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Royal photographer Rankin gets real about his first-ever celebrity cruise - and what it was really like to work with the late Queen Elizabeth II
Daily Mail
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September 8, 2025
From modest childhood caravan holidays in the British countryside to snapping celebrities on board a luxury Caribbean liner, world-renowned photographer Rankin has come a long way. The Glasgow-born creative is best known for his iconic portraits...
CTO to Launch Groundbreaking Tourism Intelligence Award at SOTIC 2025
Breaking Travel News
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September 5, 2025
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) will unveil a landmark regional honor — the Caribbean Tourism Intelligence Award — at this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), underscoring the region’s push toward knowledge-led growth...
Hurricane Ivan: 7 September 2004
Now Grenada
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September 7, 2025
by John Angus Martin, A-Z of Grenada Heritage On this day, 7 September 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated Grenada, leaving 34 people dead and wreaking havoc across the islands. Hurricane Ivan proved that September is truly a month to “remember” as...
PAHO launches award to recognize Caribbean leadership in the fight against superbugs
Pan American Health Organization
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September 5, 2025
Nominations open until 30 September 2025 Bridgetown, Barbados, 5 September 2025 (PAHO/WHO) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched the Suzan McLennon-Miguel Caribbean Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Leadership Award, a new...
Fishing sector steadily rebounding
The Nation Barbados
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August 29, 2025
Chief Fisheries Officer Dr Shelly-Ann Cox says Barbados’ fishing industry is showing strong signs of recovery in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, with nearly 80 vessels already repaired and relaunched. She also said a major push was underway to...
Bahamians at Carifesta
The Nassau Guardian
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Sixteen-year-old Analise Simon gave a high-energy performance at the Caribbean Festival of Arts, (CARIFESTA) XV. Simon, a member of the Bahamian contingent, sang Phil Stubbs’ “Stress” and Sweet Emily’s version of “Bring Back the Good Ole Days” on...
Afro-lux at Alara: How Reni Folawiyo built Africa’s first luxury concept store
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 7, 2025
With Alara, Nigeria’s first luxury concept store, Reni Folawiyo has spent a decade redefining African design. Her vision of “Afro-lux” blends tradition and modernity, creating a platform that celebrates African creativity on the global stage. Its...
What Caribbean families should know before switching to electric vehicles
Caribbean National Weekly
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September 7, 2025
Electric vehicles (EVs) are transforming how people drive. Families across the Caribbean are starting to explore this new option. The appeal comes from lower fuel costs and a cleaner environment. Many also see EVs as a symbol of progress. One...
From sargassum to the blue economy: a sustainable opportunity for the Greater Caribbean
Dominican Today
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As climate change warms the oceans and alters nutrient flows in rivers like the Amazon, sargassum thrives. However, when it reaches the coast and begins to decompose, it emits toxic gases, primarily hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, posing increasing...
Political parties confident of victory ahead of Monday’s polls
The Nation Barbados
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August 31, 2025
Guyana’s two main political parties ended their campaign for Monday’s general elections on Saturday night with impressive rallies and expressing confidence of being victorious. Both the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) and the...
AI being added to school curriculum
Barbados Today
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September 4, 2025
97 Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to classrooms in Barbados, as education officials work to ensure students are not left behind in the digital age. AI is set to be introduced into the secondary school curriculum through a new initiative...
FOCOL targets ‘largest ever B$ financing deal’
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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September 4, 2025
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FOCOL Holdings is in “advanced talks” to raise $300m-$500m for overhauling New Providence’s energy generation via “the largest private sector financing deal to ever take place in...
T&T at Carifesta XV: Loud, proud and unapologetically Trinbagonian
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Brent Pinheiro On August 29, just over 70 people from T&T took to the Grand Market Hall stage at Carifesta XV in Barbados with one purpose—to show the region and the world what Trinbagonian culture is. And show them they did....
Sutherland says quitting ‘personal’, but pundit suggests there may be more
Barbados Today
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September 4, 2025
305 The resignation of Housing Minister Dwight Sutherland — the third such departure from Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s Cabinet in less than a year — has prompted one political scientist to question whether more is happening behind the scenes...
Taxi co-op head urges park-and-ride scheme stay after CARIFESTA
Barbados Today
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September 3, 2025
24 Barbados should make the park-and-ride service a permanent fixture at major events to tackle chronic traffic jams, a leading taxi cooperative president has said, while calling this year’s CARIFESTA XV“transformative” for both operators and...
New guidelines to boost safety, protection, and competitiveness
Barbados Today
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September 3, 2025
51 A sweeping set of new national standards, designed to bolster public safety, consumer protection and the competitiveness of Barbadian products and services is set to be introduced soon, Barbados TODAY has learnt. The measures—approved by the...
British Airways announces “The End of Summer Sale” for flights and holidays
Breaking Travel News
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September 2, 2025
British Airways and British Airways Holidays have launched “The End of Summer Sale”, offering customers the chance to banish their summer blues by booking their next adventure with savings across flights and holiday packages. Running until 30...
Afreximbank ready to invest in regional creative sector
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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The director of Creatives and Diaspora at the Cairo-based Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Temwa Gondwe, says there is potential for the financial institution to invest in film production, music, fashion and sports in...
Pre-budget recommendations from TTCSI, Amcham T&T: Address crime, ease of doing business and digital drive
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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As the UNC administration prepares to deliver its first national budget, key business organisations like the T&T Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) and Amcham T&T have presented a unified vision for a diversified...
Bryden’s T&T listing allows existing shareholders to sell
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Hoping to follow on from its success on the Jamaican Stock Exchange, two Fridays ago AS Bryden & Sons Holdings (ASBH) was officially listed on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE). The AS Bryden Group has a rich legacy...