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Third Trinidad art legend passes
Trinidadian comic genius and cultural historian Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall died on Oct. 2, two days after his 71st birthday.
Trinidadian comic genius and cultural historian Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall died on Oct. 2, two days after his 71st birthday.
Lisa Hanna, who won Miss World in 1993 before becoming a politician, has entered the leadership race of Jamaica’s main opposition party, the People’s National Party.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) intends to re-hire more than 400 dismissed workers by December as it prepares to re-open several sugar estates. The sugar industry is huge in Guyana but has been in decline in recent years, exacerbated by the global pandemic.
Dominica is launching a new program aimed at ensuring safety for travellers because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Veteran Jamaican music producer Bunny “Striker” Lee died in a Kingston hospital last week of kidney failure, aged 79.
St Vincent and the Grenadines holds a general election on Nov. 5 and the leader of the opposition is confident of ousting long term prime minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves.
LIAT may be revived soon but if the continually failing airline does not survive Antigua and Barbuda wants to be first to be repaid.
Bermuda’s tourism industry is getting a boost with British Airways expanding its flight network next year there for the first time in 30 years.
Antigua and Barbuda is the latest Caribbean hotspot to open its doors to “digital nomads”, similar to the policy Barbados, Bermuda and Anguilla.
Trinidad and Tobago Police Commissioner Gary Griffith Jr cancelled his controversial month long vacation last Thursday, the day before he was due to go on leave.