The ballots have been counted in a vote to elect new Barbuda Council members, but before the ink was dry on the results, the Barbuda People’s Movement, BPM, requested a recount. Both parties walked away with two seats each. However, the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP)...
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Wednesday March 25, 2015 – Healthcare tourism is listed as an opportunity for the Caribbean region according to an article outlining “13 Opportunities for the New Caribbean.” In Caribbean Journal, an online news source, Curaçao-based development consultants, Miguel Goede and Runy Calmera,...
[caption id="attachment_4434" align="alignleft" width="300"] (L) Rihanna & (R) Usain Bolt[/caption] Puma, the global sports brand, will include US/Barbadian singer Rihanna in its Forever Faster campaign which embodies the spirit of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. It signals Puma's further alliance with celebrity icons birthed in the region. "In 2015,...
[caption id="attachment_4394" align="alignleft" width="300"] Austin Kirby, pictured from the back. (Photo courtesy Kirby family)[/caption] A 43-year-old man who said his request to be baptised was turned down by a local Seventh-day Adventist Church last Saturday because he has dreadlocks, said he’s offended and feels more “hurt”...
As the first anniversary of his sentence for murder approaches, deejay Vybz Kartel earns his best showing to date on Billboard's Reggae Album chart. Viking (Vybz is King), an 11-track set produced by Linton 'TJ' White, debuts at number three on that table. It is the...