BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) — Clichéd rappers spend money on “bling” and cars, but Senegalese/American artiste Akon is looking skywards to splash his cash, investing in solar power projects across Africa. The rapper added The Gambia and Cape Verde to his Akon Lighting Africa initiative this weekend,...
[caption id="attachment_16928" align="alignright" width="300"] David Lee[/caption] TAIPEI, Taiwan (CMC) — President Tsai Ing-wen is to visit the Caribbean later this year amid concerns that its relations with some Caribbean allies have become “unstable”, Foreign Minister David Lee said Monday. Taiwan has relations with St Kitts-Nevis, St Vincent...
[caption id="attachment_16897" align="alignleft" width="300"] THE COCAINE HAD A STREET VALUE OF OVER US$71.75 MILLION.[/caption] Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of how a Vincentian-owned and registered fishing boat was held in what has been described as the largest maritime seizure in 18 years. In an...
[caption id="attachment_16892" align="alignright" width="300"] Pop star Rihanna received the Harvard Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year award at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University[/caption] It was all very Rihanna – from the style to the speech to the crowd’s reaction. From the time the Barbadian superstar walked onto the...
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, in recognition of the legacy of former Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), the late Sir K Dwight Venner, said it will be naming the Phase 1 building at its headquarters in his honour. According to a release from...