croix Into Caribbean Capital Markets Powerhouse

Question 1: What structural barriers have historically prevented minority-led businesses in the Caribbean from accessing capital and scaling globally? Access to capital in the Caribbean has been stifled for decades by a convergence of [...]

At last my great-grandad Dreyfus could get France’s ultimate honour

It was one of the most notorious travesties of justice in legal history: in December 1894, a promising young Jewish army captain from Alsace was wrongly convicted at a secret French court martial of selling secrets to the Germans and sent to a...

Justice Adrian Saunders, an Outstanding Vincentian and Caribbean Luminary and Humanist

R. Rose - Eye of the Needle My flat nose swelled with enormous pride on Tuesday of this week when I listened to the copious tributes being paid to a son of our soil, Justice Adrian Saunders, the retiring President of the Caribbean Court of Justice...

ROYAL CARIBBEAN NAMES DIANA ROSS GODMOTHER OF STAR OF THE SEAS

The ultimate family vacation is getting ready to set sail, and a star-studded godmother is leading the way. Royal Caribbean has announced musical icon Diana Ross as the official godmother of Star of the Seas when the revolutionary Icon Class ship...