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PM calls for economic empowerment of Global Africans at IATF2025

Now Grenada · September 7, 2025

by Curlan Campbell PM addressed Global Africa Diaspora Day celebration during IATF2025 Mitchell highlighted crucial role of diaspora in Africa’s continued advancement Endorsed Global Africa Commission to strengthen African ownership in key...

Dive into digital, SBA urged

The Nation Barbados · September 7, 2025

Small businesses are being urged to delve deeper into digital solutions in order to prosper in the current age of technology. The advice came from Minister of Energy and Business Senator Lisa Cummins, as she addressed the launch of the Liberty...

WTA’s Latin America Gala Ceremony 2025: Final Preparations in Full Swing

Breaking Travel News · September 5, 2025

With just over three weeks to go, anticipation is mounting for the Latin America Gala Ceremony 2025, set to take place on 27 September in the vibrant coastal city of Cancún, Mexico. This prestigious event is a highlight of the tourism calendar,...

BYD named official partner of Caribbean Premier League 2025

Gasgoo · September 5, 2025

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- BYD announced on Sept. 4 that it has been confirmed as the official partner of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for the 2025 season, marking a high-profile collaboration that links the Caribbean's biggest sporting event with a...

Jones gives Carifesta 9 out of 10

The Nation Barbados · September 5, 2025

By John Sealy George Jones, co-founder of the internationally acclaimed soca band Square One, has lauded the just-concluded CARIFESTA XV, giving it a near-perfect score of nine out of ten. Jones, who has attended five editions of CARIFESTA across...

CARICOM’s Banking Sector at the Brink: The John Doe summons and the coming financial apocalypse

The St Kitts Nevis Observer · September 8, 2025

- Advertisement - By Femi Tex Ogun One morning soon, a bank card issued by a Caribbean lender may simply stop working in New York. A remittance wire from a son in Florida to his mother in Grenada may vanish into the ether. Tourists landing in...

Global Africa Diaspora Day At The Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) Reaffirms Commitment Towards Unity And Economic Sovereignty For All Africans

MENAFN · September 8, 2025

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo As the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) kicked off its second day, Global Africa Diaspora Day brought together Heads of State, senior government officials, business leaders, and cultural icons...

Mottley’s Carifesta House praised as ‘visionary’

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · September 7, 2025

News Corey Connelly 8 Minutes Ago The Amritam Shakti Dance Company, from Trinidad, performs at the Carifesta Youth Village in Barbados last month. - Photos by Visual Styles CULTURAL stakeholders have welcomed Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s...

CMEx Announces Additional 2025 Leadership Award Honorees

I News Cayman · September 8, 2025

Source: Caribbean Media Exchange, Inc. From left to right: Carole Alexis of Martinique, Ronella Croes of Aruba, and Clarisa Jiménez of Puerto Rico — newly named honorees for the 2025 CMEx Leadership Awards SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey (September 8,...

Daily Brief, September 8: SC Okays Aadhaar as Voter ID, High Alert on India-Border amid Nepal's Gen Z Protests - Top 10 Headlines Today

Asianet Newsable · September 8, 2025

From Supreme Court's Aadhaar ruling to Punjab’s Rs 20,000 crore relief plea, Gen Z protests in Nepal prompting high alert on India border and record-high gold prices - these major developments unfolded on September 8. From Aadhaar becoming a...

Cedric Stephens | Lessons in financial resilience

The Gleaner · September 7, 2025

Why has Jamaica trailed Barbados on the path to sustained growth? Orlando Patterson, the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, and who served as special adviser to former Prime Minister Michael Manley, posed and answered this...

How can philanthropy step up in a moment of increased institutionalised transphobia across the globe?

Alliance Magazine · September 8, 2025

Globally, funders continue to sideline the leadership and lived realities of trans people and their communities. If philanthropy is to rise to this moment of crisis, it must move beyond token gestures and meaningfully resource the overlapping and...

Guyanese musicians took over Carifesta – says Soca artiste Omaiah Hall

Stabroek News · September 7, 2025

Omaiah Hall performing on stage at Carifesta XV Guyanese musician Omaiah Hall’s debut performance at the Caribbean Festival of Arts (Carifesta) was its recent 15th manifestation in Barbados. Apart from having had an amazing, memorable experience,...

Minister urges SMEs to embrace AI and digital trade

Barbados Today · September 6, 2025

51 Minister of Energy and Business Development, Senator Lisa Cummins, has urged small businesses to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and digital trade as vital tools for growth and global competitiveness. She addressed attendees at the media...

Payce’s $10m digital drive

The Nation Barbados · September 6, 2025

Cave Shepherd Card (Barbados) Inc., which trades as Payce Digital, is borrowing $10 million from Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Invest to make financial services more accessible to more Barbadians. They expect this to be achieved largely by...

Carifesta ‘catalyst for trade’

The Nation Barbados · September 1, 2025

Barbados’ hosting of Carifesta XV has demonstrated the big potential for the country’s creative industry and lays a foundation for further investment in the services economy. That is the assessment of Matthew Wilson, Barbados’ Ambassador and...

AU head notes role of youth in addressing issues Africa, C’bean face

I Witness News · September 8, 2025

By Kenton X. Chance ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — As leaders met here on Sunday for the Second Summit of the African Union (AU) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the chair of the continental bloc said young people must occupy a central place in all...

The weird and wonderful careers of soccer's greatest journeyman players

ESPN United Kingdom · September 8, 2025

Journeyman footballers conjure up a wealth of emotions in fans. The term can have negative connotations of a player who perhaps never quite made it to the top, or who is unable to settle at any club for very long, forced to constantly move around...

No MS Dhoni or Rohit Sharma as Shreyanka Patil picks dream T20 XI ahead of WCPL 2025 [Watch]

Sportskeeda · September 6, 2025

Indian women's cricketer Shreyanka Patil, who is set to feature for the Barbados Royals in the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2025, recently chose her dream T20 XI. Patil ignored the likes of Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni but instead named...

ESL Celebrates Lucian Artistry at CARIFESTA XV

The Voice · September 6, 2025

758 cast of artists and official representatives at CARIFESTA XV (Photo credit: ESL) Saint Lucia delivered a dynamic presentation at CARIFESTA XV in Barbados, and the production team, along with its actors, musicians, dancers, artists, and...