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St Lucian rural females get help

A St Lucian non-profit organisation focused on empowering women in rural areas is impacting their lives in the agriculture sector.Since 2016, Helen’s Daughters has been making a case for the economic development of rural women through improved market access, adaptive agricultural techniques and capa

20 Sep, 2019

Dominica’s Secret Bay gets Green Globe

Dominica’s only five-star hotel, Secret Bay, has been awarded a Green Globe Certification, one of the highest standards for sustainability worldwide. The only operating hotel on Dominica to hold the accolade, Secret Bay prides itself on providing luxury and sustainability.

20 Sep, 2019

Antigua Rastas get own school

Antigua and Barbuda’s Nyabinghi Rastafarians are extremely grateful to the Prime Minister Gaston Browne for building a new facility to house the Nyabinghi Theocracy Church School.

20 Sep, 2019

Jamaica celebrates Miss Lou’s 100th

Jamaicans the world over are attending events in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr Louise Bennett Coverley, aka “Miss Lou”.Special events have been organised in Jamaica and the diaspora over 100 days, from Sept. 1 to Dec. 10, to celebrate the late Jamaican cultural icon.

20 Sep, 2019

Hen party turns to Dorian effort

The Bahamas is receiving helping from many sources after the passing of Hurricane Dorian and one of the most heart-warming is from an American woman who was going to have her hen party there.

20 Sep, 2019

Crisis as UK kids join drugs gangs

The scale of children as young as 7 involved in the drugs trade in the UK is soaring to an alarming rate. In 2017-18, 8,650 assessments by children’s services in England noted young people as being vulnerable with gangs identified as an issue.

18 Sep, 2019

Defiant Maduro returns to congress

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s Socialist Party announced on Monday that its lawmakers are taking back their seats in congress after a three-year boycott, targeting the power base of the president’s chief rival.

18 Sep, 2019

Cuban gas shortage worsens

Cubans are queuing for hours for public transport at peak times in Havana, sweating in the heavy heat, while queues at gas stations snake several blocks long, as a fuel shortage that the government blames on US sanctions worsens.

18 Sep, 2019

President’s cousin on drug charge

A cousin of the Honduran president has been charged by United States prosecutors for his alleged role in a scheme to import multi-ton loads of cocaine into the US.

18 Sep, 2019

Philippines gets more female pilots

The Philippines’ largest flight school is recruiting more women into the cockpit to help meet a shortage of pilots in Asia.

18 Sep, 2019
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