Cautious optimism is the phrase flowing through the halls of power and the communities of Jamaica as the nation anticipates what may very well be a major transformational phase in its economy. Oil.
Trinidad and Tobago marked its first wave of Asian ancestors to the Caribbean island with Indian Arrival Day on Saturday May 30th.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is so worried about the surge of gang culture on the island that she has called for the creation of community-based parenting clubs and a national support hotline.
Nevis, the sister island of St Kitts, holds its niche mango festival from July 2nd to 5th.
Former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Michael Misick was last week sentenced to a four year jail sentence for corruption He was found guilty in February this year on the charges in the long-running case which dates back over a decade.
Bermuda closed its public consultation on becoming a full member of the regional Caricom grouping this past Sunday, May 31st, with the UK Overseas Territory still very divided on the matter.
Tensions between the Trump administration and the Cuban government, already a rumbling cauldron of distrust, are now at risk of boiling over. Just a few days ago, Secretary of State Rubio described the communist-ruled island, 90 miles off the Florida coast,
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, foresees an eventual political union of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States(OECS) - although he admits that it might not happen in his lifetime.
In the Bahamas, the ruling Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) of Prime Minister Philip Davis is settling into a second consecutive term in office following victory in the May 12th general election.
Jamaica is focusing on its film industry for greater economic growth.